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Technology consultancy offering big data consulting, data science, and training for enterprises, using Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL.
Big Data Partnership has raised $7.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Big Data Partnership.
Big Data Partnership was founded in 2012 by Tim Seears (CTO & Co-Founder).
Big Data Partnership has raised $7.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Big Data Partnership is a London, UK-based technology consultancy that provides big data engineering, data science, and analytics solutions to large enterprise clients. The firm assists organizations across the financial services, retail, and telecommunications sectors in designing and managing complex data architectures using open-source frameworks such as Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. Prior to its strategic exit, the company raised just over £4 million in total venture capital funding, which included a £1.25 million Series A financing round led by Beringea. In July 2016, data analytics corporation Teradata acquired the consultancy to expand its open-source capabilities across European and Asian markets. Following the transaction, the firm's approximately 60 employees were fully integrated into Teradata's global Think Big consulting practice. Big Data Partnership was founded in 2012 by Mike Merritt-Holmes, Tim Seears, and Pinal Gandhi.
Big Data Partnership has raised $7.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Series B in May 2015.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2015 | $5M Series B | Beringea | Bethnal Green Ventures | Announced |
| Jun 1, 2014 | $2M Series A | Trevor Hope | Bethnal Green Ventures | Announced |
Big Data Partnership was founded in 2012 by Tim Seears (CTO & Co-Founder).
Big Data Partnership has raised $7.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Big Data Partnership's investors include Beringea, Bethnal Green Ventures, Trevor Hope.
Key people at Big Data Partnership.
Big Data Partnership is a technology company specializing in big data solutions, strategic consulting, data science, big data engineering, and certified training primarily in the EMEA region. It builds tailored big data platforms leveraging disruptive technologies such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, NoSQL, and machine learning to help organizations become more data-driven and extract actionable insights from complex data. The company serves enterprises seeking to accelerate their big data adoption, improve decision-making, and gain competitive advantage through advanced analytics and real-time data processing. Since its founding in 2012, Big Data Partnership has demonstrated strong growth momentum, culminating in its acquisition by Teradata in 2016, which expanded its international consulting reach and integrated its expertise into Teradata’s Think Big consulting practice[1][2][5].
Founded in 2012, Big Data Partnership emerged as a specialist provider focused on the rapidly evolving big data technology landscape. The founding team brought deep expertise in emerging open-source big data technologies and aimed to help clients navigate the complexity of big data adoption through strategic consulting and hands-on implementation. The company quickly gained traction by delivering full lifecycle big data solutions that assess technology, business, and governance maturity, enabling clients to realize faster time to market and better ROI on their data investments. Its proven approach and growing reputation in the EMEA market attracted acquisition interest, leading to its purchase by Teradata in 2016, which marked a pivotal moment in scaling its global impact[1][5].
Big Data Partnership rides the wave of increasing enterprise demand for big data analytics and data-driven decision-making. The timing of its founding and growth coincided with the maturation of open-source big data technologies and the rise of cloud computing, which lowered barriers to big data adoption. Market forces such as the explosion of data volume, velocity, and variety, alongside the need for real-time insights, create strong tailwinds for companies like Big Data Partnership. By enabling organizations to harness complex data through advanced analytics, machine learning, and agile consulting, it influences the broader ecosystem by accelerating digital transformation and fostering data literacy across industries[1][4][7].
Following its integration into Teradata, Big Data Partnership is positioned to leverage Teradata’s global footprint and resources to scale its impact internationally. Future trends shaping its journey include the growing adoption of hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, increasing demand for AI-driven analytics, and the need for real-time data processing. As enterprises seek to unify data across diverse environments and extract predictive insights, Big Data Partnership’s expertise in open-source technologies and agile consulting will remain highly relevant. Its influence is likely to evolve from a regional specialist to a key player in global big data consulting, helping organizations unlock the full value of their data assets in an increasingly data-centric world[1][5].
