Founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California, Sequoia Capital is a leading venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early to growth stage companies across various sectors, including energy, financial services, healthcare, internet, mobile, and technology. The firm aims to collaborate with a select number of ambitious founders to help them build transformative companies. Sequoia Capital typically invests between $100,000 and $1 million in startups at the seed stage, $1 million to $10 million in early-stage companies, and $10 million to $100 million in growth-stage firms. With a strong preference for being the first investor in profitable and rapidly growing companies, Sequoia seeks to partner with teams that have demonstrated successful products or services. The firm's investment strategy encompasses a global perspective, with significant allocations in markets such as China, India, and Israel.
Gradient Network is a provider of decentralized computing services that aim to improve interoperability between blockchain networks. The company provides a system that allows for liquid staking and computing power sharing while also ensuring cross-chain compatibility and effective resource allocation, allowing developers and enterprises to improve their blockchain applications.
Alkira
Series C in 2024
Alkira Network is a developer of a network cloud that allows businesses to build and position multi-cloud network-as-a-service in minutes. The company's Network Cloud reinvents networking for the cloud era with hybrid and multi-cloud network connectivity, integrated network and security services, end-to-end day-2 operational visibility, advanced controls, and governance. Alkira Network Cloud is based on Alkira Cloud Services Exchange™ solution with a global unified network infrastructure delivered as-a-service for easy and simple consumption. Just draw the network across users, sites, and clouds on an intuitive digital design canvas, provision it in one click, and start using it in minutes. Alkira’s solution is used by Fortune-100 enterprises, leading system integrators, and managed service providers. Amir Khan and Atif Khan established the company in San Jose, California in 2018.
Meter
Venture Round in 2024
Meter is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing internet infrastructure for businesses. It focuses on building enterprise-grade networks that prioritize speed, accessibility, and security. Meter employs a full-stack approach, integrating purpose-built hardware with intuitive software and streamlined operations, allowing companies to operate on a modern and reliable network. The company’s system facilitates internet connectivity by installing wiring, routers, and wireless access points, optimizing existing hardware, and utilizing software to analyze logs based on devices, data, and applications. This comprehensive solution ensures that businesses can maintain secure and efficient wireless network systems.
Graphiant
Series B in 2023
Graphiant Inc. is a technology company based in Silicon Valley, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Fremont, California. It specializes in developing software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions aimed at transforming enterprise networking. The company offers the Graphiant Network Edge, a software-as-a-service platform that facilitates seamless connectivity across enterprise WANs, hybrid clouds, network edges, and various clients and partners. Graphiant's technology combines the performance of traditional multiprotocol label switching with the agility of modern internet solutions, enabling network architects to design and implement enterprise-grade networks that keep pace with business demands.
Meter
Series B in 2022
Meter is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing internet infrastructure for businesses. It focuses on building enterprise-grade networks that prioritize speed, accessibility, and security. Meter employs a full-stack approach, integrating purpose-built hardware with intuitive software and streamlined operations, allowing companies to operate on a modern and reliable network. The company’s system facilitates internet connectivity by installing wiring, routers, and wireless access points, optimizing existing hardware, and utilizing software to analyze logs based on devices, data, and applications. This comprehensive solution ensures that businesses can maintain secure and efficient wireless network systems.
Leap.Club
Seed Round in 2021
leap.club is a private network of rising women leaders. leap.club offers a paid membership for women that helps them in their professional growth through a host of benefits, including a curated professional network, executive coaching, focus on mental wellness, masterclasses, etc.
Versa Networks
Series D in 2021
Versa Networks, Inc. is a company specializing in software-defined networking (SDN) solutions with a focus on virtualized network functions and services. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, Versa aims to secure and simplify modern networks for enterprises and service providers. Their offerings include Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), which integrates security and advanced networking capabilities, alongside a full-featured software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN). Versa's platform supports multitenancy and sophisticated analytics, allowing deployment across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments. This versatility helps organizations reduce costs associated with wide area networks and branch infrastructure. Thousands of customers globally rely on Versa to manage their networking and security needs.
Graphiant
Series A in 2020
Graphiant Inc. is a technology company based in Silicon Valley, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Fremont, California. It specializes in developing software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions aimed at transforming enterprise networking. The company offers the Graphiant Network Edge, a software-as-a-service platform that facilitates seamless connectivity across enterprise WANs, hybrid clouds, network edges, and various clients and partners. Graphiant's technology combines the performance of traditional multiprotocol label switching with the agility of modern internet solutions, enabling network architects to design and implement enterprise-grade networks that keep pace with business demands.
