Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It focuses on early and growth-stage technology startups, investing across software, cloud, data analytics, mobile technology, consumer services, fintech, security, healthcare, and information technologies. Accel seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies that define new categories and drive growth. Its portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Braintree, and Lookout Security, among others.

Casey Aylward

Partner

Nir Blumberger

Venture Partner

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Philippe Botteri

Partner

Andrew Braccia

Partner

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner

Katie Brown

Investor

Miles Clements

Partner

Adrian Colyer

Venture Partner

Kevin Comolli

Partner

Anand Daniel

Partner

Sonali De Rycker

Partner

Ben Dooley

CFO

Peter Doyle

Investor

Kevin Efrusy

Partner

Christine Esserman

Partner

Ben Fletcher

Partner

Sameer Gandhi

Partner

Martin Gibson

Investor

Bruce Golden

Partner

Graham Hutson

Investor

Sara Ittelson

Partner

Myrel Iturrey

Investor

Siddarth Jain

Analyst

Dinesh Katiyar Ph.D

Partner

Richard Kotite

Vice President

Amit Kumar

Partner

Gagan Kumar

General Partner

Ping Li

Partner

John Locke

Partner

Zhenya Loginov

Partner

Steve Loughlin

Partner

Arun Mathew

Partner

Jonathan Mendelson

Investor

Subrata Mitra

Partner

Gonzalo Mocorrea

Investor

Vasant Natarajan

Partner

Vas Natarajan

Partner

Harry Nelis

Partner

Nate Niparko

Partner

Maya Noeth

Partner

Brian O'Malley

Partner

Rachit Parekh

Principal

Vijaysai Patnaik

Associate

Varun Purandare

Principal and Investor

Ben Quazzo

Partner

Rafael Quintanilla

Investor

Tim Rawlinson

Investor

Matt Robinson

Partner

Sagar Sanghvi

Partner

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Jess Segal

Partner, Investor Relation

Ajay Sethi Ph.D

Venture Partner

Manasi Shah

Vice President and Investment Team Member

Karan Shah

Investor

Sarthak Singh

Investor

Robert Sternberg

Investor

Barath Shankar Subramanian

Principal

Diksha Sundarka

Investor

Prayank Swaroop

Partner

Ryan Sweeney

General Partner

Charles Tananbaum

Investor

Humza Tariq

Investor

Jonathan Turner

Partner

Cecilia Wang

Vice President

Matt Weigand

Partner

Eric Wolford

Venture Partner

Rich Wong

General Partner

Ivan Zhou

Partner

Candice du Fretay

Investor

Past deals in Networking

Chaos Industries

Series C in 2025
Chaos Industries is a technology company focused on defense and critical industries, developing advanced sensing, detection, and communication capabilities. It leverages Coherent Distributed Networks to enhance sensing, detection, and communication across platforms and emphasizes time synchronization to enable highly mobile, scalable, and cost-efficient systems. The company delivers integrated, software-defined solutions for defense, government, and industrial applications in challenging environments.

Chaos Industries

Series B in 2024
Chaos Industries is a technology company focused on defense and critical industries, developing advanced sensing, detection, and communication capabilities. It leverages Coherent Distributed Networks to enhance sensing, detection, and communication across platforms and emphasizes time synchronization to enable highly mobile, scalable, and cost-efficient systems. The company delivers integrated, software-defined solutions for defense, government, and industrial applications in challenging environments.

Aalyria

Series A in 2022
Aalyria specializes in advanced networking technologies for seamless connectivity across diverse environments such as land, sea, air, near space, and deep space. Its mission is to deliver hyper-fast, ultra-secure communications networks.

Anar

Seed Round in 2021
Anar is a platform that helps small and medium business communities build their networks and grow their ventures by providing access to products, market trends, and knowledge for innovation. It offers a business-to-business networking application that enables jewelry, clothing, hardware, and other small business owners to create online identities, post product catalogs, and communicate with customers through chat, facilitating offline and online connections to expand reach and sales.

Hashnode

Series A in 2021
Hashnode is a platform facilitating developers to publish articles on their own domain, enhancing SEO value and visibility. It fosters a community where users can connect, discover content, and engage with fellow developers. The service offers features such as analytics, monetization options, and improved tagging for efficient blog management.

Bumble

Venture Round in 2020
Bumble is a location-based social networking platform that combines dating, friend-finding, and career-building in a single app. It enables users to connect and communicate in ways intended to foster healthy and equitable relationships. In heterosexual matches, only female users can initiate contact with matched male users, while in same-sex matches either person can message first. Users can sign up with a phone number or Facebook profile and switch between romantic, friend-finder (BFF), and business networking modes, including Bumble Bizz for professional connections. Founded in 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble is based in Austin, Texas, and operates the Bumble and Badoo apps, serving users in the United States and internationally.

Bumble

Series A in 2020
Bumble is a location-based social networking platform that combines dating, friend-finding, and career-building in a single app. It enables users to connect and communicate in ways intended to foster healthy and equitable relationships. In heterosexual matches, only female users can initiate contact with matched male users, while in same-sex matches either person can message first. Users can sign up with a phone number or Facebook profile and switch between romantic, friend-finder (BFF), and business networking modes, including Bumble Bizz for professional connections. Founded in 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble is based in Austin, Texas, and operates the Bumble and Badoo apps, serving users in the United States and internationally.

Chief

Seed Round in 2018
Chief is a private membership network founded in 2019 by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan that connects senior women executives across the United States. It describes itself as the largest community of senior women leaders, with representation from more than 10,000 organizations and 77% of Fortune 100 companies; more than 40% of members hold C-suite roles. Membership offers executive coaching in one-on-one or small-group formats, including Core peer groups and individualized coaching, plus year-round programming such as roundtables, conferences, and editorial content. The network provides a built-in community through physical clubhouses in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., with partnerships with Industrious and Soho House for members outside clubhouse cities. Chief also runs a grant program to reduce financial barriers for executives facing identity-based inequity and nonprofit sector employees, having provided nearly $10 million in grants since inception. It has been recognized by TIME and Fast Company for influence and innovation.

Luma

Series A in 2016
Luma Home Inc. is a company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in designing and manufacturing Wi-Fi routers tailored for household networks. Founded by Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse, Luma leverages their extensive experience in addressing complex networking and security challenges to meet the demands of the modern connected home. As households increasingly rely on numerous devices, Luma's mission is to provide a fast, simple, secure, and reliable home network solution that caters to current and future technology needs. In addition to its core Wi-Fi routers, the company also offers related products such as power cords, cables, and wireless router accessories. Luma Home Inc. operates as a subsidiary of First Alert, Inc.

