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Palantir Technologies, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of analytics platforms for financial and intelligence clients, has raised $90 million in Series D funding at a $735 million valuation, according to TechCrunch.

Existing shareholder The Founders Fund led the round, and was joined by Youniversity Ventures, Glynn Capital, Ulu Ventures, Jeremy Stoppleman and Ben Ling. No mention of existing shareholders In-Q-Tel or Reed Elsevier Ventures.

The company previously raised around $82 million.