Battery Ventures

Battery Ventures is a technology-focused investment firm founded in 1983 and based in Boston, Massachusetts. It engages in venture capital and private equity investments in technology companies, with emphasis on software (including application and infrastructure software), IT infrastructure technologies, consumer internet and mobile services, industrial technologies, and life science tools. The firm seeks to back category-defining businesses with potential for scalable growth, often supporting companies through multiple stages and across select global regions.

Roland Anderson

Principal

Alex Benik

Partner

Dallin Bills

Investment Professional

Michael Brown

General Partner

Mackenzie Chapman

Investor

Sudheendra Chilappagari

Investor

Morad Elhafed

General Partner

Zak Ewen

Partner

Cornel Faucher

Partner

Jesse Feldman

General Partner

Russell Fleischer

General Partner

Duncan Gills

Vice President

Brandon Gleklen

Principal

Barak Schoster Goihman

Venture Partner

Margaret Hendren

Analyst

Olivia Henkoff

Associate

Dillon Joyce

Principal

Max-Julian Kaye

Principal

Roger Lee

General Partner

Brian Lieber

Partner

Lior Mallul

Investor

Victoria Mayzlish

Analyst, Investments

Paul Morrissey

Principal

Mason Parker

Investor

Matt Penney

Partner

Justin Rosner

Principal

Marcus Ryu

Partner

Noah Sadhwani

Investor

Chris Schiavo

CFO

Collier Searle

Vice President

Shiran Shalev

Partner

Juliette Silvain

Investor

Zachary Smotherman

General Partner

Zack Smotherman

General Partner

Gavin Tasker

Associate

Scott Tobin

General Partner

Chandler Ward

Investor

Jordan Welu

Partner

Enzo Wiener

Investor

Peter Winans

Associate

Adi Zukovsky

Associate

Luis-Luca de Haas

Investor

Past deals in Networking

Nexthop AI

Series A in 2025
Nexthop AI develops AI infrastructure and custom networking solutions for large cloud operators, focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and connectivity within complex network environments. The company offers a range of services, including network automation, data management, and analytics, enabling clients to optimize their network performance and streamline their operations. Through its innovative solutions, Nexthop AI addresses the challenges faced by cloud operators, providing tools that facilitate seamless integration and scalability in dynamic computing environments. Additionally, Nexthop AI emphasizes compatibility with open-source network operating systems, allowing clients to leverage existing technologies while implementing advanced networking strategies.

ZeroTier

Series A in 2024
ZeroTier offers a software-defined networking solution that enables users to create private networks connecting multiple devices globally. The platform supports direct peer-to-peer connections, ensures data privacy through end-to-end encryption, and is compatible with various operating systems.

Packet

Series B in 2018
Packet is a cloud hosting provider that specializes in automated bare metal infrastructure, serving enterprises, SaaS companies, and software innovators. The company's platform enables automation of physical servers and networks, offering a seamless experience without relying on virtualization or multi-tenancy. Packet operates over 20 global public cloud locations and facilitates more than 60,000 deployments each month across its extensive network of data centers and private sites. This flexibility allows customers to manage custom hardware both on-premises and at edge locations, making it suitable for a wide range of workloads, from traditional applications to cloud-native solutions. By providing reliable and scalable infrastructure, Packet empowers organizations to leverage technology as a competitive advantage.

Plixer

Acquisition in 2018
Plixer International, Inc. specializes in developing and marketing network traffic monitoring and analysis tools globally. Its product suite includes the Scrutinizer NetFlow Analyzer, which provides in-depth insights into network utilization, and Flow Replicator, a network appliance that replicates log data for efficient analysis. Plixer also offers Flow Analytics for real-time behavior assessment, IPFIXify for integrating machine messages, and Flowalyzer for testing hardware and software related to flow data. Additional solutions include nBox for detailed application packet data and Denika Performance Trender for monitoring resource trends. The company's offerings cater to various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, and government, and are distributed across multiple regions, including North America and Asia Pacific. Plixer has established partnerships with notable technology firms to enhance its product capabilities. Founded in 1999 and based in Sanford, Maine, Plixer was previously known as Somix Technologies, Inc. and rebranded in 2006.

