Accel Partners has launched its Big Data Fund. The new $100 million investment initiative by the global venture capital firm has been created to recognize entrepreneurs planning to build category-defining companies at every layer of the Big Data stack.

The fund aims to fund transformative companies all through the Big Data ecosystem, from next-generation storage and data management platforms to a wide range of revolutionary software applications and services, including data analytics, vertical applications and mobile. The fund will be managed across global offices in the U.S., London, China and India.

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