Alkira
Series B in 2020
Alkira Network is a developer of a network cloud that allows businesses to build and position multi-cloud network-as-a-service in minutes. The company's Network Cloud reinvents networking for the cloud era with hybrid and multi-cloud network connectivity, integrated network and security services, end-to-end day-2 operational visibility, advanced controls, and governance. Alkira Network Cloud is based on Alkira Cloud Services Exchange™ solution with a global unified network infrastructure delivered as-a-service for easy and simple consumption. Just draw the network across users, sites, and clouds on an intuitive digital design canvas, provision it in one click, and start using it in minutes. Alkira’s solution is used by Fortune-100 enterprises, leading system integrators, and managed service providers. Amir Khan and Atif Khan established the company in San Jose, California in 2018.
Alkira
Series A in 2020
Alkira Network is a developer of a network cloud that allows businesses to build and position multi-cloud network-as-a-service in minutes. The company's Network Cloud reinvents networking for the cloud era with hybrid and multi-cloud network connectivity, integrated network and security services, end-to-end day-2 operational visibility, advanced controls, and governance. Alkira Network Cloud is based on Alkira Cloud Services Exchange™ solution with a global unified network infrastructure delivered as-a-service for easy and simple consumption. Just draw the network across users, sites, and clouds on an intuitive digital design canvas, provision it in one click, and start using it in minutes. Alkira’s solution is used by Fortune-100 enterprises, leading system integrators, and managed service providers. Amir Khan and Atif Khan established the company in San Jose, California in 2018.
SignalWire
Series A in 2019
SignalWire, Inc. is a cloud communications company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2017. It provides a platform for developers to create applications and infrastructure that integrate voice, messaging, and video capabilities using real-time application programming interfaces (APIs). The company's offerings include SignalWire CLOUD, which is built on FreeSWITCH technology, and SignalWire STACK, an open-source communications platform. SignalWire's technology enables the development of advanced audio and video applications that operate within mobile browsers, facilitating functionalities such as virtual offices, AI bots, and connections to remote call centers. The platform is designed to be powerful yet user-friendly, allowing for programmable control over communications. With a distributed workforce across various locations, SignalWire leverages a scalable network to transform computing power into IP-based telecommunications relays. Its commitment to evolving communication standards positions SignalWire as a forward-thinking player in the global telecommunications landscape.
The Wing
Series C in 2018
The Wing is a network of work and community spaces designed for women with locations in New York, California, and Washington, D.C. The Wing’s mission is the professional, civic, social, and economic advancement of women through the community.
Protocol Labs
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Protocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment lab for network protocols. Protocol Labs creates software systems that tackle significant challenges, aiming to solve them with new technology breakthroughs, great user experience design, and an open-source approach to creation.
Versa Networks
Series C in 2016
Versa Networks, Inc. is a company specializing in software-defined networking (SDN) solutions with a focus on virtualized network functions and services. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, Versa aims to secure and simplify modern networks for enterprises and service providers. Their offerings include Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), which integrates security and advanced networking capabilities, alongside a full-featured software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN). Versa's platform supports multitenancy and sophisticated analytics, allowing deployment across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments. This versatility helps organizations reduce costs associated with wide area networks and branch infrastructure. Thousands of customers globally rely on Versa to manage their networking and security needs.
Barefoot Networks
Series C in 2016
Barefoot Networks, Inc., founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in designing and developing programmable Ethernet switch chips. The company focuses on simplifying network programming, making it as straightforward as programming a CPU. Its product offerings include advanced features for network management operations, such as scalable load balancing and enhanced telemetry, which enable enterprises, data centers, and telecom providers to implement new functionalities in their network products without sacrificing performance. As of December 31, 2019, Barefoot Networks operates as a subsidiary of Intel Corporation.