Cumulus Networks

Series D in 2018
Cumulus Networks, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems for networking hardware applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina, the company aims to simplify data center operations through its innovative solutions. Cumulus Linux, its flagship product, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, while Cumulus VX serves as a virtual appliance for testing its technology in various environments. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers the Rack Management Platform for out-of-band management and NetQ, a telemetry-based system for fabric validation. The company provides a range of networking solutions, including cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization, catering to diverse customers from large web-scale operations to small businesses across multiple industries. As of June 2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Cumulus Networks

Series C in 2016
Cumulus Networks, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems for networking hardware applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina, the company aims to simplify data center operations through its innovative solutions. Cumulus Linux, its flagship product, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, while Cumulus VX serves as a virtual appliance for testing its technology in various environments. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers the Rack Management Platform for out-of-band management and NetQ, a telemetry-based system for fabric validation. The company provides a range of networking solutions, including cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization, catering to diverse customers from large web-scale operations to small businesses across multiple industries. As of June 2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Cumulus Networks

Series B in 2014
Cumulus Networks, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems for networking hardware applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina, the company aims to simplify data center operations through its innovative solutions. Cumulus Linux, its flagship product, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, while Cumulus VX serves as a virtual appliance for testing its technology in various environments. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers the Rack Management Platform for out-of-band management and NetQ, a telemetry-based system for fabric validation. The company provides a range of networking solutions, including cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization, catering to diverse customers from large web-scale operations to small businesses across multiple industries. As of June 2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Cumulus Networks

Series A in 2013
Cumulus Networks, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems for networking hardware applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina, the company aims to simplify data center operations through its innovative solutions. Cumulus Linux, its flagship product, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, while Cumulus VX serves as a virtual appliance for testing its technology in various environments. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers the Rack Management Platform for out-of-band management and NetQ, a telemetry-based system for fabric validation. The company provides a range of networking solutions, including cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization, catering to diverse customers from large web-scale operations to small businesses across multiple industries. As of June 2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

SingleHop

Series A in 2012
SingleHop, LLC is a provider of data center services based in Chicago, Illinois, established in 2006. The company offers a range of solutions including colocation, managed hosting, cloud services, and IT infrastructure services. With a client base exceeding 5,000 across 114 countries, SingleHop operates three data centers and manages over 15,000 servers. It specializes in automated Internet infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and cloud computing, allowing clients to deploy and manage enterprise infrastructures efficiently. The company is recognized for its advanced hardware, customizable server management, and robust remote management tools. SingleHop focuses on delivering secure and convenient solutions tailored to various enterprises, ensuring reliable service through industry-leading Service Level Agreements.

Cumulus Networks

Seed Round in 2012
Cumulus Networks, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems for networking hardware applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina, the company aims to simplify data center operations through its innovative solutions. Cumulus Linux, its flagship product, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack data center switching, while Cumulus VX serves as a virtual appliance for testing its technology in various environments. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers the Rack Management Platform for out-of-band management and NetQ, a telemetry-based system for fabric validation. The company provides a range of networking solutions, including cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization, catering to diverse customers from large web-scale operations to small businesses across multiple industries. As of June 2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Cedar Point Communications

Debt Financing in 2009
Cedar Point Communications specializes in integrated voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and multimedia switching technologies tailored for the telecommunications industry, both for service providers and enterprises. The company's key offerings include SAFARI C3, a media switching system that facilitates the transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture for converged networks, and SAFARI eMG, a flexible media gateway. In addition to its product suite, Cedar Point Communications provides training and comprehensive customer support services. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including information technology departments, network operators, cable operators, telecommunications carriers, enterprise customers, and educational institutions. Founded in 2000, Cedar Point Communications is headquartered in Derry, New Hampshire, with an additional office located in Meersburg, Germany.

Achronix Semiconductor

Series B in 2008
Achronix Semiconductor Corp. is a privately held fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in the development of high-density and high-performance application-targeted field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Its flagship product line, Speedster22i, utilizes Intel's advanced 22nm process technology and integrates hard IP protocol functions tailored for communications applications. Achronix also provides Speedcore eFPGA IP for integration into customers' system-on-chips (SoCs) aimed at compute and network acceleration. The company offers a robust design-tool suite known as the Achronix CAD Environment (ACE), which supports industry-standard synthesis tools. Achronix serves a variety of markets, including networking, optical/telecom, high-performance computing, test and measurement, and military and security. Founded in 2004, Achronix distributes its products through a network that spans North America, Europe, Israel, China, and Russia, with additional research and development facilities located in Bangalore, India.

