Zoomdata
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Big Data Analytics |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Justin Langseth (CEO) |
| Headquarters | , US |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 100+ |
| Website | zoomdata.com |
Zoomdata is a Reston, Virginia-based data visualization and analytics company founded in 2012. Its aim is "to process large volumes of data faster and present users with their results more quickly."[1]
Technology
Zoomdata markets a data visualization and analytics tool that allows customers to explore and analyze the vast quantities of data in their datastores. The product is different from other tools in the industry due to a patent the company holds around “Data Sharpening".[2][3] The approach involves returning the results of a query that is run instantly, while the image ‘sharpens’ and becomes clearer as more data is processed. The product includes a connector studio that directly connects to database, search, streaming, flat file and in-memory data sources. Matt Asay of readwrite.com compared it watching a streaming movie, where you see some results immediately, soon followed by the whole.[4]
Zoomdata also gives users access to the company’s D3.js-based Visualization Studio to edit D3 code and create custom visualizations from within the tool. With the Visualization Studio, users can “live-code” and view changes they are making as they type.
Awards & Recognition
In June 2016, Zoomdata won the Big Data and Analytics Innovation Award in the annual Hot Tickets competition hosted by The Northern Virginia Technology Council.[5] Zoomdata was also awarded an Information Technology Innovation Award in September 2016 from Ventana Research in the category of Operational Intelligence.[6] Justin Langseth, CEO of Zoomdata, was recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2016 at its Builders + Innovators Summit.[7]
Investors
In November 2012 Zoomdata announced a $1.1 million seed round with funding from a series of angel investors.[8] In July 2013 Zoomdata raised a $4.1 million Series A round led by Columbus Nova Technology Partners (CNTP) with participation from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), CIT GAP Funds, Razor’s Edge Ventures and B7.[9] The company announced a $17 million Series B led by Accel Partners in October 2014 with participation from existing investors NEA, CNTP, Razor’s Edge Ventures, and B7.[1]
In February 2016 Zoomdata closed a series C round of funding of $25 million, led by Goldman Sachs. According to Robert J. Terry at Washington Business Journal “Joining Goldman’s Principal Strategic Investments Group in the round was new investor Comcast Ventures and previous backers Accel Partners, Columbus Nova Technology Partners and New Enterprise Associates, based in Chevy Chase.”[10]
Management
ZoomData's executive team includes:
- CEO, Justin Langseth – Langseth previously founded four other startups: Strategy.com, Claraview,[11] Clarabridge and Augaroo [12][13] and currently holds 14 technology Patents.[14]
- CFO, Bob Aldrich – Aldrich was the CFO of Parature (acquired by Microsoft in January 2014).[15][16]
- CTO , Ruhollah Farchtchi – Farchtchi led Big Data efforts at Unisys and analytics at Booz Allen.[17]
- CMO, Nick Halsey – Halsey was the CMO of Keynote Systems and SugarCRM prior to joining ZoomData.[18]
- VP of Sales, Tom Ulrich – Ulrich was head of Sales at Actian and Gridpoint.[19]
- VP of Product Management, Mike Allen - Allen was previously VP Product Management at Marketo.[20]
Partners
Zoomdata partners include: Amazon Web Services, Cisco Systems, Cloudera, Deloitte, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Northrop Grumman, Trifacta, and many more.[21]
References
- ^ a b Overly, Steven (6 October 2014). "Zoomdata collects $17M from slate of investors that includes Accel Partners". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Zoomdata Scores $17M to Help Update the Business Intelligence Market". TechCrunch. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Zoomdata Raises $17m to Beautify Big Data=LightReading- Reedy, Sarah". Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ Asay, Matt. "Finally—Business Intelligence Comes To Big Data". readwrite.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Here are the N. Va. Technology Council's 2016 'Hot Ticket' Winners". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Technology Innovation Awards". Ventana Research. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Zoomdata CEO Justin Langseth Honored by Goldman Sachs for Entrepreneurship". MarketWatch. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Big Data Visualization Startup Zoomdata Launches with $1.1M of Seed Funding". PR Newswire. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "Here's how it looks when Big Data goes mobile first". Gigaom- Harris, Derrick. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "Goldman Sachs leads $25M funding round in Zoomdata". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Real-Time Data Warehousing: Challenges and Solutions". DDS Resources. Retrieved 2 February 2004.
- ^ "Justin Langseth". O’Reilly. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "An Interview with Justin Langseth". Northern Virginia Technology Council. Retrieved 8 May 2006.
- ^ "Patents by Inventor Justin Langseth". Patent Buddy. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ "Parature Names Robert Aldrich Chief Financial Officer". Parature. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ^ "Microsft Acquires for $100m to Boster Knowledge Base for Dynamic CRM Platform". Tech Crunch =Williams, Alex. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ https://www.zoomdata.com/about-zoomdata/
- ^ "Nick Halsey joins ZoomData". www.cmosonthemove.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ "Tom Ulrich". Business Week. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ https://www.zoomdata.com/press-release/zoomdata-adds-silicon-valley-headquarters-and-expands-leadership-team/
- ^ "Zoomdata Partners". Zoomdata. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
External links
- Official website at zoomdata.com