Neumob

Series A in 2015
Neumob develops technology to enhance the speed, reliability, and performance of mobile applications globally. Its flagship product, Neumob Accelerator, is a software development kit that utilizes machine learning-driven protocols and wide area network (WAN) acceleration features to optimize mobile app performance on various networks, including 2G, 3G, and 4G. The technology analyzes traffic and routing conditions in real-time to find the fastest route between user content and customers. Neumob's solutions help application owners reduce errors and timeouts by up to 90%, ensuring faster load times and improved reliability. Incorporated in 2014 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Neumob was acquired by Cloudflare in November 2017.

Neumob

Seed Round in 2015
Neumob develops technology to enhance the speed, reliability, and performance of mobile applications globally. Its flagship product, Neumob Accelerator, is a software development kit that utilizes machine learning-driven protocols and wide area network (WAN) acceleration features to optimize mobile app performance on various networks, including 2G, 3G, and 4G. The technology analyzes traffic and routing conditions in real-time to find the fastest route between user content and customers. Neumob's solutions help application owners reduce errors and timeouts by up to 90%, ensuring faster load times and improved reliability. Incorporated in 2014 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Neumob was acquired by Cloudflare in November 2017.

SimpliVity

Series D in 2015
SimpliVity Corporation is a provider of hyperconverged infrastructure solutions designed to enhance the deployment of resources and workloads in data centers. The company offers several products, including OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted system that integrates server, storage, and networking services, thereby improving the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads. Additionally, its OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure platform addresses data efficiency and global management needs in virtualized and cloud environments. SimpliVity's solutions also include OmniView, a web-based support dashboard featuring predictive analytics, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure, which integrates with Cisco UCS to consolidate multiple core data center functions. The company's technology is utilized across various sectors, including energy, education, financial services, government, and telecommunications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, SimpliVity has support centers in Cork, Ireland, and Raleigh, North Carolina. As of February 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

SimpliVity

Series C in 2013
SimpliVity Corporation is a provider of hyperconverged infrastructure solutions designed to enhance the deployment of resources and workloads in data centers. The company offers several products, including OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted system that integrates server, storage, and networking services, thereby improving the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads. Additionally, its OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure platform addresses data efficiency and global management needs in virtualized and cloud environments. SimpliVity's solutions also include OmniView, a web-based support dashboard featuring predictive analytics, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure, which integrates with Cisco UCS to consolidate multiple core data center functions. The company's technology is utilized across various sectors, including energy, education, financial services, government, and telecommunications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, SimpliVity has support centers in Cork, Ireland, and Raleigh, North Carolina. As of February 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

collegefeed

Venture Round in 2013
Collegefeed is an early career marketplace designed to enhance the employment prospects of college students and graduates. The platform connects these individuals with employers, alumni, and industry insiders, aiming to streamline and improve the effectiveness of career development. Collegefeed offers various services, including financial assistance, profile building, and personalized career guidance based on individual interests. By facilitating connections and providing peer support for interviews, the company aims to help students successfully transition into the workforce. Additionally, Collegefeed assists employers in improving their branding on college campuses, extending their reach, and enhancing the quality of candidate matches, thereby fostering a symbiotic relationship between students and potential employers.

Arista Networks

Seed Round in 2012
Arista Networks is a computer networking firm that specializes in delivering cloud networking solutions tailored for large data centers and high-performance computing environments. Founded in 2004, the company provides a range of Ethernet switches and software, with its flagship product being the extensible operating system (EOS), which operates uniformly across all its devices. Arista has deployed over three million cloud networking ports globally, offering products that include 1/10/40 and 100 GbE solutions. The firm has steadily increased its market share, primarily serving high-speed applications, and counts major corporations such as Microsoft and Meta Platforms among its largest customers. Approximately three-quarters of Arista's sales are generated from the North American market.

SimpliVity

Series B in 2012
SimpliVity Corporation is a provider of hyperconverged infrastructure solutions designed to enhance the deployment of resources and workloads in data centers. The company offers several products, including OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted system that integrates server, storage, and networking services, thereby improving the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads. Additionally, its OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure platform addresses data efficiency and global management needs in virtualized and cloud environments. SimpliVity's solutions also include OmniView, a web-based support dashboard featuring predictive analytics, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure, which integrates with Cisco UCS to consolidate multiple core data center functions. The company's technology is utilized across various sectors, including energy, education, financial services, government, and telecommunications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, SimpliVity has support centers in Cork, Ireland, and Raleigh, North Carolina. As of February 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Ubiquisys

Venture Round in 2012
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company that specializes in designing and developing devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is known for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband networks, delivering 3G coverage in these environments. Ubiquisys also provides convergence solutions aimed at the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, enhancing the integration of mobile and fixed-line services. Through its innovative products, Ubiquisys aims to improve mobile connectivity for users in various settings.

Airtime

Series B in 2012
Airtime is a social platform designed to foster genuine online interactions, aiming to create a welcoming environment for users. Founded by Sean Parker, the platform offers various virtual "rooms" where individuals can engage in live conversations about diverse interests, from music to art and comedy. Unlike traditional social networks that often promote isolation, Airtime encourages community building and real-time engagement. The company is supported by prominent investors, including Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, and Google Ventures, and operates with a dedicated team of over 100 employees across three locations. Airtime focuses on enhancing the quality of online social experiences through its innovative video conversation features.

ResearchGate

Series B in 2012
Founded in 2008, ResearchGate operates an online professional networking platform for scientists worldwide. It facilitates the sharing of research findings, collaboration among peers, job searches within academia, and access to statistical data on citations.

SimpliVity

Series A in 2012
SimpliVity Corporation is a provider of hyperconverged infrastructure solutions designed to enhance the deployment of resources and workloads in data centers. The company offers several products, including OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted system that integrates server, storage, and networking services, thereby improving the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads. Additionally, its OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure platform addresses data efficiency and global management needs in virtualized and cloud environments. SimpliVity's solutions also include OmniView, a web-based support dashboard featuring predictive analytics, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure, which integrates with Cisco UCS to consolidate multiple core data center functions. The company's technology is utilized across various sectors, including energy, education, financial services, government, and telecommunications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, SimpliVity has support centers in Cork, Ireland, and Raleigh, North Carolina. As of February 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Cambridge Broadband Networks

Venture Round in 2010
Cambridge Broadband Networks develops and deploys microwave access and wireless backhaul solutions for telecommunication network providers globally. It offers the VectaStar platform, providing mobile backhaul, enterprise access, and small cell network solutions, along with a network management system and configuration application. The company also delivers consultancy services for network design and deployment.

