Qualcomm joined existing backers including Intel, Cisco and SanDisk for a series C round that pushed the data centre software provider's total funding past $70m.

Israel-based data centre technology provider Stratoscale raised $27m yesterday in a series C round featuring Qualcomm Ventures, mobile semiconductor maker Qualcomm’s corporate venturing unit.

Qualcomm was joined in the round by all of Stratoscale’s existing investors, which include Intel and Cisco’s corporate venturing units, Intel Capital and Cisco Investments, as well as flash storage technology provider SanDisk.

Stratoscale has developed a hardware-agnostic operating system for data centres that can store data and run any application, distributing both physical and virtual…