Viptela
Series C in 2016
Viptela provides technology for virtualization of the Wide Area Network (WAN). It allows global companies to build carrier agnostic, policy-controlled and cost-effective WANs. Its technology has been deployed by scores of Fortune-500 enterprises. And, major carriers like Singtel offer global Hybrid WAN services based on Viptela technology. Viptela’s secure, overlay WAN technology delivers to enterprises the benefit of: • Unified and centralized management of all WAN infrastructure • Reduced WAN infrastructure costs by over 50% • In-depth control & visibility of application performance • Robust-zero trust WAN security • Agility, by reducing network change control from months to days The company has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor and a Next Billion Dollar Start-up by Forbes. Viptela is backed by Sequoia Capital. A 3-minute video overview is here http://youtu.be/0iW-3tt4LH4 Watch an analyst interview with CEO and co-founder Amir Khan here: https://vimeo.com/97890314
Cumulus Networks
Series C in 2016
Cumulus Networks, Inc. specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems tailored for networking hardware applications. Its flagship product, Cumulus Linux, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack (ToR) data center switching, thereby streamlining data center operations and reducing costs and complexity. The company also provides Cumulus VX, a community-supported virtual appliance for testing its technology, and Cumulus RMP (Rack Management Platform), which addresses out-of-band management needs. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers NetQ, a telemetry-based fabric validation system, and a range of networking solutions that encompass big data, cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization. Serving a diverse clientele from web-scale companies to small businesses across various industries, Cumulus Networks aims to transform network management in the software-defined data center era. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company also maintains offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina. As of mid-2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.
Barefoot Networks
Series B in 2015
Barefoot Networks, Inc., founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in designing and developing programmable Ethernet switch chips. The company focuses on simplifying network programming, making it as straightforward as programming a CPU. Its product offerings include advanced features for network management operations, such as scalable load balancing and enhanced telemetry, which enable enterprises, data centers, and telecom providers to implement new functionalities in their network products without sacrificing performance. As of December 31, 2019, Barefoot Networks operates as a subsidiary of Intel Corporation.
Quantenna Communications
Venture Round in 2014
Quantenna Communications specializes in designing, developing, and marketing advanced wireless communication solutions for local area networking. The company’s product portfolio includes high-performance radio frequency chips and digital baseband chips that support various Wi-Fi standards, such as 802.11n, 802.11ac, and the draft Wi-Fi 6 standard. Additionally, Quantenna offers Qdock, a software framework that facilitates the integration of third-party applications with its Wi-Fi solutions. The company's products cater to a wide range of applications, including home networking, retail, outdoor, small and medium businesses, enterprise, industrial, and consumer electronics. Quantenna sells its solutions directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors, primarily generating revenue from the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Quantenna has established itself as a leader in Wi-Fi technologies and continues to innovate to enhance speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. As of June 2019, Quantenna operates as a subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation.
Versa Networks
Series B in 2014
Versa Networks, Inc. is a company specializing in software-defined networking (SDN) solutions with a focus on virtualized network functions and services. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, Versa aims to secure and simplify modern networks for enterprises and service providers. Their offerings include Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), which integrates security and advanced networking capabilities, alongside a full-featured software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN). Versa's platform supports multitenancy and sophisticated analytics, allowing deployment across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments. This versatility helps organizations reduce costs associated with wide area networks and branch infrastructure. Thousands of customers globally rely on Versa to manage their networking and security needs.
Viptela
Venture Round in 2014
Viptela provides technology for virtualization of the Wide Area Network (WAN). It allows global companies to build carrier agnostic, policy-controlled and cost-effective WANs. Its technology has been deployed by scores of Fortune-500 enterprises. And, major carriers like Singtel offer global Hybrid WAN services based on Viptela technology. Viptela’s secure, overlay WAN technology delivers to enterprises the benefit of: • Unified and centralized management of all WAN infrastructure • Reduced WAN infrastructure costs by over 50% • In-depth control & visibility of application performance • Robust-zero trust WAN security • Agility, by reducing network change control from months to days The company has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor and a Next Billion Dollar Start-up by Forbes. Viptela is backed by Sequoia Capital. A 3-minute video overview is here http://youtu.be/0iW-3tt4LH4 Watch an analyst interview with CEO and co-founder Amir Khan here: https://vimeo.com/97890314
Cumulus Networks
Series B in 2014
Cumulus Networks, Inc. specializes in developing Linux-based operating systems tailored for networking hardware applications. Its flagship product, Cumulus Linux, facilitates the disaggregation of top-of-rack (ToR) data center switching, thereby streamlining data center operations and reducing costs and complexity. The company also provides Cumulus VX, a community-supported virtual appliance for testing its technology, and Cumulus RMP (Rack Management Platform), which addresses out-of-band management needs. Additionally, Cumulus Networks offers NetQ, a telemetry-based fabric validation system, and a range of networking solutions that encompass big data, cloud orchestration, data center automation, and network virtualization. Serving a diverse clientele from web-scale companies to small businesses across various industries, Cumulus Networks aims to transform network management in the software-defined data center era. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company also maintains offices in San Francisco and Cary, North Carolina. As of mid-2020, Cumulus Networks operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.
