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Datadog Raises $31M

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Datadog, a SaaS-based monitoring platform for cloud applications, has raised $31 million in a Series C funding round. The investment was led by existing investor Index Ventures, with follow-on investments from RTP Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners, Amplify Partners and other equity holders. Datadog currently monitors more than 100,000 servers and draws in over 25 billion data points a day, says the company.

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