Palo Alto-based Hadoop vendor Cloudera has closed a $900 million financing round after announcing today a $740 equity investment from Intel that gives Intel an 18% stake in the company. The round includes the $160 million from T. Rowe Price and Google Ventures announced earlier in March and brings Cloudera's current valuation to about $4.1 billion. Founded in 2008, Cloudera has raised over $1 billion in funding to date and plans to go public later this year.

Palo Alto-based data intelligence company ClearStory Data has raised $21 million in a Series B round led by DAG Ventures with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. ClearStory's platform analyzes data from a number of both public and private sources to uncover trends, patters, and new business opportunities. Founded in 2011, ClearStory has raised $30 million to date and will use the latest investment to push its new self-service product for simple data analysis.

Brooklyn-based global marketplace for chefs Kitchensurfing has raised a $15 million Series B round led by Tiger Global Management with participation from previous investors Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. Kitchensurfing provides a platform for chefs, both professional and amateur, to connect with each other and offer their services for in-home meals. Launched quietly in New York last year, Kitchensurfing will use the new funds to grow its team and expand to Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Berlin.

Since the last email, CrunchBase captured more than 42 rounds and $1.02 billion in fundings... and the data keeps rolling in.