Viptela
Series B in 2013
Viptela provides technology for virtualization of the Wide Area Network (WAN). It allows global companies to build carrier agnostic, policy-controlled and cost-effective WANs. Its technology has been deployed by scores of Fortune-500 enterprises. And, major carriers like Singtel offer global Hybrid WAN services based on Viptela technology. Viptela’s secure, overlay WAN technology delivers to enterprises the benefit of: • Unified and centralized management of all WAN infrastructure • Reduced WAN infrastructure costs by over 50% • In-depth control & visibility of application performance • Robust-zero trust WAN security • Agility, by reducing network change control from months to days The company has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor and a Next Billion Dollar Start-up by Forbes. Viptela is backed by Sequoia Capital. A 3-minute video overview is here http://youtu.be/0iW-3tt4LH4 Watch an analyst interview with CEO and co-founder Amir Khan here: https://vimeo.com/97890314
Idc917
Venture Round in 2013
Jin Yun is IDC service provider focused on the research and development of high-tech, user-centered internet products and services that include host leasing, storage expansion, network acceleration, website foundations, database services and more. It also offers vertical cloud services for video cloud industries. Ji Yun’s core products include features such as customized services, elastic expansion, and more. In March 2013, Jin Yun declared to open beta version. The company is a public cloud platform developed by an independent R&D team after integrating the resources of Shaanixi Xipu Network. Shaanxi XiPu Internet Technology Company of Limited Liability was founded in 2008, with a registered capital of 10 million Yuan.
Luminate Wireless
Venture Round in 2013
Luminate Wireless, Inc., based in Cupertino, California, was incorporated in 2013 and specializes in wireless infrastructure. The company is focused on developing an end-to-end distributed mobile network system designed to enhance capacity and ensure reliable mobile services for enterprises of all sizes. This innovative system centralizes key management, control, and data-plane functions within a virtualized environment, which can be deployed as either a private or public cloud. Luminate Wireless enables the seamless addition of capacity to venues in a manner similar to Wi-Fi by utilizing 4G LTE access points with existing Ethernet and IP backhaul. Additionally, the company offers a simpler and more affordable infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform that provides consistent LTE coverage and flexible mobile networks, facilitating efficient mobile network access and service delivery for enterprise customers. Luminate Wireless is supported by several prominent investors, including NEA, Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures.
Versa Networks
Series A in 2012
Versa Networks, Inc. is a company specializing in software-defined networking (SDN) solutions with a focus on virtualized network functions and services. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, Versa aims to secure and simplify modern networks for enterprises and service providers. Their offerings include Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), which integrates security and advanced networking capabilities, alongside a full-featured software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN). Versa's platform supports multitenancy and sophisticated analytics, allowing deployment across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments. This versatility helps organizations reduce costs associated with wide area networks and branch infrastructure. Thousands of customers globally rely on Versa to manage their networking and security needs.
Viptela
Series A in 2012
Viptela provides technology for virtualization of the Wide Area Network (WAN). It allows global companies to build carrier agnostic, policy-controlled and cost-effective WANs. Its technology has been deployed by scores of Fortune-500 enterprises. And, major carriers like Singtel offer global Hybrid WAN services based on Viptela technology. Viptela’s secure, overlay WAN technology delivers to enterprises the benefit of: • Unified and centralized management of all WAN infrastructure • Reduced WAN infrastructure costs by over 50% • In-depth control & visibility of application performance • Robust-zero trust WAN security • Agility, by reducing network change control from months to days The company has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor and a Next Billion Dollar Start-up by Forbes. Viptela is backed by Sequoia Capital. A 3-minute video overview is here http://youtu.be/0iW-3tt4LH4 Watch an analyst interview with CEO and co-founder Amir Khan here: https://vimeo.com/97890314
Quantenna Communications
Private Equity Round in 2012
Quantenna Communications specializes in designing, developing, and marketing advanced wireless communication solutions for local area networking. The company’s product portfolio includes high-performance radio frequency chips and digital baseband chips that support various Wi-Fi standards, such as 802.11n, 802.11ac, and the draft Wi-Fi 6 standard. Additionally, Quantenna offers Qdock, a software framework that facilitates the integration of third-party applications with its Wi-Fi solutions. The company's products cater to a wide range of applications, including home networking, retail, outdoor, small and medium businesses, enterprise, industrial, and consumer electronics. Quantenna sells its solutions directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors, primarily generating revenue from the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Quantenna has established itself as a leader in Wi-Fi technologies and continues to innovate to enhance speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. As of June 2019, Quantenna operates as a subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation.
