Everything you need to know about the latest investment rounds in the European Cloud Data Services sector. Plus, we take a look at Keepler's round, which saw it receive a capital injection from DTCP.
About Keepler
Keepler is a Spanish provider of professional technology services that helps businesses become data-centric and adopt big data and machine learning by developing digital data products based on public cloud platforms.
The startup provides consulting, implementation and support services to companies that want to accelerate their time-to-market and get more value from their data assets.
Keepler provides services for the design, development and operation of data-driven digital products for large and medium-sized companies in the financial, industrial, telecommunications, media, technology, energy, distribution, construction, logistics and healthcare sectors. The solutions offered by Keepler use Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure as the public cloud platforms on which the data products are built.
The company currently operates in Spain and plans to expand into other European countries such as Germany, the UK and France.
About DTCP
DTCP is Deutsche Telekom's investment management group with more than $1,000M in assets under management and a portfolio of more than 70 companies.
The group provides venture capital and private equity and advisory services to companies in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. It operates and invests in Europe, the US and Israel.
Keepler closes its first investment round
Keepler, a startup specialising in cloud-based data analytics, has announced the closing of its first round of funding with DTCP (Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), for an undisclosed amount.
Juan María Aramburu, co-founder and CEO of Keepler, said: "We are very proud that DTCP is supporting us from the very beginning. The investment will allow us to realise our company vision and become the leading European company in cloud data analytics. DTCP is the ideal partner as it provides us with both extensive knowledge of the technology sector and access to Deutsche Telekom, a leading telecommunications operator in Europe".
"We are very impressed with Juanma's leadership and vision, as well as his achievements in previous positions," said Vicente Vento, co-founder and CEO of DTCP. "There is a huge demand for Big Data and Analytics solutions from enterprises and the next generation of platforms will be built in the cloud. Keepler is born with a unique DNA in terms of a cloud approach to building simple, efficient and agile data products."
Latest investment rounds in Cloud Data Services in Europe
| Company | Description | Country | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blippar | Blippar is a technology company specialising in augmented reality, artificial intelligence and computer vision. | United Kingdom | $54M | 2016 |
| $45M | 2015 | |||
| Veritone | Veritone has created an AI platform that understands and transforms multiple forms of data into actionable insights. | USA | $50M | 2016 |
| Clarifai | Clarifai develops advanced image recognition systems that can find similar images in large repositories using a combination of semantic and visual similarities. | USA | $30M | 2016 |
| GumGum | GumGum is an artificial intelligence company with extensive expertise in computer vision to extract value from images and videos. | USA | $26M | 2015 |
| Ever AI | Ever AI is an artificial intelligence startup that offers the world's most advanced facial recognition platform. | USA | $16M | 2017 |