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Back in January, we wrote about the launch of Lucid Imagination, a Massachussetts-based startup focused on support and services for open source search technologies Apache Lucene and Solr. ?The company has $6 million from a Series A funding round led by Granite Ventures and Walden International, and focuses on services and support for developers and enterprises using Lucene and Solr. Today, the company has announced a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, which invests in technology solutions for the CIA and other factions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. It looks like Lucene and Solr search technologies will be used by 18 intelligence organizations sifting through masses of data.

Lucid Imagination, a Massachussetts-based startup focused on support and services for open source search technologies Apache Lucene and Solr, has announced that it has officially launched. The company was one of only a tiny handful of open source companies to obtain significant venture capital funding in the fourth quarter of last year.? The company collected $6 million from a $7.5 million Series A funding round led by Granite Ventures and Walden International. It will focus on both developers and organizations using Lucene and Solr.