Spark, Kafka & machine learning: 10 big data start-ups taking analytics to the next level

The rise of both structured and unstructured data has created a booming market that is expected to be worth around 41.5 billion by 2018. The rapid growth of the big data market has resulted in the creation of a large crop of vendors that are all looking to take a slice. Amid the plethora of vendors competing for market position are a number of start-ups that are aiming to help organisations collect and analyse data. CBR identifies 10 companies that are worth watching. Founded in 2014, the company has over 30 million in capital raised so far from investors such as LinkedIn, Index Ventures, Benchmark Capital and The Data Collective.