Confluent raises $50 million led by Sequoia Capital

Confluent, a startup that provides commercial support for the Apache Kafka open-source software, announced today a funding round of $50 million. The technology allows companies to easily access data as real-time streams and make it available throughout their IT systems.
Last time we spoke with Confluent in 2014, the startup had recently spun out of LinkedIn and raised a total of $31 million. Since then, it has opened an EMEA headquarters in London and added new customers, including Priceline.com