Parallocity

Series A in 2010
Parallocity provides advanced automated defect detection tools for mission critical software development. Parallocity's customers include leaders in industries from networking to storage, security, web and cloud infrastructure, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and more. These companies cannot afford the time, cost, and potential damage to their brands that result from elusive software defects that go undetected even with rigorous testing. Once such errors ship in production code they can cause anomalous program behavior, security breaches, system crashes, and even catastrophic failure. That's why these firms have licensed tools based on Parallocity's Zeus Virtual Machine® (ZVM) Dynamic Analysis Framework with automated runtime defect detection and integrated code analytics. ZVM's patent pending technology represents a breakthrough in dynamic runtime analysis by virtue of its performance, memory-efficiency, and scalability. When integrated into the software development workflow and regression test environment, Parallocity's ZVM-based tools represent the best chance of catching critical errors prior to production release. With funding from Accel Partners, Parallocity is enabling the rapid paradigm shift in software development to highly concurrent, multi-threaded applications that will allow companies to leverage the performance benefits of parallel processing on current and next generation multi-core processors.

Ubiquisys

Venture Round in 2010
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company that specializes in designing and developing devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is known for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband networks, delivering 3G coverage in these environments. Ubiquisys also provides convergence solutions aimed at the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, enhancing the integration of mobile and fixed-line services. Through its innovative products, Ubiquisys aims to improve mobile connectivity for users in various settings.

ResearchGate

Series A in 2010
Founded in 2008, ResearchGate operates an online professional networking platform for scientists worldwide. It facilitates the sharing of research findings, collaboration among peers, job searches within academia, and access to statistical data on citations.

Ubiquisys

Venture Round in 2010
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company that specializes in designing and developing devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is known for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband networks, delivering 3G coverage in these environments. Ubiquisys also provides convergence solutions aimed at the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, enhancing the integration of mobile and fixed-line services. Through its innovative products, Ubiquisys aims to improve mobile connectivity for users in various settings.

XConnect Global Networks

Series B in 2009
XConnect Global Networks is a leading provider of next-generation interconnection services that facilitate the adoption of IP-based multimedia communications. The company leverages its advanced ENUM registry and IPX hub technology to help customers optimize their network and technology investments, enabling the delivery of IP voice, video, and unified communications across various networks and platforms. Headquartered in London, with additional offices in the USA, EMEA, and Asia, XConnect serves a diverse customer base that includes major carriers, service providers, and video conferencing providers across more than 70 countries. Their federation-based peering services offer real-time access to comprehensive and secure phone number data, empowering mobile communications and ensuring efficient connectivity for IP-enabled carriers and service providers.

Verivue

Series C in 2009
Verivue, Inc. specializes in developing and marketing high-performance IP platforms designed for network operators to efficiently distribute, deliver, and control large volumes of IP-based media traffic across various devices. The company provides solutions that enhance content delivery for both managed and unmanaged service provider networks. One of its key offerings, the OneVantage Content Delivery Solution, leverages principles of web scale and cloud computing, ensuring scalability in content caching and delivery bandwidth while incorporating advanced clustering techniques for resilience. Verivue markets its products through direct sales and international distribution partners, focusing on licensed content-delivery network technologies.

Ubidyne

Series B in 2009
Ubidyne is a technology company founded in 2005, specializing in digital active antenna technology. The company’s innovative Antenna Embedded Radio technology integrates micro-radio systems within wireless antennas, revolutionizing mobile communications by eliminating the need for coaxial feeder cables, remote electrical tilt, and additional amplifiers. Ubidyne's products are designed to support a wide range of mobile communication standards, including GSM, UMTS, HSPA+, and LTE, and are compatible with both CPRI and OBSAI optical interfaces. This advanced technology enables efficient deployment of multi-standard wireless services, enhancing coverage, capacity, and energy efficiency of mobile networks globally. Ubidyne's solutions cater to various applications, from pico cells to smart macro cells and distributed in-building systems.

Cambridge Broadband Networks

Venture Round in 2009
Cambridge Broadband Networks develops and deploys microwave access and wireless backhaul solutions for telecommunication network providers globally. It offers the VectaStar platform, providing mobile backhaul, enterprise access, and small cell network solutions, along with a network management system and configuration application. The company also delivers consultancy services for network design and deployment.

WiChorus

Series C in 2008
WiChorus is a company that specializes in software solutions for network management within the telecommunications sector. It develops innovative products for both mobile and fixed networks, aiming to enhance operational efficiency for service providers. Notably, WiChorus offers a smartcore platform that supports the deployment of 4G packet core infrastructure, including WiMAX and LTE networks. This platform includes capabilities for service and subscriber management, content management, and network optimization, allowing operators to enhance performance while effectively monetizing their internet services. Through its advanced technology, WiChorus enables telecommunications operators to achieve superior network intelligence and performance.

Xelerated

Series E in 2008
Xelerated Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development and design of computer networking equipment. The company offers HX devices that deliver wirespeed performance for various applications, including carrier backbone platforms, access aggregation, and enterprise switching systems. Additionally, Xelerated produces Xelerator network processors and provides a comprehensive Software Development Kit that facilitates the development, simulation, debugging, and testing of forwarding plane applications. The company also supplies Reference Design Kits for network processor development and offers a Precision Time Solution that supports Precision Time Protocol and Synchronous Ethernet. Xelerated's solutions cater to data-aware transport platforms, switches and routers, metro Ethernet switches, and access equipment. Founded in 2000, Xelerated is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Beijing, and Stockholm.

Verivue

Series B in 2008
Verivue, Inc. specializes in developing and marketing high-performance IP platforms designed for network operators to efficiently distribute, deliver, and control large volumes of IP-based media traffic across various devices. The company provides solutions that enhance content delivery for both managed and unmanaged service provider networks. One of its key offerings, the OneVantage Content Delivery Solution, leverages principles of web scale and cloud computing, ensuring scalability in content caching and delivery bandwidth while incorporating advanced clustering techniques for resilience. Verivue markets its products through direct sales and international distribution partners, focusing on licensed content-delivery network technologies.

