Beekeeper Data, a reporting and analytics startup, was able to hire its product development team and launch its reporting platform for Hadoop, Spark and Redshift, thanks to $550,000 in seed funding, the company announced today.

According to a release, the round included participation from Wisconsin Investment Partners, Serra Ventures, BrightStar Wisconsin and other investors around the region.

“This money has been used to hire a world class product development team,” Beekeeper Data CEO Matthew Rathborne said. “Without them, there’s no way Beekeeper would be where it is today. We’re dealing with some pretty complex tech under the hood, so having the funds to hire a good team has been really important.”

Beekeeper Data gives B2B businesses a way to communicate data to customers, partners and employees without investing in a reporting team and is a graduate of the 2014 summer gener8tor program.