Datameer, a startup that offers a big data analytics solution built on Apache Hadoop, has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding from Redpoint Ventures.

John Walecka, a partner of Redpoint Ventures, has joined Datameer’s Board of Directors Datameer is also publicly launching its Analytics Solution, which integrated the data mining power of Hadoop with a spreadsheet interface, enabling business users to run analytics against very large data sets, with no programming required.

The product is designed to help users with little to computer engineering experience handle massive amounts of data.