Zayo

Venture Round in 2007
Zayo specializes in providing bandwidth infrastructure services across diverse markets. It offers lit services and dark fiber products, supporting wireline and wireless customers, data centers, and government agencies with a robust network infrastructure. Additionally, Zayo provides carrier-neutral colocation facilities to enhance connectivity options.

Verivue

Series A in 2007
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.

Achronix Semiconductor

Series A in 2007
Achronix Semiconductor Corp. is a privately held fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in the development of high-density and high-performance application-targeted field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Its flagship product line, Speedster22i, utilizes Intel's advanced 22nm process technology and integrates hard IP protocol functions tailored for communications applications. Achronix also provides Speedcore eFPGA IP for integration into customers' system-on-chips (SoCs) aimed at compute and network acceleration. The company offers a robust design-tool suite known as the Achronix CAD Environment (ACE), which supports industry-standard synthesis tools. Achronix serves a variety of markets, including networking, optical/telecom, high-performance computing, test and measurement, and military and security. Founded in 2004, Achronix distributes its products through a network that spans North America, Europe, Israel, China, and Russia, with additional research and development facilities located in Bangalore, India.

Tejas Networks

Series D in 2006
Tejas Networks Limited is an Indian company that specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing optical and data networking products. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Bengaluru, the company serves a diverse clientele, including telecommunications service providers, internet service providers, utility companies, defense organizations, and government entities, both domestically and internationally. Tejas Networks offers a wide range of products, including converged packet optical solutions, enterprise Ethernet switches, and high-density metro core platforms. Their offerings also encompass multi-service provisioning platforms, LTE solutions, and advanced GPON elements for optical access networks. Additionally, Tejas Networks provides software solutions for network management and optimization, along with services such as network planning, installation, and customer support. The company's products are utilized in various applications, including access networks and wireless backhaul, contributing significantly to its revenue primarily from the Indian market.

IP Unity

Series F in 2005
IP Unity delivers a carrier grade services platform for enhanced voice and telephony applications over ATM, TDM and VoIP Networks. The company's media servers, applications servers, enhanced service applications, and application partners allow customers to quickly and cost effectively offer new services associated with next generation networks while protecting their investment in legacy systems.

Cedar Point Communications

Series D in 2005
Cedar Point Communications specializes in integrated voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and multimedia switching technologies tailored for the telecommunications industry, both for service providers and enterprises. The company's key offerings include SAFARI C3, a media switching system that facilitates the transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture for converged networks, and SAFARI eMG, a flexible media gateway. In addition to its product suite, Cedar Point Communications provides training and comprehensive customer support services. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including information technology departments, network operators, cable operators, telecommunications carriers, enterprise customers, and educational institutions. Founded in 2000, Cedar Point Communications is headquartered in Derry, New Hampshire, with an additional office located in Meersburg, Germany.

Tejas Networks

Series C in 2005
Tejas Networks Limited is an Indian company that specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing optical and data networking products. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Bengaluru, the company serves a diverse clientele, including telecommunications service providers, internet service providers, utility companies, defense organizations, and government entities, both domestically and internationally. Tejas Networks offers a wide range of products, including converged packet optical solutions, enterprise Ethernet switches, and high-density metro core platforms. Their offerings also encompass multi-service provisioning platforms, LTE solutions, and advanced GPON elements for optical access networks. Additionally, Tejas Networks provides software solutions for network management and optimization, along with services such as network planning, installation, and customer support. The company's products are utilized in various applications, including access networks and wireless backhaul, contributing significantly to its revenue primarily from the Indian market.

IP Unity

Series E in 2004
IP Unity delivers a carrier grade services platform for enhanced voice and telephony applications over ATM, TDM and VoIP Networks. The company's media servers, applications servers, enhanced service applications, and application partners allow customers to quickly and cost effectively offer new services associated with next generation networks while protecting their investment in legacy systems.

Airespace

Series D in 2004
Airespace is a market leader in the design and development of wireless networking platforms that support business-critical applications. The company's AireWave Director(TM) Software provides dynamic RF intelligence for network optimization, air tight security, seamless mobility, and support for real-time applications, such as voice. With Airespace, enterprises can maximize the value of mobility by putting the air space to work.