Solarflare

Venture Round in 2008
Solarflare Communications, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor and networking software company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Irvine, California. The company specializes in developing server networking software and hardware, including Ethernet adapters and application acceleration solutions. Key products include Onload, which enhances application performance for electronic trading platforms; Cloud Onload, tailored for cloud data centers; ServerLock, focused on data center security; and SolarCapture, a network performance monitoring tool. Solarflare's technologies support high-frequency trading, high-performance computing, cloud computing, and virtualized data centers. The company's offerings are distributed through various partners globally, backed by research and development facilities in San Diego, California; Cambridge, United Kingdom; and New Delhi, India. Solarflare operates as a subsidiary of Xilinx, Inc.

Gigle Networks

Series B in 2007
Gigle Networks, established in 2005 with headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, and an additional office in Edinburgh, UK, specializes in developing and manufacturing system-on-chip integrated circuits tailored for home networking applications. The company offers comprehensive solutions that enable multimedia connectivity throughout homes via wired and wireless Ethernet without requiring new wiring installations.

WiChorus

Series B in 2007
WiChorus is a company that specializes in software solutions for network management within the telecommunications sector. It develops innovative products for both mobile and fixed networks, aiming to enhance operational efficiency for service providers. Notably, WiChorus offers a smartcore platform that supports the deployment of 4G packet core infrastructure, including WiMAX and LTE networks. This platform includes capabilities for service and subscriber management, content management, and network optimization, allowing operators to enhance performance while effectively monetizing their internet services. Through its advanced technology, WiChorus enables telecommunications operators to achieve superior network intelligence and performance.

Ubiquisys

Series B in 2007
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company that specializes in designing and developing devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is known for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband networks, delivering 3G coverage in these environments. Ubiquisys also provides convergence solutions aimed at the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, enhancing the integration of mobile and fixed-line services. Through its innovative products, Ubiquisys aims to improve mobile connectivity for users in various settings.

Xelerated

Series D in 2007
Xelerated Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development and design of computer networking equipment. The company offers HX devices that deliver wirespeed performance for various applications, including carrier backbone platforms, access aggregation, and enterprise switching systems. Additionally, Xelerated produces Xelerator network processors and provides a comprehensive Software Development Kit that facilitates the development, simulation, debugging, and testing of forwarding plane applications. The company also supplies Reference Design Kits for network processor development and offers a Precision Time Solution that supports Precision Time Protocol and Synchronous Ethernet. Xelerated's solutions cater to data-aware transport platforms, switches and routers, metro Ethernet switches, and access equipment. Founded in 2000, Xelerated is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Beijing, and Stockholm.

XConnect Global Networks

Series A in 2007
XConnect Global Networks is a leading provider of next-generation interconnection services that facilitate the adoption of IP-based multimedia communications. The company leverages its advanced ENUM registry and IPX hub technology to help customers optimize their network and technology investments, enabling the delivery of IP voice, video, and unified communications across various networks and platforms. Headquartered in London, with additional offices in the USA, EMEA, and Asia, XConnect serves a diverse customer base that includes major carriers, service providers, and video conferencing providers across more than 70 countries. Their federation-based peering services offer real-time access to comprehensive and secure phone number data, empowering mobile communications and ensuring efficient connectivity for IP-enabled carriers and service providers.

Azea Networks

Series D in 2007
Azea Networks Limited, provides world-class submarine optical networking solutions Azea Networks provides world-class submarine optical networking solutions that allow operators to exploit the full potential of their existing cable assets. Azea is uniquely focused on delivering substantial, and cost effective, capacity gains over existing undersea systems. The Azea team combines extensive optical engineering experience in characterisation, system design, modelling and product implementation to provide technologies and services that are a compelling alternative to the cost and risk of deploying new submarine cable systems. Azea’s head office is in London, with manufacturing in Scotland and a number of regional support offices.

Cambridge Broadband Networks

Series E in 2007
Cambridge Broadband Networks develops and deploys microwave access and wireless backhaul solutions for telecommunication network providers globally. It offers the VectaStar platform, providing mobile backhaul, enterprise access, and small cell network solutions, along with a network management system and configuration application. The company also delivers consultancy services for network design and deployment.

Resolute Networks

Venture Round in 2006
Resolute Networks is a prominent provider of standards-compliant core technology and subsystem solutions, specializing in Circuit Emulation Services (CES) and Synchronization over Packet applications. The company's offerings facilitate high-performance converged voice and data telecommunications over Ethernet, IP, or MPLS infrastructures. Resolute Networks' CES subsystems have garnered recognition from leading network equipment manufacturers worldwide, establishing the company as a key player in the telecommunications sector. Formed through the merger of Redux Communications and Lycium Networks, Resolute Networks is committed to supporting the partners and customers of both predecessor companies, solidifying its position in the market.

Ubiquisys

Series A in 2006
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company that specializes in designing and developing devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is known for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband networks, delivering 3G coverage in these environments. Ubiquisys also provides convergence solutions aimed at the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, enhancing the integration of mobile and fixed-line services. Through its innovative products, Ubiquisys aims to improve mobile connectivity for users in various settings.

Trapeze Networks

Series D in 2006
Trapeze Networks is a provider of wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions designed to enhance mobility for the enterprise workforce. The company specializes in delivering robust and scalable WLAN infrastructure that ensures high levels of reliability, performance, security, and management for demanding mobile applications, including data, voice, video, and real-time location services. Trapeze Networks offers innovative systems that address the limitations of traditional WLANs through advanced switching technology, integrating both centralized and distributed data forwarding. This enables businesses to optimize their daily operations and meet the evolving needs of a mobile-centric environment.

WiChorus

Series B in 2006
WiChorus is a company that specializes in software solutions for network management within the telecommunications sector. It develops innovative products for both mobile and fixed networks, aiming to enhance operational efficiency for service providers. Notably, WiChorus offers a smartcore platform that supports the deployment of 4G packet core infrastructure, including WiMAX and LTE networks. This platform includes capabilities for service and subscriber management, content management, and network optimization, allowing operators to enhance performance while effectively monetizing their internet services. Through its advanced technology, WiChorus enables telecommunications operators to achieve superior network intelligence and performance.

Acopia Networks

Series D in 2006
Acopia Networks specializes in intelligent file virtualization solutions designed to enhance data management for enterprises. The company offers the Acopia ARX series of intelligent file virtualization devices, which automate essential data management tasks and mitigate disruptions related to storage management operations. Additionally, Acopia Networks provides the FreedomFabric network operating system software, enabling organizations to manage unstructured file data more efficiently by automating various storage management functions. The company's services also include data migration, storage tiering, data replication, and load balancing, allowing customers to implement an adaptive infrastructure that integrates applications, servers, and storage across their global operations.

