(NOTE: This story was originally posted to CRN.com Jan. 17.)

An End-Of-Year Funding Flourish

Are you looking around for the "next big thing" with the possibility of lining up a new vendor partner or two?

The innovations that drew major funding from venture capital investors weren't restricted to the consumer space in the fourth quarter of 2016. In fact, many of the top funding rounds went to companies focused on the enterprise. These included funding for startups working in cloud storage, threat intelligence, Internet of Things and next-gen networking. 

What follows are our picks for 15 IT startups to watch that added funding in the fourth quarter of 2016.