Launched in February by former Google engineers, Cockroach Labs has attracted series A funding from investors including Google Ventures.
US-based big data technology developer Cockroach Labs has secured $6.3m in a series A round backed by internet company Google’s corporate venturing unit Google Ventures, Information Week reported on Thursday.
The round was led by venture capital firm Benchmark Capital.
Founded in February this year by former Google engineers, Cockroach’s open source software, CockroachDB, ensures that a large database is always synchronised throughout the system.
Synchronicity is a significant issue with current technologies that struggle to cope with huge data…