Meraki
Series C in 2011
Meraki is a software development company based on Cisco that offers cloud-controlled Wi-Fi, routing, and security solutions for distributed wired and wireless networks. Cisco Meraki includes a portfolio of wireless LAN, switching, security appliances, and mobile device management, all centrally managed from the cloud. The company’s customers range from small and medium-sized businesses to global hotel chains to educational institutions.
Stoke
Series E in 2011
Stoke develops carrier-class mobile broadband gateways specifically engineered to enable mobile and converged network operators to maximize the economic returns of their 3G mobile networks.
Quantenna Communications
Series E in 2010
Quantenna Communications specializes in designing, developing, and marketing advanced wireless communication solutions for local area networking. The company’s product portfolio includes high-performance radio frequency chips and digital baseband chips that support various Wi-Fi standards, such as 802.11n, 802.11ac, and the draft Wi-Fi 6 standard. Additionally, Quantenna offers Qdock, a software framework that facilitates the integration of third-party applications with its Wi-Fi solutions. The company's products cater to a wide range of applications, including home networking, retail, outdoor, small and medium businesses, enterprise, industrial, and consumer electronics. Quantenna sells its solutions directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors, primarily generating revenue from the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Quantenna has established itself as a leader in Wi-Fi technologies and continues to innovate to enhance speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. As of June 2019, Quantenna operates as a subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation.
Hantele
Series B in 2010
Hanson Communication Technology is a high-tech enterprise engaged in the provision of professional services for the R&D, planning, optimization, and integration of communication networks and relevant tool platforms. Founded in 2006, the company has passed the high-tech enteprise and double-soft enterprise certification of the Guandong Province. Hanson Communication Technology consistently upholds its advanced tools and professional services and its core business philosophy, while employing a team of technical professionals, 20% of whom come from original equipment manufacturers such as Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, and more. The company has built a Miltie Standard end-to-end solution platform that provides comprehensive technical and consulting services for operators and equipment manufacturers.
Quantenna Communications
Series D in 2010
Quantenna Communications specializes in designing, developing, and marketing advanced wireless communication solutions for local area networking. The company’s product portfolio includes high-performance radio frequency chips and digital baseband chips that support various Wi-Fi standards, such as 802.11n, 802.11ac, and the draft Wi-Fi 6 standard. Additionally, Quantenna offers Qdock, a software framework that facilitates the integration of third-party applications with its Wi-Fi solutions. The company's products cater to a wide range of applications, including home networking, retail, outdoor, small and medium businesses, enterprise, industrial, and consumer electronics. Quantenna sells its solutions directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors, primarily generating revenue from the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Quantenna has established itself as a leader in Wi-Fi technologies and continues to innovate to enhance speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. As of June 2019, Quantenna operates as a subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation.
SANRAD
Series D in 2010
Sanrad is a company that specializes in storage virtualization and connectivity solutions, focusing on Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) technology. It offers a range of products and services, including storage area network (SAN) switches that integrate virtualization, management, and disaster recovery capabilities. Sanrad's solutions are designed to enhance high availability and support disaster recovery efforts, while also providing data protection and migration services. Their V-Switch and associated software technology facilitate server consolidation and virtualization, catering to diverse storage needs.
Quantenna Communications
Series C in 2009
Quantenna Communications specializes in designing, developing, and marketing advanced wireless communication solutions for local area networking. The company’s product portfolio includes high-performance radio frequency chips and digital baseband chips that support various Wi-Fi standards, such as 802.11n, 802.11ac, and the draft Wi-Fi 6 standard. Additionally, Quantenna offers Qdock, a software framework that facilitates the integration of third-party applications with its Wi-Fi solutions. The company's products cater to a wide range of applications, including home networking, retail, outdoor, small and medium businesses, enterprise, industrial, and consumer electronics. Quantenna sells its solutions directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors, primarily generating revenue from the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Quantenna has established itself as a leader in Wi-Fi technologies and continues to innovate to enhance speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. As of June 2019, Quantenna operates as a subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation.
