The Credit Suisse-backed information detection software provider 's valuation now stands at $4.75bn, and it has now raised over $1.35bn in total.

Dataminr, the information discovery software provider backed by financial services firm Credit Suisse, completed a $475m financing round yesterday valuing it at $4.1bn.

Eldridge, Valor Equity Partners, MSD Capital, Reinvent Capital, ArrowMark Partners, IVP and Eden Global provided the funding along with investment funds managed by investment banking firm Morgan Stanley’s Tactical Value subsidiary.

Founded in 2009, Dataminr has built a software platform that analyses public data from sources including social media, blogs, web forums, the deep and dark web,…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.