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Data warehousing firm Snowflake recently topped LinkedIn ’ s annual list of top US startups . Founded be French ex-Oracle employees Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes in 2012 , the company offers data warehousing and analytics . Operating on a data-as-a-service model , the service competes with giants such as Microsoft and Amazon . That hasn ’ t put off investors , with a total $ 1.4bn of funding raised so far . www . technologymagazine . com