How many total Big Data - Industry Applications companies are there?

As of Oct 2026, there are 1,296 active companies in Big Data - Industry Applications sector.

Which countries have the most Big Data - Industry Applications companies?

United States (631) has the highest number of Big Data - Industry Applications companies, followed by India (193) and United Kingdom (126).

How many Big Data - Industry Applications companies are funded?

As of Oct 2026, 778 companies in this sector have received funding.

Which company has raised the most funding in Big Data - Industry Applications sector?

As of Oct 2026, Verily has secured $2.8B in funding, making it the highest-funded company in the Big Data - Industry Applications sector.

Which country has attracted the most investment in Big Data - Industry Applications companies?

With $9.74B in total funding, United States has attracted the most investment among Big Data - Industry Applications companies.

How much venture capital has Big Data - Industry Applications sector attracted?

In the last 10 years, venture capital firms have invested $9.76B in this sector.

How many unicorns has Big Data - Industry Applications sector produced?

Globally, there are 18 unicorns in Big Data - Industry Applications sector, to date.

Big Data - Industry Applications - 2026 Market & Investments Trends

Q: Who are the top investors in Big Data - Industry Applications companies?

The top investors in Big Data - Industry Applications companies by number of investments are Europa, Sequoia Capital and Techstars

There are 1.62K companies in the Big Data - Industry Applications sector across the world, with 778 funded companies having collectively raised $24.8B in venture capital money and private equity. Overall 467 of these are Series A+ funded and the sector has seen the creation of 18 Unicorns.

Big Data - Industry Applications sector has seen 237 acquisitions and 21 IPOs. This represents almost 15.9% of all such companies - which is higher than the 3.9% exit rate of tech companies in general.

This sector includes companies deploying big data technologies for various industry use cases.

Big Data - Industry Applications sector is also known as Industrial Big Data, Sector-Specific Big Data Analytics or Vertical Big Data.

Companies included in Big Data - Industry Applications sector

Companies offering big data analytics technology for healthcare, financial, retail, advertising & marketing, manufacturing, and cybersecurity

Companies excluded in Big Data - Industry Applications sector

Companies offering solutions for AI, IoT, etc

Key Metrics

Total Companies

1.62K

Top Companies

Palantir, data.ai & more

Total Funding

Funded Companies

Series A+ Companies

Series C+ Companies

Unicorns Created

IPOs

Acquisitions

237

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There are more than 1.62K companies in Big Data - Industry Applications. Palantir is the top Big Data - Industry Applications company globally, ranked using Tracxn Score (what's this?).

Here are 5 of the top Big Data - Industry Applications companies globally:

Company	Description	Location	Founded	Current Stage	Private Funding Raised
Palantir	Platform that provides data analysis and management solutions	Denver (United States)	2003	Public	$2.46B
data.ai	AI based market data analysis for generating consumer insights	San Francisco (United States)	2010	Acquired	$157M
Altair	Provider of enterprise software for simulation, data analytics, AI, and HPC	Troy (United States)	1985	Acquired	$35.1M
IQVIA	Provider of clinical research and commercialization solutions for healthcare	Durham (United States)	1982	Public	$1.74M
Trax	Cloud-based data analytics solutions for retail shelf management	Singapore (Singapore)	2010	Series E	$1.03B

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Companies founded year-on-year in the Big Data - Industry Applications sector

30 new startups have been founded so far in 2026 in the Big Data - Industry Applications sector. 101 Big Data - Industry Applications startups were founded in 2017 - this is the most number of startups founded in any year in the last 10 years.

Total Number of Companies

Year	No. of companies
2026	30
2025	38
2024	34
2023	20
2022	33
2021	50
2020	67
2019	84
2018	88
2017	101

Companies founded across countries in the Big Data - Industry Applications sector

United States has 631 Big Data - Industry Applications startups, the most by any country, followed by India which has 193 startups and United Kingdom which has 126.

Total Number of Companies

Country	No. of companies
United States	631
India	193
United Kingdom	126
China	74
Canada	54
France	46
Germany	44
Israel	39
Singapore	30
Brazil	24

Stage-wise distribution of the Big Data - Industry Applications sector

Out of the total 1,621 Big Data - Industry Applications companies, 778 have secured funding. Among them, 467 have reached Series A or higher, and 370 to Series B or beyond.

Founded - 1,621

Funded - 778

Series A+ - 467

Series B+ - 370

Series C+ - 307

Company Stage	No. of companies
Founded	1,621
Funded	778
Series A+	467
Series B+	370
Series C+	307

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1.6K+ Total Companies
$24.8B+ Total Funding
775+ Funded Companies
20+ IPOs
235+ Acquisitions
15+ Reports

Total funding year-on-year in the Big Data - Industry Applications sector

The Big Data - Industry Applications sector saw a total funding of more than $17.2B in the last 10 years. The most amount of funding was in 2021 at more than $3.85B. There has been a total funding of $758M in 2026 till date.

