# National Science Foundation's Big Data & Analytics Investments: 56 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026) > The 56 Big Data & Analytics startups National Science Foundation has backed, by stage: $534M raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno-big-data-analytics-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Stage not reported 38 - [TigerGraph](https://millionrounds.com/company/tigergraph) - [Folio Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/folio-photonics) - [Liminal](https://millionrounds.com/company/liminal) - [Delta Bravo](https://millionrounds.com/company/delta-bravo) - [Minnow Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/minnow-technologies) - [scite](https://millionrounds.com/company/scite) - [Visikol](https://millionrounds.com/company/visikol) - [Particle Flux Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/particle-flux-analytics) - [Wavelogix](https://millionrounds.com/company/wavelogix) - [Armaments Research Company, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/armaments-research-company-inc) - [Data2Discovery Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/data2discovery-inc) - [VoiceVibes](https://millionrounds.com/company/voicevibes) - [CereVu Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerevu-medical) - [Hawaii Data Science Institute](https://millionrounds.com/company/hawaii-data-science-institute) - [Atheraxon](https://millionrounds.com/company/atheraxon) - [Senseer Health Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/senseer-health-inc) - [TelosAir](https://millionrounds.com/company/telosair) - [ETALYC](https://millionrounds.com/company/etalyc) - [i2k Connect](https://millionrounds.com/company/i2k-connect) - [ARIX Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/arix-technologies) - [Azimuth1](https://millionrounds.com/company/azimuth1) - [Akai Kaeru](https://millionrounds.com/company/akai-kaeru) - [ViSOAR](https://millionrounds.com/company/visoar) - [*CD* Cambrian Development](https://millionrounds.com/company/cambrian-development) +14 more ## Pre-seed and seed 10 - [dMetrics](https://millionrounds.com/company/dmetrics) - [ApertureData](https://millionrounds.com/company/aperturedata) - [Nextiles](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextiles) - [Quantivly](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantivly) - [Starseed AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/starseed-ai) - [AquaNRG](https://millionrounds.com/company/aquanrg) - [Drivendata](https://millionrounds.com/company/drivendata) - [Navipoint Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/navipoint-genomics) - [Yodel Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/yodel-labs) - [LeanFM Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/leanfm-technologies) ## Series A 5 - [Distributed Spectrum](https://millionrounds.com/company/distributed-spectrum) - [DataChat](https://millionrounds.com/company/datachat) - [Ikigai Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/ikigai-labs) - [Network Perception](https://millionrounds.com/company/network-perception) - [Springbok Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/springbok-analytics) ## Series C and later 3 - [ScaleFlux](https://millionrounds.com/company/scaleflux) - [NGD Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/ngd-systems) - [BrightSpec](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightspec) ## Segment by segment ### Stage not reported 38 startups · $142M raised - [**TigerGraph**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tigergraph) TigerGraph is an enterprise-grade AI infrastructure and graph analytics software company founded in 2012 and based in Redwood City United States $63M - [**Folio Photonics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/folio-photonics) Folio Photonics is a technology company based in Solon, Ohio, founded in 2012. United States $26M - [**Liminal**](https://millionrounds.com/company/liminal) Liminal operates as a battery manufacturing intelligence provider that utilizes data and analytics. United States $22M - [**Delta Bravo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/delta-bravo) Delta Bravo helps manufacturers turn data into Predictive Models that reduce downtime and waste while increasing quality and throughput. United States $5.0M - [**Minnow Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/minnow-technologies) Minnow is building a network of IoT-enabled food delivery and pickup stations (called “Pickup Pods”). United States $2.7M - [**scite**](https://millionrounds.com/company/scite) Scite combines natural language processing with a network of experts to evaluate the veracity of scientific work. United States $1.9M - [**Visikol**](https://millionrounds.com/company/visikol) Visikol is a contract research organization focused on digital pathology, 3D tissue imaging and 3D cell culture assays and models. - $1.6M - [**Particle Flux Analytics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/particle-flux-analytics) Particle 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 - [**dMetrics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dmetrics) dMetrics is a software company specializing in machine learning and natural language processing, founded by two MIT PhDs. United States $5.9M - [**ApertureData**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aperturedata) ApertureData is a technology company that specializes in cloud-agnostic database solutions for managing large-scale multimodal data. United States $5.3M - [**Nextiles**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextiles) Nextiles builds a fitness system that helps people exercise better, more safely, and more efficiently. United States $5.0M - [**Quantivly**](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantivly) Quantivly is a healthcare technology company based in Somerville, Massachusetts, founded in 2019. United States $3.0M - [**Starseed AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/starseed-ai) The Multi-Modal Fusion AI for External Cybersecurity United States $1.5M - [**AquaNRG**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aquanrg) AquaNRG offers next-generation diagnostic models, data analytics,and digital screening tools for novel energy and environmental ap - $1.0M - [**Drivendata**](https://millionrounds.com/company/drivendata) DrivenData helps non-profits tackle their most pressing problems by hosting data science competitions. United States $256K - [**Navipoint Genomics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/navipoint-genomics) Navipoint Genomics is a bioinformatics analysis software developer that specializes in analyzing entire human genomes. United States $250K ### Series A 5 startups · $93M raised - [**Distributed Spectrum**](https://millionrounds.com/company/distributed-spectrum) Distributed Spectrum is a defense technology company founded in 2020 by Harvard engineering students Alex Wulff, Ben Harpe, and Isaac Struhl. United States $25M - [**DataChat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/datachat) DataChat is an information technology company that offers conversational intelligence platform. United States $25M - [**Ikigai Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ikigai-labs) Ikigai helps analysts and operations teams automate data-intensive business, finance, analytics, and supplychain operations. United States $25M - [**Network Perception**](https://millionrounds.com/company/network-perception) Network Perception provides a network device configuration analysis software to visualize and verify their network architecture. United States $13M - [**Springbok Analytics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/springbok-analytics) Springbok 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 - [**ScaleFlux**](https://millionrounds.com/company/scaleflux) ScaleFlux is a semiconductor and enterprise storage innovator founded in 2014, headquartered in Milpitas, California. United States $225M - [**NGD Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ngd-systems) NGD Systems manufactures the world’s most advanced computational storage drives (CSDs) that allow customers to compute anywhere. United States $32M - [**BrightSpec**](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightspec) Brightspec 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. 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