Cedar Point Communications

Series C in 2004
Cedar Point Communications specializes in integrated voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and multimedia switching technologies tailored for the telecommunications industry, both for service providers and enterprises. The company's key offerings include SAFARI C3, a media switching system that facilitates the transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture for converged networks, and SAFARI eMG, a flexible media gateway. In addition to its product suite, Cedar Point Communications provides training and comprehensive customer support services. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including information technology departments, network operators, cable operators, telecommunications carriers, enterprise customers, and educational institutions. Founded in 2000, Cedar Point Communications is headquartered in Derry, New Hampshire, with an additional office located in Meersburg, Germany.

IP Unity

Series D in 2003
IP Unity delivers a carrier grade services platform for enhanced voice and telephony applications over ATM, TDM and VoIP Networks. The company's media servers, applications servers, enhanced service applications, and application partners allow customers to quickly and cost effectively offer new services associated with next generation networks while protecting their investment in legacy systems.

Airespace

Series C in 2003
Airespace is a market leader in the design and development of wireless networking platforms that support business-critical applications. The company's AireWave Director(TM) Software provides dynamic RF intelligence for network optimization, air tight security, seamless mobility, and support for real-time applications, such as voice. With Airespace, enterprises can maximize the value of mobility by putting the air space to work.

Cedar Point Communications

Series B in 2003
Cedar Point Communications specializes in integrated voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and multimedia switching technologies tailored for the telecommunications industry, both for service providers and enterprises. The company's key offerings include SAFARI C3, a media switching system that facilitates the transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture for converged networks, and SAFARI eMG, a flexible media gateway. In addition to its product suite, Cedar Point Communications provides training and comprehensive customer support services. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including information technology departments, network operators, cable operators, telecommunications carriers, enterprise customers, and educational institutions. Founded in 2000, Cedar Point Communications is headquartered in Derry, New Hampshire, with an additional office located in Meersburg, Germany.

Airespace

Series B in 2002
Airespace is a market leader in the design and development of wireless networking platforms that support business-critical applications. The company's AireWave Director(TM) Software provides dynamic RF intelligence for network optimization, air tight security, seamless mobility, and support for real-time applications, such as voice. With Airespace, enterprises can maximize the value of mobility by putting the air space to work.

IP Unity

Series D in 2002
IP Unity delivers a carrier grade services platform for enhanced voice and telephony applications over ATM, TDM and VoIP Networks. The company's media servers, applications servers, enhanced service applications, and application partners allow customers to quickly and cost effectively offer new services associated with next generation networks while protecting their investment in legacy systems.

Aurora Networks

Series B in 2002
Aurora Networks specializes in the development of optical transport equipment tailored for hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) networks, which are widely utilized by cable television operators. The company focuses on creating advanced optical transport systems that facilitate the integration of digital broadband, voice, video, and data applications. Aurora's product offerings include headend and hub solutions, power supplies, special application back plates, CWDM Ethernet access systems, optical node products, Wi-Fi equipment, and field passives such as optical splitters and combiners. Additionally, they provide single-channel DWDM optical filters and optical mix modules, all designed to enhance the return on investment for broadband service providers.

Equipe Communications

Series C in 2002
Equipe Communications designs, develops, and markets asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) products to telecom carriers and service providers. The company's products assist local exchange carriers (ILECs) and interexchange carriers (IXCs) in transition from ATM architecture to IP/MPLS. The company also offers network management design, engineering, furnishing and installation, lifecycle tools, and rapid deployment services. Equipe Communications was founded in 1999 and is based in Acton, Massachusetts.

Cedar Point Communications

Series A in 2002
Cedar Point Communications specializes in integrated voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and multimedia switching technologies tailored for the telecommunications industry, both for service providers and enterprises. The company's key offerings include SAFARI C3, a media switching system that facilitates the transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture for converged networks, and SAFARI eMG, a flexible media gateway. In addition to its product suite, Cedar Point Communications provides training and comprehensive customer support services. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including information technology departments, network operators, cable operators, telecommunications carriers, enterprise customers, and educational institutions. Founded in 2000, Cedar Point Communications is headquartered in Derry, New Hampshire, with an additional office located in Meersburg, Germany.

NexVerse Networks

Venture Round in 2001
NexVerse Networks supplies generation softswitch solutions based on the ipVerse ControlSwitch platform. The company was founded in October 2001 and is based in San Jose, California.

