And although the amount of money invested in big data startups has been trending down (together with all other VC investments), I bet that they are not done yet.
In my recent conversation with Mark Suster on This Week In VC, I discussed some of the historical reasons why the Santa Barbara startup community is so vibrant.
In fact, I was tweeting with Mark Suster a few days ago, a two time entrepreneur turned prominent VC located in LA. He posted a picture that showed 868 unread emails, which he said, is a good day.