German data mining software provider Celonis valued at $2.5 bln after funding round

BERLIN (Reuters) - German data mining software firm Celonis said on Thursday that it had raised $290 mln in a Series C funding round, putting a $2.5 billion (£1.9 billion) valuation on the company that has been compared with enterprise application giant SAP .The funding round was led by Arena Holdings and investors included Ryan Smith, the founder of customer experience specialist Qualtrics that was bought by SAP for $8 billion a year ago.Celonis, based in Munich and New York, runs a..