Gigle Networks

Series A in 2006
Gigle Networks, established in 2005 with headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, and an additional office in Edinburgh, UK, specializes in developing and manufacturing system-on-chip integrated circuits tailored for home networking applications. The company offers comprehensive solutions that enable multimedia connectivity throughout homes via wired and wireless Ethernet without requiring new wiring installations.

Riverbed Technology

Venture Round in 2006
Riverbed Technology is a developer of network and application performance software that caters to various industries, including government, oil and gas, financial services, and retail. The company's platform enables enterprises to visualize, optimize, remediate, and accelerate network performance for diverse applications. By enhancing visibility and performance across networks, applications, and end-user devices, Riverbed helps organizations maximize employee productivity and leverage IT for greater operational agility. Additionally, the platform supports business objectives by mitigating cybersecurity risks and improving the digital experience, allowing clients to capitalize on their cloud and digital investments effectively.

Cambridge Broadband Networks

Series D in 2006
Cambridge Broadband Networks develops and deploys microwave access and wireless backhaul solutions for telecommunication network providers globally. It offers the VectaStar platform, providing mobile backhaul, enterprise access, and small cell network solutions, along with a network management system and configuration application. The company also delivers consultancy services for network design and deployment.

Ubidyne

Series A in 2005
Ubidyne is a technology company founded in 2005, specializing in digital active antenna technology. The company’s innovative Antenna Embedded Radio technology integrates micro-radio systems within wireless antennas, revolutionizing mobile communications by eliminating the need for coaxial feeder cables, remote electrical tilt, and additional amplifiers. Ubidyne's products are designed to support a wide range of mobile communication standards, including GSM, UMTS, HSPA+, and LTE, and are compatible with both CPRI and OBSAI optical interfaces. This advanced technology enables efficient deployment of multi-standard wireless services, enhancing coverage, capacity, and energy efficiency of mobile networks globally. Ubidyne's solutions cater to various applications, from pico cells to smart macro cells and distributed in-building systems.

Level 5 Networks

Series B in 2005
Level 5 Networks, Inc., founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Cambridge, the United Kingdom, is a fabless semiconductor and software company specializing in ethernet network interface cards. The company's primary product, EtherFabric, combines specialized silicon, high-performance hardware, and software to enable Ethernet networks to function as high-performance server interconnects. This technology accelerates application performance and optimizes existing IT infrastructure by liberating server compute power. Level 5 Networks was formerly known as Cambridge Internetworking Limited and was acquired by Solarflare Communications in April 2006.

Big Bear Networks

Series D in 2005
Big Bear Networks develops optical transponders and subassemblies for network operators.

Entrisphere

Series C in 2005
Entrisphere, Inc. is a provider of access network equipment designed for broadband service providers. Founded in 2000 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company develops products like the BLM 1500, a multi-service access platform that supports various communication interfaces such as voice over packet, IPTV, DSL, and both B-PON and GPON technologies. Entrisphere also offers a range of optical network terminals (ONTs) and optical network units (ONUs) suitable for different deployment scenarios, including single-family homes and multi-tenant buildings, along with OSP cabinets that facilitate voice, data, and video services over both copper and fiber connections. In addition to hardware solutions, Entrisphere provides essential support services such as network planning, installation, and maintenance, ensuring efficient operation for telecommunications carriers. As of February 2007, Entrisphere, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of LM Ericsson Telephone Co.

Xelerated

Series C in 2005
Xelerated Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development and design of computer networking equipment. The company offers HX devices that deliver wirespeed performance for various applications, including carrier backbone platforms, access aggregation, and enterprise switching systems. Additionally, Xelerated produces Xelerator network processors and provides a comprehensive Software Development Kit that facilitates the development, simulation, debugging, and testing of forwarding plane applications. The company also supplies Reference Design Kits for network processor development and offers a Precision Time Solution that supports Precision Time Protocol and Synchronous Ethernet. Xelerated's solutions cater to data-aware transport platforms, switches and routers, metro Ethernet switches, and access equipment. Founded in 2000, Xelerated is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Beijing, and Stockholm.

Trapeze Networks

Series C in 2005
Trapeze Networks is a provider of wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions designed to enhance mobility for the enterprise workforce. The company specializes in delivering robust and scalable WLAN infrastructure that ensures high levels of reliability, performance, security, and management for demanding mobile applications, including data, voice, video, and real-time location services. Trapeze Networks offers innovative systems that address the limitations of traditional WLANs through advanced switching technology, integrating both centralized and distributed data forwarding. This enables businesses to optimize their daily operations and meet the evolving needs of a mobile-centric environment.

Trapeze Networks

Series C in 2005
Trapeze Networks is a provider of wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions designed to enhance mobility for the enterprise workforce. The company specializes in delivering robust and scalable WLAN infrastructure that ensures high levels of reliability, performance, security, and management for demanding mobile applications, including data, voice, video, and real-time location services. Trapeze Networks offers innovative systems that address the limitations of traditional WLANs through advanced switching technology, integrating both centralized and distributed data forwarding. This enables businesses to optimize their daily operations and meet the evolving needs of a mobile-centric environment.

Azea Networks

Series C in 2005
Azea Networks Limited, provides world-class submarine optical networking solutions Azea Networks provides world-class submarine optical networking solutions that allow operators to exploit the full potential of their existing cable assets. Azea is uniquely focused on delivering substantial, and cost effective, capacity gains over existing undersea systems. The Azea team combines extensive optical engineering experience in characterisation, system design, modelling and product implementation to provide technologies and services that are a compelling alternative to the cost and risk of deploying new submarine cable systems. Azea’s head office is in London, with manufacturing in Scotland and a number of regional support offices.

Resolute Networks

Venture Round in 2005
Resolute Networks is a prominent provider of standards-compliant core technology and subsystem solutions, specializing in Circuit Emulation Services (CES) and Synchronization over Packet applications. The company's offerings facilitate high-performance converged voice and data telecommunications over Ethernet, IP, or MPLS infrastructures. Resolute Networks' CES subsystems have garnered recognition from leading network equipment manufacturers worldwide, establishing the company as a key player in the telecommunications sector. Formed through the merger of Redux Communications and Lycium Networks, Resolute Networks is committed to supporting the partners and customers of both predecessor companies, solidifying its position in the market.

