Salesforce Ventures has backed enterprise data query software developer Starburst in a move aimed at strengthening its Tableau data visualisation tool.

US-based data query software provider Starburst received $100m on Wednesday in a series C round featuring Salesforce Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of enterprise software publisher Salesforce.

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with participation by hedge fund manager Coatue and VC firm Index Ventures. The deal valued the company at $1.2bn.

Founded in 2017, Starburst has developed a cloud-based software product called Trino which enables users to run customised analytics queries on data from multiple sources from…