Rodan Zadeh

Big Data Is Big Business for Boston!

@rodanz

WHY BIG DATA?

BIG STUFF• Financials

– $32B in 2015 (WW)– $19.9B in 2015 (US)– $200M in H2 2015 (Boston)

• Technology– Shift to open source model

• Business Cycle– Moving from ‘Goods’ to

‘Services’

BIG INVESTMENTSBIG INVESTMENTSVenture Focus Investment Fund Stage Total ValueParadigm4 Analytics –

HealthcareUnknown Series A Unknown

Datto Enterprise $75m Series B $100m+

ClearSky Data Enterprise $27m Series B $39m+

Clavis Insight Analytics - eCommerce

$20m Series A $20m

Aquto Analytics - Mobile $8m Series B $16m

OnCorps Analytics – Advertising

$2.4m Series A $2.4m

Mobee Analytics – Retail $5m Series A $5m

Panorama Education

Analytics – Education

$12m Series A” $16m

VoltDB Enterprise $10m Series B $18.2m

Cazena Analytics – SaaS $20m Series B $28m

DataCamp Education on BigData

$1m Series A $1m

Pneuron Analytics - $5m Series B” $13m

July 2015 to dateJuly 2015 to date

MORE BIG INVESTMENTSMORE BIG INVESTMENTS

Company AmountLyra Health $3.1M

Maana $11M ($14M Total)

Massive Analytic $2M

Seed Round

20152015

BIG EXITSBIG EXITS

Company Acquired By Deal SizeApplied Predictive Technologies

MasterCard $600M

ColdLight PTC $105MSeed Scientific Spotify N/DNext Big Sound Pandora N/DDatazen Microsoft N/DWhetlab Twitter N/D

Q2 2015Q2 2015

BIG MONEYBIG MONEYVenture Focus Investment Fund Stage Total ValueParadigm4 Analytics –

HealthcareUnknown Series A Unknown

Datto Enterprise $75m Series B $100m+

ClearSky Data Enterprise $27m Series B $39m+

Clavis Insight Analytics - eCommerce

$20m Series A $20m

Aquto Analytics - Mobile $8m Series B $16m

OnCorps Analytics – Advertising

$2.4m Series A $2.4m

Mobee Analytics – Retail $5m Series A $5m

Panorama Education

Analytics – Education

$12m Series A” $16m

VoltDB Enterprise $10m Series B $18.2m

Cazena Analytics – SaaS $20m Series B $28m

DataCamp Education on BigData

$1m Series A $1m

Pneuron Analytics - $5m Series B” $13m

WHAT’S GOING ON?

In case we haven’t noticed, there’s a radical sea change in how companies are

operating, and it will impact every organization, every line of business, and

every individual.

As Businesses Become DigitizedAs Businesses Become DigitizedEvery Business Is A ‘Data’ BusinessEvery Business Is A ‘Data’ Business

LET’S FOCUS ON ME

WHAT’S BIG ABOUT BOSTON?

(FOR ME)

MY THESIS FROM MIT

Joseph Pine – Mass Customization

THESIS OF MY THESIS FROM MIT

Joseph Pine – Mass Customization

WHERE’S THE BIG PROFIT?

APPLIED MY THESIS TO IT

WHY BIG DATA IN BOSTON?

“…. It really feels like Kendall Square is becoming the Haight-Ashbury of big data, and we are psyched to be here.”

Fred Lalonde HopperFounder, CEO

WHAT’S NEXT FOR BIG DATA

BIG SHIFTS IN BIG DATA

BIG SHIFTS IN BIG DATA

BIG SHIFTS IN BIG DATA

BIG THANK YOU

Rodan Zadeh@rodanz