Acopia Networks

Series C in 2004
Acopia Networks specializes in intelligent file virtualization solutions designed to enhance data management for enterprises. The company offers the Acopia ARX series of intelligent file virtualization devices, which automate essential data management tasks and mitigate disruptions related to storage management operations. Additionally, Acopia Networks provides the FreedomFabric network operating system software, enabling organizations to manage unstructured file data more efficiently by automating various storage management functions. The company's services also include data migration, storage tiering, data replication, and load balancing, allowing customers to implement an adaptive infrastructure that integrates applications, servers, and storage across their global operations.

The Cloud

Venture Round in 2004
The Cloud is a company that specializes in providing public access Wi-Fi hotspots. Its services enable users to connect to the internet in various locations, enhancing accessibility and convenience for individuals seeking online connectivity outside of their homes or offices. By offering reliable wireless internet solutions, The Cloud aims to meet the growing demand for mobile internet access in public spaces.

Raytheon BBN Technologies

Venture Round in 2004
Started in 1948 by MIT professors, BBN Technologies has churned out technologies ranging from packet switching (1969) to the first network email (1971) to the first router (1976). The legendary R&D organization changed hands several times, most recently being acquired by Raytheon on September 1, 2009, following a management-led buyout from Verizon five years earlier. With expertise spanning information security, speech and language processing, networking, distributed systems, and sensing and control systems, BBN scientists and engineers have amassed a substantial collection of innovations and patented solutions.

Riverbed Technology

Series B in 2004
Riverbed Technology is a developer of network and application performance software that caters to various industries, including government, oil and gas, financial services, and retail. The company's platform enables enterprises to visualize, optimize, remediate, and accelerate network performance for diverse applications. By enhancing visibility and performance across networks, applications, and end-user devices, Riverbed helps organizations maximize employee productivity and leverage IT for greater operational agility. Additionally, the platform supports business objectives by mitigating cybersecurity risks and improving the digital experience, allowing clients to capitalize on their cloud and digital investments effectively.

Big Bear Networks

Series C in 2003
Big Bear Networks develops optical transponders and subassemblies for network operators.

Topspin Communications

Series C in 2003
Topspin Communications is a technology company based in Mountain View, California, specializing in server networking equipment. Founded in 2000, it focuses on providing server fabric switches, a type of networking device that facilitates the connection of servers into a grid architecture. This technology supports grid and utility computing, clustered enterprise applications, and server virtualization. Additionally, Topspin offers solutions for virtualizing enterprise data centers, enabling dynamic matching of CPU, I/O, and storage resources to evolving business requirements. Their innovative approach allows for faster integration and deployment of data center resources compared to competitors.

Peribit Networks

Series D in 2003
Peribit Networks, founded in 2000 and based in Santa Clara, California, specializes in WAN optimization solutions designed to enhance network performance for enterprise customers. The company offers a range of platforms and software that enable increased WAN capacity, faster application performance, and prioritized application delivery, while also providing visibility into network and application performance. Utilizing its proprietary Molecular Sequence Reduction (MSR) technology, Peribit Networks effectively analyzes and eliminates redundant data from WAN traffic, which can account for 70% to 90% of capacity being wasted on repetitive information. This innovative approach allows applications to operate significantly more efficiently over the WAN, benefiting over 900 enterprise customers globally.

Atrica

Series D in 2003
Atrica is a provider of carrier Ethernet solutions designed for metropolitan area networks. The company specializes in manufacturing carrier Ethernet core, aggregation, and edge switches, along with a service platform for Ethernet networks. Atrica's offerings extend to various Ethernet services, including Ethernet Internet access, Ethernet transparent LAN, T1 private line, Ethernet private line, and Ethernet private network services. The company's technology supports a diverse clientele, including incumbent local service providers, competitive carriers, cable operators, and enterprises, enabling them to enhance their telecommunications capabilities and deliver broadband services to both business and residential customers.

Acopia Networks

Series B in 2003
Acopia Networks specializes in intelligent file virtualization solutions designed to enhance data management for enterprises. The company offers the Acopia ARX series of intelligent file virtualization devices, which automate essential data management tasks and mitigate disruptions related to storage management operations. Additionally, Acopia Networks provides the FreedomFabric network operating system software, enabling organizations to manage unstructured file data more efficiently by automating various storage management functions. The company's services also include data migration, storage tiering, data replication, and load balancing, allowing customers to implement an adaptive infrastructure that integrates applications, servers, and storage across their global operations.

Leapstone Systems

Series B in 2003
Leapstone Systems, Inc. specializes in communication software solutions tailored for network operators in the United States. The company offers the Communications Convergence Engine, a versatile software platform that facilitates the design, packaging, deployment, and management of diverse content and services. Its product suite includes serviceBROKER, which allows operators to seamlessly integrate various services such as voice and IPTV. By providing a unified platform for creating and managing converged video, voice, and data service bundles, Leapstone Systems enables wireline, wireless, and cable operators to enhance their service offerings across multiple networks and devices.

NetVmg

Series D in 2003
netVmg is a company specializing in intelligent route control software designed to optimize internet performance for businesses. Founded in May 2000, it provides solutions that help organizations enhance application performance and reduce costs by managing internet protocol traffic across multiple networks. Its product offerings include hardware platforms tailored for different business sizes, such as the FCP 500 for mid-sized enterprises and the FCP 100 for smaller sites. In 2003, netVmg was acquired by Internap Network Services Corporation, further expanding its capabilities in delivering reliable traffic management services for mission-critical applications.

Riverbed Technology

Series A in 2003
Riverbed Technology is a developer of network and application performance software that caters to various industries, including government, oil and gas, financial services, and retail. The company's platform enables enterprises to visualize, optimize, remediate, and accelerate network performance for diverse applications. By enhancing visibility and performance across networks, applications, and end-user devices, Riverbed helps organizations maximize employee productivity and leverage IT for greater operational agility. Additionally, the platform supports business objectives by mitigating cybersecurity risks and improving the digital experience, allowing clients to capitalize on their cloud and digital investments effectively.

Acopia Networks

Series A in 2002
Acopia Networks specializes in intelligent file virtualization solutions designed to enhance data management for enterprises. The company offers the Acopia ARX series of intelligent file virtualization devices, which automate essential data management tasks and mitigate disruptions related to storage management operations. Additionally, Acopia Networks provides the FreedomFabric network operating system software, enabling organizations to manage unstructured file data more efficiently by automating various storage management functions. The company's services also include data migration, storage tiering, data replication, and load balancing, allowing customers to implement an adaptive infrastructure that integrates applications, servers, and storage across their global operations.