Cyneta Networks

Series B in 2001
Cyneta Networks will be recognized as the global leader in providing intelligent data networking solutions for next generation wireless networks. Cyneta Networks was established to develop and deploy the Intelligent Packet Control Node™, an innovative new network element that optimizes IP communications, significantly reducing costs and generating new revenues for wireless carriers. Founded with a vision to provide a new form of visibility and control to wireless packet data networks, Cyneta Networks has developed the first "intelligent" monitoring system that provides wireless carriers with deep visibility into the performance of their data services for particular users and user classes. To provide intelligent monitoring, Cyneta Networks has taken an innovative architectural approach to wireless data monitoring. Cyneta’s solution is designed around a centrally located packet-processing platform that provides a comprehensive view of the operator’s services, looking at every packet traversing the mobile core network. Cyneta has incorporated this technology into an advanced network and service monitoring solution that extracts key information about the performance of the network and the applications and services that run on it. This unique approach offers several advantages for end-to-end fault, performance, and service management. It provides operators with the most complete set of network, subscriber, and services information, allowing for the visibility of not just service quality but how that quality relates to the subscriber or classes of subscribers. The result is increased operational efficiencies, improved user experience, enhanced revenue opportunities, and a greater acceptance of wireless data in the business and consumer markets. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas with additional sales and development offices in the Netherlands and India, Cyneta Networks is partnered with leading Operational Support System (OSS), Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), and System Integrator (SI) companies to provide intelligent monitoring solutions to wireless network operators around the world.

Aurora Networks

Series B in 2001
Aurora Networks specializes in the development of optical transport equipment tailored for hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) networks, which are widely utilized by cable television operators. The company focuses on creating advanced optical transport systems that facilitate the integration of digital broadband, voice, video, and data applications. Aurora's product offerings include headend and hub solutions, power supplies, special application back plates, CWDM Ethernet access systems, optical node products, Wi-Fi equipment, and field passives such as optical splitters and combiners. Additionally, they provide single-channel DWDM optical filters and optical mix modules, all designed to enhance the return on investment for broadband service providers.

Sockeye

Series A in 2001
Sockeye is a digital agency that specializes in content creation, brand marketing, advertising, and web design and development services. Additionally, Sockeye Networks offers intelligent routing services that enhance Internet connectivity for businesses. The company has pioneered the first intelligent route optimization service, addressing issues such as poor performance and high costs while providing improved network visibility. Its GlobalRoute service continuously monitors and analyzes various Internet connections, selecting optimal paths for IP traffic flows. This approach ensures that customers achieve their network performance and cost objectives, allowing them to rely on the Internet for critical applications.

Edgix Corporation

Series A in 2001
Edgix is an Internet content delivery company providing high-speed Edge Services™ to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) worldwide. Edgix was founded in early 1999 by networking pioneers Mark Hurst, Kyle Powell and Drew Major, the co-founders of Novell, and is led by seasoned executives from companies such as Lucent, UUNet and Bell Atlantic Internetworking.

Lara Networks

Series B in 2000
Lara Networks is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer specializing in the design, development, and marketing of memory-intensive application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) tailored for the networking and communications sectors. The company focuses on creating silicon-based packet processing solutions that enhance wide area network (WAN) infrastructure equipment. Additionally, Lara Networks provides advanced network search engines, further solidifying its position as a key player in the semiconductor industry for networking applications.

Storigen Systems

Series A in 2000
Founded in 2000, Storigen Systems specializes in developing internet infrastructure solutions for internet service providers and web hosting markets. The company offers Edge Storage Servers for storing and delivering data, and Edge Storage Manager software for unified data management.

ipVerse

Series C in 2000
ipVerse is a technology company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in the development of software-based switches for service providers. Founded in 1998, ipVerse offers the ControlSwitch platform, a carrier-class application that facilitates the delivery of both traditional and converged voice-data services over packet-based wireline and wireless networks. The company's innovative solutions enable service providers to efficiently transition between legacy voice networks and next-generation data networks, preserving quality and performance while accelerating the convergence of voice and data communications. By providing a robust infrastructure, ipVerse empowers its clients to rapidly deploy new, revenue-generating services that meet customer demands.

Aurora Networks

Series A in 2000
Aurora Networks specializes in the development of optical transport equipment tailored for hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) networks, which are widely utilized by cable television operators. The company focuses on creating advanced optical transport systems that facilitate the integration of digital broadband, voice, video, and data applications. Aurora's product offerings include headend and hub solutions, power supplies, special application back plates, CWDM Ethernet access systems, optical node products, Wi-Fi equipment, and field passives such as optical splitters and combiners. Additionally, they provide single-channel DWDM optical filters and optical mix modules, all designed to enhance the return on investment for broadband service providers.

