The data analytics technology developer has now raised $96m altogether, after closing a series C round featuring Sapphire Ventures.

Looker, the US-based developer of an analytics tool for data platforms, has completed a $48m series C round backed by Sapphire Ventures, the venture capital firm spun out of enterprise software firm SAP.

VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round, which also included Redpoint Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners.

Looker’s tool enables data analysts to curate and focus on huge amounts of data, and recently released Looker Blocks, a pattern language for analytics intended to assist data…