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National Science Foundation's Big Data & Analytics portfolio

National Science Foundation has backed 56 Big Data & Analytics startups in rounds we track, $534M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Scaleflux.

56startups backed
4stages
$534Mraised between them
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38

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Pre-seed and seed

10

Series A

5

Series C and later

3

Segment by segment

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38 startups · $142M raised

  1. TigerGraphTigerGraph is an enterprise-grade AI infrastructure and graph analytics software company founded in 2012 and based in Redwood CityUnited States$63M
  2. Folio PhotonicsFolio Photonics is a technology company based in Solon, Ohio, founded in 2012.United States$26M
  3. LiminalLiminal operates as a battery manufacturing intelligence provider that utilizes data and analytics.United States$22M
  4. Delta BravoDelta Bravo helps manufacturers turn data into Predictive Models that reduce downtime and waste while increasing quality and throughput.United States$5.0M
  5. Minnow TechnologiesMinnow is building a network of IoT-enabled food delivery and pickup stations (called “Pickup Pods”).United States$2.7M
  6. sciteScite combines natural language processing with a network of experts to evaluate the veracity of scientific work.United States$1.9M
  7. VisikolVisikol is a contract research organization focused on digital pathology, 3D tissue imaging and 3D cell culture assays and models.-$1.6M
  8. Particle Flux AnalyticsParticle Flux Analytics creates transformational instrumentation for the measurement of wind, rain and snow.United States$1.6M

Pre-seed and seed

10 startups · $22M raised

  1. dMetricsdMetrics is a software company specializing in machine learning and natural language processing, founded by two MIT PhDs.United States$5.9M
  2. ApertureDataApertureData is a technology company that specializes in cloud-agnostic database solutions for managing large-scale multimodal data.United States$5.3M
  3. NextilesNextiles builds a fitness system that helps people exercise better, more safely, and more efficiently.United States$5.0M
  4. QuantivlyQuantivly is a healthcare technology company based in Somerville, Massachusetts, founded in 2019.United States$3.0M
  5. Starseed AIThe Multi-Modal Fusion AI for External CybersecurityUnited States$1.5M
  6. AquaNRGAquaNRG offers next-generation diagnostic models, data analytics,and digital screening tools for novel energy and environmental ap-$1.0M
  7. DrivendataDrivenData helps non-profits tackle their most pressing problems by hosting data science competitions.United States$256K
  8. Navipoint GenomicsNavipoint Genomics is a bioinformatics analysis software developer that specializes in analyzing entire human genomes.United States$250K

Series A

5 startups · $93M raised

  1. Distributed SpectrumDistributed Spectrum is a defense technology company founded in 2020 by Harvard engineering students Alex Wulff, Ben Harpe, and Isaac Struhl.United States$25M
  2. DataChatDataChat is an information technology company that offers conversational intelligence platform.United States$25M
  3. Ikigai LabsIkigai helps analysts and operations teams automate data-intensive business, finance, analytics, and supplychain operations.United States$25M
  4. Network PerceptionNetwork Perception provides a network device configuration analysis software to visualize and verify their network architecture.United States$13M
  5. Springbok AnalyticsSpringbok Analytics is a life sciences and health technology company based in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 2013.United States$5.0M

Series C and later

3 startups · $277M raised

  1. ScaleFluxScaleFlux is a semiconductor and enterprise storage innovator founded in 2014, headquartered in Milpitas, California.United States$225M
  2. NGD SystemsNGD Systems manufactures the world’s most advanced computational storage drives (CSDs) that allow customers to compute anywhere.United States$32M
  3. BrightSpecBrightspec provides analytical chemistry solutions using FT-MRR spectroscopy, a new commercial technique for direct.United States$20M

How this map is made. Every startup here works in Big Data & Analytics and has raised money in a round we track that names National Science Foundation as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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