The first quarter of 2015 was the most-funded quarter since 2000: $13.4 billion in 1,020 deals, a 26 percent increase over the first quarter of 2014, according to a MoneyTree Report.

Here are the funding and exits highlights of the fourth quarter of 2014 in the big data space.Funding Dataminr, a data mining startup, has raised $130 million is Series D funding from Fidelity financial and other institutions and prominent individuals in the finance industry, bringing total funding to about $180 million.

Source: forbes.com
Author: Gil Press