OmniSci, formerly known as MapD, has added $55m to its coffers thanks to investors including Nvidia and Verizon, bringing its total funding to $92m.

US-based data analytics software producer OmniSci has closed a $55m series C round that included graphics processing unit (GPU) producer Nvidia and Verizon Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of telecommunications firm Verizon.

Hedge fund manager Tiger Global Management led the round, which included Vanedge Capital, an affiliate of game publisher Electronic Arts, as well as New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the US intelligence community.

OmniSci has developed a software platform that relies on GPUs to provide…

Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.