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February 10, 2022 10 Feb'22
Data quality startup Superconductive raises $40M

The vendor behind the open source Great Expectations data quality technology is looking to build a commercial cloud service to help data professionals accurately profile data.
February 10, 2022 10 Feb'22
ScyllaDB 5.0 set to advance NoSQL database capabilities

At Scylla Summit 2022, the open source NoSQL database vendor introduced upcoming services including a DBaaS as well as a new platform release, and a user outlined its application.
February 09, 2022 09 Feb'22
Reverse ETL vendor Census raises $60M

Census raises new money as the vendor ramps up its operations to help organizations get data from data warehouses to power large-scale business applications.
February 09, 2022 09 Feb'22
Starburst brings in $250M to advance data mesh aspirations

The vendor continues on its path toward an initial public offering, as demand for its open source Trino-based data lake query engine platform grows.

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