Total Funding

Year	Total Funding
2026	$758M
2025	$1.23B
2024	$452M
2023	$822M
2022	$1.08B
2021	$3.85B
2020	$2.39B
2019	$2.78B
2018	$1.64B
2017	$2.19B

Total funding across countries in the Big Data - Industry Applications sector

In the last 10 years, Big Data - Industry Applications startups in United States have recieved the highest funding among all countries - $9.74B. United Kingdom follows with $1.3B and Singapore with $1.04B.

Total Funding

Country	Total Funding
United States	$9.74B
United Kingdom	$1.3B
Singapore	$1.04B
China	$880M
India	$728M
Israel	$547M
Canada	$519M
France	$460M
Brazil	$86.1M
Germany	$37.6M

Total funding amount raised by stage in the Big Data - Industry Applications sector

Over the last 10 years, the Big Data - Industry Applications sector have seen $424M into Seed Stage funding rounds, $4.2B into Early Stage funding rounds and $7.81B go into Late Stage funding rounds.

Funding Stage	Total Funding
Late Stage	$7.81B
Early Stage	$4.2B
PE	$1.7B
Debt	$798M
Seed Stage	$424M
Post IPO	$286M
Grant	$198M

Recent Funding Rounds in Big Data - Industry Applications

In the year 2026, till September 2026, Big Data - Industry Applications companies have raised $757M in equity funding across 19 rounds. In the same period last year (i.e. till September 2025), Big Data - Industry Applications companies had raised $947M across 33 rounds. So, 2026 has seen a 20.14% drop in funding in Big Data - Industry Applications companies as compared to 2025.

Here are some recent, important funding rounds in Big Data - Industry Applications:

Company	Round Raised	Amount Raised	Funding Date	Investors
Verily	Series D	3952	Sep 09, 2026	Nvidia and 4 more
ARTDAI	Seed	1066	Aug 31, 2026	-
Arcturus Technologies	Seed	6107	Jun 30, 2026	Initialized Capital and 4 more
xCures	Series B	2678	Jun 25, 2026	Innovius Capital and 3 more
Lumiq	Series B	9612	Jun 05, 2026	Bajaj Finserv and 2 more

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Europa is the top investor in Big Data - Industry Applications companies based on number of companies invested.

Here are some top investors in Big Data - Industry Applications:

Investor	Location	Top Portfolio Companies
Europa	Belgium	Altair, IQVIA, FICO and SAS
Sequoia Capital	Menlo Park (United States)	data.ai, Innovaccer, Yodlee and Census
Techstars	New York City (United States)	Ravelin Technology, Indico Data, Ampd and Convey
Plug and Play Tech Center	Sunnyvale (United States)	Uptake, Hebbia, NGDATA and Sorcero
Y Combinator	Mountain View (United States)	Hightouch, PostHog, Pibit AI and Secoda

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In the year 2026, till August 2026, 6 acquisitions happened in Big Data - Industry Applications sector. Last year, in 2025, a total of 23 acquisitions happened in Big Data - Industry Applications sector.

Here are some recent, important acquisitions in Big Data - Industry Applications:

Company	Acquisition Type	Acquisition Date	Acquirers
Limbik	Business Acquisition	Aug 12, 2026	Burson
Trepp	Business Acquisition	Apr 30, 2026	Fitch Group
1touch.io	Business Acquisition	Feb 23, 2026	Pure Storage
4C Risk	Business Acquisition	Feb 19, 2026	Cube Global
Context Analytcs	Business Acquisition	Feb 17, 2026	BridgeWise

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Acquisition trends in Big Data - Industry Applications

Here are the acquisition trends in Big Data - Industry Applications:

Total Number of Acquisitions

Year	No. of companies
2026	6
2025	23
2024	18
2023	20
2022	23
2021	30
2020	21
2019	19
2018	25
2017	18

In the year 2026, till September 2026, 1 IPO happened in Big Data - Industry Applications sector.

Here are some recent, important IPOs in Big Data - Industry Applications:

Company	IPO Date	Exchange Symbol
Pelican	Sep 01, 2026	Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)
S2W	Sep 19, 2025	Korea Exchange (KRX)
Palantir	Nov 17, 2023	Euronext Exchange (Euronext)
Alpha Modus	Oct 26, 2021	National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)
Palantir	Oct 07, 2021	Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV)

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Companies founded by alumni from top colleges in the Big Data - Industry Applications sector

Most number of Big Data - Industry Applications startups have been founded by alumni from Stanford University, Harvard University and University of California (Berkeley).

College	No. of companies
Stanford University	30
Harvard University	18
University of California (Berkeley)	18
IIT Bombay	15
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	14
Cornell University	12
IIT Kharagpur	12
Tel Aviv University	12
Harvard Business School	11
Columbia University	10

Total funding in companies founded by alumni from top colleges in the the Big Data - Industry Applications sector

In the last 10 years, Stanford University graduates' Big Data - Industry Applications companies have raised the most funding among top colleges. University of California (Los Angeles) alumni are second, and University of California (Berkeley) alumni are third.

College	Total Funding
Stanford University	$4.22B
University of California (Los Angeles)	$3.78B
University of California (Berkeley)	$3.36B
Yale University	$2.68B
Harvard University	$1.53B
Harvard Business School	$1.4B
Tel Aviv University	$1.32B
University of Pennsylvania	$637M
IIT Kharagpur	$621M
Wharton School	$579M