Entrisphere

Series B in 2002
Entrisphere, Inc. is a provider of access network equipment designed for broadband service providers. Founded in 2000 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company develops products like the BLM 1500, a multi-service access platform that supports various communication interfaces such as voice over packet, IPTV, DSL, and both B-PON and GPON technologies. Entrisphere also offers a range of optical network terminals (ONTs) and optical network units (ONUs) suitable for different deployment scenarios, including single-family homes and multi-tenant buildings, along with OSP cabinets that facilitate voice, data, and video services over both copper and fiber connections. In addition to hardware solutions, Entrisphere provides essential support services such as network planning, installation, and maintenance, ensuring efficient operation for telecommunications carriers. As of February 2007, Entrisphere, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of LM Ericsson Telephone Co.

Topspin Communications

Series B in 2002
Topspin Communications is a technology company based in Mountain View, California, specializing in server networking equipment. Founded in 2000, it focuses on providing server fabric switches, a type of networking device that facilitates the connection of servers into a grid architecture. This technology supports grid and utility computing, clustered enterprise applications, and server virtualization. Additionally, Topspin offers solutions for virtualizing enterprise data centers, enabling dynamic matching of CPU, I/O, and storage resources to evolving business requirements. Their innovative approach allows for faster integration and deployment of data center resources compared to competitors.

Lycium Networks

Venture Round in 2002
Lycium Networks is a technology company specializing in high-speed convergence solutions that integrate voice and data over next-generation networks. Founded by Doron Barack, Ron Cohen, and Yehuda Wieder, the company leverages the team's extensive experience in the communications industry. Lycium Networks has developed System on Chip (SoC) technology, specifically its Meridian SoC, which provides circuit emulation services. This technology supports SDH/SONET protection and incorporates operation, administration, and management mechanisms, enabling the synchronization and multiplexing of TDM services over packet-switched networks. By delivering these advanced capabilities, Lycium Networks empowers communications equipment vendors to offer significant advantages to operators and end-users.

NetVmg

Series C in 2002
netVmg is a company specializing in intelligent route control software designed to optimize internet performance for businesses. Founded in May 2000, it provides solutions that help organizations enhance application performance and reduce costs by managing internet protocol traffic across multiple networks. Its product offerings include hardware platforms tailored for different business sizes, such as the FCP 500 for mid-sized enterprises and the FCP 100 for smaller sites. In 2003, netVmg was acquired by Internap Network Services Corporation, further expanding its capabilities in delivering reliable traffic management services for mission-critical applications.

TeraChip

Venture Round in 2002
TeraChip Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that develops switch fabric for switches and router systems. The company’s products are used in local area network (LAN), storage area network (SAN), and metro area network (MAN) switches.

Peribit Networks

Series C in 2002
Peribit Networks, founded in 2000 and based in Santa Clara, California, specializes in WAN optimization solutions designed to enhance network performance for enterprise customers. The company offers a range of platforms and software that enable increased WAN capacity, faster application performance, and prioritized application delivery, while also providing visibility into network and application performance. Utilizing its proprietary Molecular Sequence Reduction (MSR) technology, Peribit Networks effectively analyzes and eliminates redundant data from WAN traffic, which can account for 70% to 90% of capacity being wasted on repetitive information. This innovative approach allows applications to operate significantly more efficiently over the WAN, benefiting over 900 enterprise customers globally.

Big Bear Networks

Series B in 2002
Big Bear Networks develops optical transponders and subassemblies for network operators.

2Wire

Series D in 2001
2Wire develops hardware and software solutions for telecommunications companies. Their platform includes residential gateways, modems, set-top boxes, and management systems, enabling providers to deliver high-speed internet, voice, and media services to consumers.

AccessLan Communications

Venture Round in 2001
AccessLan, the Silicon Valley pioneer of PacketLoop, is a leading provider of business-focused and carrier-class access equipment for Integrated Communications Providers (ICPs). PacketLoop delivers the next generation of packet-based, local loop solutions, providing variable rate, multi-service intelligent infrastructure with Internet Scaling Architecture (ISA) enabling the industry’s first Quality-of-Service (QoS) for Internet Protocol (IP) management. It is ideally suited to delivery of packet-based services including: Voice-over-DSL (VoDSL), Internet access; Frame Relay; Virtual Private Network (VPN) and application hosting such as, streaming content and differentiated access services.

Vertical Networks

Series F in 2001
Vertical Networks is a distributor of IP-PBX software and communications solutions for branch offices and stores, delivers customizable solutions to several industries, including financial services, healthcare, publishing, and retail.

Tahoe Networks

Series A in 2001
The company makes equipment that enhances the delivery of mobile data services by using IP (Internet Protocol) instead of the technology used to carry voice signals.

Atrica

Series B in 2001
Atrica is a provider of carrier Ethernet solutions designed for metropolitan area networks. The company specializes in manufacturing carrier Ethernet core, aggregation, and edge switches, along with a service platform for Ethernet networks. Atrica's offerings extend to various Ethernet services, including Ethernet Internet access, Ethernet transparent LAN, T1 private line, Ethernet private line, and Ethernet private network services. The company's technology supports a diverse clientele, including incumbent local service providers, competitive carriers, cable operators, and enterprises, enabling them to enhance their telecommunications capabilities and deliver broadband services to both business and residential customers.

New Edge Networks

Private Equity Round in 2001
New Edge Networks is a national provider specializing in secure, multi-site managed data networks and dedicated internet access. The company primarily offers internet services through digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, catering to residences and businesses in small cities and semi-rural communities. In addition to DSL connections, New Edge Networks delivers services such as wide area networks, virtual private networks, and frame relay, ensuring reliable and efficient connectivity for its clients.

NetVmg

Series B in 2001
netVmg is a company specializing in intelligent route control software designed to optimize internet performance for businesses. Founded in May 2000, it provides solutions that help organizations enhance application performance and reduce costs by managing internet protocol traffic across multiple networks. Its product offerings include hardware platforms tailored for different business sizes, such as the FCP 500 for mid-sized enterprises and the FCP 100 for smaller sites. In 2003, netVmg was acquired by Internap Network Services Corporation, further expanding its capabilities in delivering reliable traffic management services for mission-critical applications.

Infinera

Series A in 2001
Infinera Corporation is a global provider of optical transport networking equipment, software, and services, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company specializes in photonic integration technology, offering a diverse portfolio that includes modular platforms, coherent optical transport systems, and packet-optical transport solutions. Its products, such as the Infinera Groove series and 7300 series, cater to various transport network applications, enabling high-capacity data transmission and management. Infinera's digital transport node system incorporates advanced technology for digital processing of network traffic. The company also provides a range of support services, including technical support, installation, and professional services. Infinera's customer base consists of telecommunications service providers, internet content providers, cable operators, research institutions, large enterprises, and government entities, all of whom rely on its solutions for efficient optical networking. Founded in 2000, Infinera continues to innovate in the field of optical networking, enhancing the capabilities of global communications infrastructure.

