DataSift a leading Social Data aggregator has raised additional capital of 42 million in a "C" round investment. The round was lead by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Scale Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, IA Ventures, Northgate Capital, Daher Capital and Cendana Capital.
The social data distribution space has been very active this past few weeks. Apple purchased Topsy in early December leaving Gnip and Datasift as the last remaining companies with licence agreements with Twitter for distribution of thier social data stream.
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