The business intelligence platform developer raised the cash from backers including Intel, and will spend it on expanding its product, sales and marketing teams.

US-based big data technology developer Arcadia Data secured $11.5m in series A funding today from investors including Intel Capital, the early-stage investment arm of semiconductor technology producer Intel.

Venture capital firm Mayfield led the round, which also featured VC firm Blumberg Capital. Intel Capital’s investment was led by Igor Taber, a director at the unit.

Arcadia has built what it claims is the first unified visual analytics and business intelligence platform for big data. Businesses running open source big data…