Google and Nvidia-backed MapD is developing big data analytics technology capable of visualising up to one billion tweets in real time.

MapD, a US-based big data technology developer backed by internet company Google and computer graphics cards producer Nvidia, has raised $7.8m in series A funding, according to a regulatory filing yesterday.

The filing names Moe Kermani, partner of existing backer Vanedge Capital, as the only external stakeholder. We have reached out to MapD to confirm the investors in the round, and will update as appropriate.

Founded in 2013, MapD is working on a big data analytics platform that exploits the…