Stoke
Series D in 2009
Stoke develops carrier-class mobile broadband gateways specifically engineered to enable mobile and converged network operators to maximize the economic returns of their 3G mobile networks.
LinkedIn
Series D in 2008
LinkedIn is a professional networking platform that facilitates connections among individuals to enhance productivity and career success. It offers a range of services, including talent solutions for employers, marketing tools for businesses, and premium subscriptions for users seeking additional features. Through its platform and mobile application, LinkedIn enables both professionals and organizations to create profiles, fostering an environment for networking and career development. This comprehensive approach allows users to connect with others, discover job opportunities, and expand their professional networks.
Metaswitch Networks
Venture Round in 2008
Metaswitch Networks is a leading provider of the technologies and solutions that are powering the migration of communications networks to open, next-generation architectures. Hundreds of network operators worldwide depend on its reliable, scalable carrier systems solutions, while its high performance, fault-tolerant software technologies are licensed by all the world's leading communications equipment manufacturers.
Meraki
Series B in 2008
Meraki is a software development company based on Cisco that offers cloud-controlled Wi-Fi, routing, and security solutions for distributed wired and wireless networks. Cisco Meraki includes a portfolio of wireless LAN, switching, security appliances, and mobile device management, all centrally managed from the cloud. The company’s customers range from small and medium-sized businesses to global hotel chains to educational institutions.
Quantenna Communications
Series B in 2007
Quantenna Communications specializes in designing, developing, and marketing advanced wireless communication solutions for local area networking. The company’s product portfolio includes high-performance radio frequency chips and digital baseband chips that support various Wi-Fi standards, such as 802.11n, 802.11ac, and the draft Wi-Fi 6 standard. Additionally, Quantenna offers Qdock, a software framework that facilitates the integration of third-party applications with its Wi-Fi solutions. The company's products cater to a wide range of applications, including home networking, retail, outdoor, small and medium businesses, enterprise, industrial, and consumer electronics. Quantenna sells its solutions directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors, primarily generating revenue from the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Quantenna has established itself as a leader in Wi-Fi technologies and continues to innovate to enhance speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. As of June 2019, Quantenna operates as a subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation.
WiQuest Communications
Series C in 2007
WiQuest Communications is a fabless semiconductor company designing and developing complete WiMedia-based ultrawideband (UWB) solutions focused on ultra high speed, short range applications. WiQuest’s complete solution offering includes chipset, software and reference designs. WiQuest’s technology enables a new class of applications for wireless connectivity to PC, consumer electronics and mobile systems – enabling The New Frontier of Wireless™. WiQuest Communications closed operation on 2008 Oct.
Turin Networks
Series B in 2007
Turin Networks, Inc. is a prominent provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions tailored for wireline and wireless network operators globally. The company specializes in addressing practical challenges faced by these operators through its iConnect™ solutions, which are designed for various applications including Wireless Backhaul and Converged Services. Turin Networks offers a range of products, including metro service edge solutions that facilitate MEF-compliant Ethernet delivery over fiber and copper, as well as traditional TDM/PDH services. Additionally, the company provides wireless backhaul optimization and converged business access services, helping operators enhance their network performance and efficiency.
Fon
Series B in 2007
Fon is a WiFi provider that utilizes a community-driven approach to create a globally connected WiFi network. The company partners with major telecommunication and WiFi providers, including notable firms such as British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, and Vodafone, to facilitate seamless interconnection between WiFi networks. Fon's services are designed to simplify the management and operation of WiFi for operators and enterprises, ensuring that clients receive carrier-grade WiFi solutions that are secure, scalable, and flexible. This strategic model enables Fon to enhance connectivity for users while supporting its partners in delivering reliable wireless internet services.
Meraki
Series A in 2007
Meraki is a software development company based on Cisco that offers cloud-controlled Wi-Fi, routing, and security solutions for distributed wired and wireless networks. Cisco Meraki includes a portfolio of wireless LAN, switching, security appliances, and mobile device management, all centrally managed from the cloud. The company’s customers range from small and medium-sized businesses to global hotel chains to educational institutions.
