The proceeds from the round, which was led by Workday Ventures and backed by Associated Press, will support the enterprise version of Data.world's data collaboration platform.

Workday Ventures, the corporate venture capital vehicle for enterprise software provider Workday, has led a $12m round for US-based data collaboration software developer Data.world, TechCrunch has reported.

Media company Associated Press and equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd also took part in the round, which increased Data.world’s funding to $45.3m altogether according to TechCrunch.

Data.world has built an online platform that enables users to share and contextualise datasets and communicate with each other through social tools. The funding will support the ongoing…

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