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Opera Solutions, not to be confused with browser maker Opera Software, has raised a whopping $84 million in its very first round of outside equity funding. According to the Wall Street Journal, the round values the company at half a billion dollars.
The company, which is in the business of ‘Big Data’ analytics, got a capital injection from Silver Lake Sumeru, with participation from Accel-KKR, Invus Financial Advisors, JGE Capital Management, and Tola Capital.
Arnab Gupta, founder and CEO of Opera Solutions, explains why investors lined up to back them:
Opera Solutions creates and provides hosted delivery of a suite of analytics solutions to companies in financial services, government, healthcare, and other sectors.
Founded in 2004, the company has 600 employees and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/big-data-analytic...
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