By Gregory Piatetsky, Nov 7, 2013.

Here is the company, startup, and acquisition activity for October 2013 from @kdnuggets. See the latest under hashtag #BigDataCo .

• Health care analytics startup Predilytics raises $4.5M, provides data-as-a-service for health care #BigDataCo bit.ly/17wlcCe
• Monsanto buys Climate Corporation for $1.1B - it uses machine learning, #BigData to predict agro-weather #BigDataCo tcrn.ch/1f0Aunf
• Plaid, financial startup raised $2.8 M, offers API to banking industry to simplify Bank Data Mining #BigDataCo bit.ly/19ZGQgO
• MongoDB raises $150M, becomes King of NYC Startups With $1.2 B Valuation #BigDataCo bloom.bg/19qlpmU
• Numerify raises $8 M Series A to transform Business Analytics in the Cloud #BigDataCo bit.ly/18XVx5K
• Twitter IPO filing reveals a lucrative Data Mining business - it earned $47.5M selling data, analytics #BigDataCo on.wsj.com/15i9Occ
• DomiKnow, Des Moines-based personalized marketing startup, raises $9M in a private placement #BigDataCo dmreg.co/1a8F0sO
• Pursway, Israeli/US developer of Big Data Marketing Analytics, raises $7.2M #BigDataCo bit.ly/17TB7KZ
• Refresh app, which instantly data mines and briefs you on people you meet, raises $10M #BigDataCo bit.ly/GUh5pj2
• Acxiom, customer data and analytics company, announces $600 Million refinancing #BigDataCo yhoo.it/165JmoJ
• Facebook buys Onavo Israeli start-up, maker of data compression sw, analytic services for smartphone apps #BigDataCo nyti.ms/19J5LDe
• Logi Analytics, the authority on embedded analytics, gets $27.5M for expansion into new markets #BigDataCo bit.ly/17H2Lqi
• Silverback Enterprise Group buys Kalido, a leading provider of agile data warehousing and MDM solutions #BigDataCo bit.ly/1aS1SOS
• Big Data analytics platform ParStream gets $8M round, offers businesses real-time data analysis #BigDataCo bit.ly/19QYvYf
• NoSQL vendor Sqrrl gets $5.2M from top VCs to commercialize NSA-developed Accumulo database #BigDataCo buff.ly/1adtSOP
• In-Store Analytics firm Nomi raises $10M, looks beyond retail #BigDataCo on.mash.to/1gRZbSn
• CCTV Analytics firm Prism Skylabs raises $15M, uses CCTV video to provide real-world analytics to shops #BigDataCo buff.ly/HlKfi62
• Intuit acqui-hires data science consulting firm Level Up Analytics #BigDataCo buff.ly/1iilY7A
• Keen IO raises $2.35M for Its platform, "the API for Custom Analytics" #BigDataCo buff.ly/1c3SIQG
• CoolaData, Israeli firm providing behavioral Big Data Analytics as a Service, raises $7.4M #BigDataCo buff.ly/HjNrLb30 clicks
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt buys Choice Analytics, specializing in analytics & integration for education #BigDataCo buff.ly/16Ien2n
• TempoDB #BigData startup raised $3.2M, makes cloud-based DB for sensors and measurement data #BigDataCo bit.ly/1adeUoE
• Pivotal buys Xtreme Labs for $65M, adds mobile platform to its strengths in Cloud, Big Data, and Analytics #BigDataCo bit.ly/1griJwF
• Cirro raises $8M Series A, enables on-the-fly access, exploration, and analysis across many data sources #BigDataCo bit.ly/16xzCSE

See also

• Analytics, Data Mining, and Big Data companies activity in September
• Analytics, Data Mining, and Big Data companies activity in August
• 2013 Acquisitions in Analytics and Big Data, for February - July 2013.