Equipe Communications

Series B in 2000
Equipe Communications designs, develops, and markets asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) products to telecom carriers and service providers. The company's products assist local exchange carriers (ILECs) and interexchange carriers (IXCs) in transition from ATM architecture to IP/MPLS. The company also offers network management design, engineering, furnishing and installation, lifecycle tools, and rapid deployment services. Equipe Communications was founded in 1999 and is based in Acton, Massachusetts.

RiverDelta Networks

Series B in 2000
RiverDelta Networks is a developer of carrier-class broadband routing, switching and service management systems.

Looking Glass Networks

Private Equity Round in 2000
Looking Glass Networks, Inc. is a provider of data transport services that specializes in fast provisioning of SONET, wavelength, and Ethernet-based lit services, as well as high-capacity dark fiber and carrier-neutral colocation services for both carrier and enterprise customers. As a facilities-based company, it builds, owns, and operates metropolitan fiber optic networks across major U.S. metropolitan areas, covering approximately 2,000 route miles and connecting to around 215 buildings. Looking Glass Networks utilizes flexible optical and operational support systems to ensure rapid delivery and high-capacity connectivity. Its physically diverse infrastructure enables reliable connections to primary carrier hotels, ILEC Central Offices, and key enterprise buildings. With its protocol-agnostic platform, the company focuses on delivering tailored local network connectivity and flexible service options to address the substantial bandwidth requirements of its customers.

RiverDelta Networks

Series A in 1999
RiverDelta Networks is a developer of carrier-class broadband routing, switching and service management systems.

ipVerse

Series B in 1999
ipVerse is a technology company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in the development of software-based switches for service providers. Founded in 1998, ipVerse offers the ControlSwitch platform, a carrier-class application that facilitates the delivery of both traditional and converged voice-data services over packet-based wireline and wireless networks. The company's innovative solutions enable service providers to efficiently transition between legacy voice networks and next-generation data networks, preserving quality and performance while accelerating the convergence of voice and data communications. By providing a robust infrastructure, ipVerse empowers its clients to rapidly deploy new, revenue-generating services that meet customer demands.

Equipe Communications

Series A in 1999
Equipe Communications designs, develops, and markets asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) products to telecom carriers and service providers. The company's products assist local exchange carriers (ILECs) and interexchange carriers (IXCs) in transition from ATM architecture to IP/MPLS. The company also offers network management design, engineering, furnishing and installation, lifecycle tools, and rapid deployment services. Equipe Communications was founded in 1999 and is based in Acton, Massachusetts.

Lara Networks

Series B in 1999
Lara Networks is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer specializing in the design, development, and marketing of memory-intensive application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) tailored for the networking and communications sectors. The company focuses on creating silicon-based packet processing solutions that enhance wide area network (WAN) infrastructure equipment. Additionally, Lara Networks provides advanced network search engines, further solidifying its position as a key player in the semiconductor industry for networking applications.

Akamai Technologies

Series B in 1999
Akamai Technologies provides cloud services designed to enhance secure and high-performing user experiences across various devices and locations. The company operates a content delivery network that strategically places servers at the edges of networks, enabling its customers to deliver content more quickly and securely to their end users. With over 325,000 servers distributed across more than 4,100 locations in over 1,000 cities worldwide, Akamai ensures reliability and quality in content delivery. In addition to its core content delivery services, Akamai offers comprehensive security solutions and cloud computing capabilities, which have increasingly become a significant part of its business, outpacing traditional content delivery network services. By simplifying technology complexities, Akamai helps enterprises leverage opportunities in a rapidly evolving digital landscape while addressing challenges such as security threats and global reach.

Lara Networks

Series A in 1999
Lara Networks is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer specializing in the design, development, and marketing of memory-intensive application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) tailored for the networking and communications sectors. The company focuses on creating silicon-based packet processing solutions that enhance wide area network (WAN) infrastructure equipment. Additionally, Lara Networks provides advanced network search engines, further solidifying its position as a key player in the semiconductor industry for networking applications.

Packet Engines

Funding Round in 1997
Packet Engines is a developer and manufacturer specializing in Gigabit Ethernet and routing-switch technology. The company focuses on creating networking solutions, offering a range of products that include switches, hubs, and network interface cards. In addition to hardware, Packet Engines also provides intellectual property licenses related to its innovative networking systems. Through its products, the company aims to enhance network performance and reliability for users across various sectors.
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