Iospan Wireless

Series C in 2001
Iospan Wireless is an Internet infrastruture company. Specifically the firm provides customers with mass broadband services through their main product the MIMO-OFDM-enabled AirBurst.

iPass

Venture Round in 2000
iPass provides global mobile connectivity services through a cloud-based platform offering unlimited Wi-Fi access on any device. With over 57 million hotspots in more than 120 countries, iPass simplifies Wi-Fi connections at airports, hotels, and other venues.

New Edge Networks

Series C in 2000
New Edge Networks is a national provider specializing in secure, multi-site managed data networks and dedicated internet access. The company primarily offers internet services through digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, catering to residences and businesses in small cities and semi-rural communities. In addition to DSL connections, New Edge Networks delivers services such as wide area networks, virtual private networks, and frame relay, ensuring reliable and efficient connectivity for its clients.

Accordion Networks

Venture Round in 2000
Accordion Networks designs and supplies next-generation onsite broadband multi-services activation platforms, enabling New-World Service Providers to activate, personalize and manage business-class broadband services in the new business e-conomy. Accordion Networks' flagship broadband multi-services activation platform allows New-World Service Providers, for the first time, to offer a one-stop-shop for differentiated services onsite at the edge of the network from a business campus Point-of-Presence (POP), building POP or metro POP. Accordion Networks enables New-World Service Providers to rapidly deploy "best fit" technologies, including a winning combination of increased bandwidth, improved scalability, and rapid provisioning of voice, data, video and advanced Internet protocol (IP) and application services.

Atrica

Series A in 2000
Atrica is a provider of carrier Ethernet solutions designed for metropolitan area networks. The company specializes in manufacturing carrier Ethernet core, aggregation, and edge switches, along with a service platform for Ethernet networks. Atrica's offerings extend to various Ethernet services, including Ethernet Internet access, Ethernet transparent LAN, T1 private line, Ethernet private line, and Ethernet private network services. The company's technology supports a diverse clientele, including incumbent local service providers, competitive carriers, cable operators, and enterprises, enabling them to enhance their telecommunications capabilities and deliver broadband services to both business and residential customers.

iPass

Venture Round in 2000
iPass provides global mobile connectivity services through a cloud-based platform offering unlimited Wi-Fi access on any device. With over 57 million hotspots in more than 120 countries, iPass simplifies Wi-Fi connections at airports, hotels, and other venues.

Big Bear Networks

Series A in 2000
Big Bear Networks develops optical transponders and subassemblies for network operators.

Comstellar Technologies

Series A in 2000
Comstellar Technologies is a technology company based in Los Altos, California that develops communications infrastructure, including network components and subsystems for optical and wireless communications. The firm focuses on delivering essential network hardware to support scalable, high-capacity connectivity across technology platforms.

AccessLan Communications

Venture Round in 2000
AccessLan, the Silicon Valley pioneer of PacketLoop, is a leading provider of business-focused and carrier-class access equipment for Integrated Communications Providers (ICPs). PacketLoop delivers the next generation of packet-based, local loop solutions, providing variable rate, multi-service intelligent infrastructure with Internet Scaling Architecture (ISA) enabling the industry’s first Quality-of-Service (QoS) for Internet Protocol (IP) management. It is ideally suited to delivery of packet-based services including: Voice-over-DSL (VoDSL), Internet access; Frame Relay; Virtual Private Network (VPN) and application hosting such as, streaming content and differentiated access services.

NetVmg

Series A in 2000
netVmg is a company specializing in intelligent route control software designed to optimize internet performance for businesses. Founded in May 2000, it provides solutions that help organizations enhance application performance and reduce costs by managing internet protocol traffic across multiple networks. Its product offerings include hardware platforms tailored for different business sizes, such as the FCP 500 for mid-sized enterprises and the FCP 100 for smaller sites. In 2003, netVmg was acquired by Internap Network Services Corporation, further expanding its capabilities in delivering reliable traffic management services for mission-critical applications.

2Wire

Series C in 2000
2Wire develops hardware and software solutions for telecommunications companies. Their platform includes residential gateways, modems, set-top boxes, and management systems, enabling providers to deliver high-speed internet, voice, and media services to consumers.

FastForward Networks

Venture Round in 2000
FastForward Networks is a software company based in San Francisco, California, established in 1998. It specializes in developing streaming media technology and internet broadcasting software, aimed at enhancing content distribution for internet service providers. The company's innovative networking platform transforms the internet into a broadcast medium, facilitating efficient content delivery and improving user experiences.

Accordion Networks

Series B in 2000
Accordion Networks designs and supplies next-generation onsite broadband multi-services activation platforms, enabling New-World Service Providers to activate, personalize and manage business-class broadband services in the new business e-conomy. Accordion Networks' flagship broadband multi-services activation platform allows New-World Service Providers, for the first time, to offer a one-stop-shop for differentiated services onsite at the edge of the network from a business campus Point-of-Presence (POP), building POP or metro POP. Accordion Networks enables New-World Service Providers to rapidly deploy "best fit" technologies, including a winning combination of increased bandwidth, improved scalability, and rapid provisioning of voice, data, video and advanced Internet protocol (IP) and application services.

New Edge Networks

Series B in 2000
New Edge Networks is a national provider specializing in secure, multi-site managed data networks and dedicated internet access. The company primarily offers internet services through digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, catering to residences and businesses in small cities and semi-rural communities. In addition to DSL connections, New Edge Networks delivers services such as wide area networks, virtual private networks, and frame relay, ensuring reliable and efficient connectivity for its clients.

Tellium

Venture Round in 2000
Tellium is a provider of advanced optical solutions designed for service providers globally. The company specializes in high-speed, high-capacity optical switches that are integral to the core of telecommunications networks. These switches manage the flow of optical signals, which transmit voice, video, and data traffic over fiber-optic cables. Notably, Tellium is recognized for being the first to introduce in-service, intelligent optical switches, exemplified by its Aurora Optical Switchâ„¢ family. Coupled with the StarNet Software Suiteâ„¢, these innovations offer a straightforward and cost-effective pathway for service providers to transition to next-generation public networks, simplifying and optimizing network management.
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