Stoke
Series C in 2007
Stoke develops carrier-class mobile broadband gateways specifically engineered to enable mobile and converged network operators to maximize the economic returns of their 3G mobile networks.
Meraki
Seed Round in 2006
Meraki is a software development company based on Cisco that offers cloud-controlled Wi-Fi, routing, and security solutions for distributed wired and wireless networks. Cisco Meraki includes a portfolio of wireless LAN, switching, security appliances, and mobile device management, all centrally managed from the cloud. The company’s customers range from small and medium-sized businesses to global hotel chains to educational institutions.
Quantenna Communications
Series A in 2006
Quantenna Communications specializes in designing, developing, and marketing advanced wireless communication solutions for local area networking. The company’s product portfolio includes high-performance radio frequency chips and digital baseband chips that support various Wi-Fi standards, such as 802.11n, 802.11ac, and the draft Wi-Fi 6 standard. Additionally, Quantenna offers Qdock, a software framework that facilitates the integration of third-party applications with its Wi-Fi solutions. The company's products cater to a wide range of applications, including home networking, retail, outdoor, small and medium businesses, enterprise, industrial, and consumer electronics. Quantenna sells its solutions directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors, primarily generating revenue from the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Quantenna has established itself as a leader in Wi-Fi technologies and continues to innovate to enhance speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. As of June 2019, Quantenna operates as a subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation.
WiQuest Communications
Series B in 2006
WiQuest Communications is a fabless semiconductor company designing and developing complete WiMedia-based ultrawideband (UWB) solutions focused on ultra high speed, short range applications. WiQuest’s complete solution offering includes chipset, software and reference designs. WiQuest’s technology enables a new class of applications for wireless connectivity to PC, consumer electronics and mobile systems – enabling The New Frontier of Wireless™. WiQuest Communications closed operation on 2008 Oct.
Fon
Series A in 2006
Fon is a WiFi provider that utilizes a community-driven approach to create a globally connected WiFi network. The company partners with major telecommunication and WiFi providers, including notable firms such as British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, and Vodafone, to facilitate seamless interconnection between WiFi networks. Fon's services are designed to simplify the management and operation of WiFi for operators and enterprises, ensuring that clients receive carrier-grade WiFi solutions that are secure, scalable, and flexible. This strategic model enables Fon to enhance connectivity for users while supporting its partners in delivering reliable wireless internet services.
HPE Aruba Networking
Series D in 2005
Aruba securely delivers the enterprise network to users, wherever they work or roam, with unified mobility networks that significantly expand the reach of traditional port-centric networks. Unified mobility networks integrate adaptive WLANs, identity-based security, and application continuity services into a cohesive, high-performance system that can be easily deployed as an overlay on top of existing network infrastructure. Adaptive WLANs deliver high-performance, follow-me connectivity so users are always within reach of mission-critical information. Identity-based security associates access policies with users, not ports, to enable follow-me security that is enforced regardless of access method or location. Application continuity services enable follow-me applications that can be seamlessly accessed across WLAN and cellular networks. The cost, convenience, and security benefits of unified mobility networks are fundamentally changing how and where they work. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions.
Stoke
Series B in 2005
Stoke develops carrier-class mobile broadband gateways specifically engineered to enable mobile and converged network operators to maximize the economic returns of their 3G mobile networks.
Navini Networks
Series E in 2005
Navini Networks provides portable, plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions in the United States. Its pre-Mobile WiMAX solutions include The Ripwave MX product line comprising Ripwave MX portable products, such as base stations, modems, radio frequency combiners, and element management systems. Navini Networks, Inc. also provides Smart WiMAX, a mobile WiMAX with beamformed MIMO and smart beamforming technology for the broadband wireless market to deliver personal broadband to the mass market. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
Big Bear Networks
Series D in 2005
Big Bear Networks develops optical transponders and subassemblies for network operators.
Infoblox
Series E in 2005
Infoblox specializes in network identity management and security solutions, offering appliances that help enterprises effectively manage essential network protocols like DNS, DHCP, RADIUS, and LDAP. Their products enhance network control and security while reducing total cost of ownership by providing scalable and reliable services compared to traditional server-software solutions. Infoblox employs a distributed appliance approach, allowing for centralized management of identity data across various network infrastructures. The company's solutions also focus on network infrastructure automation, enabling organizations, including enterprises and government entities, to combat malware and cyber threats. By creating a unified control point, Infoblox helps clients improve operational efficiency, visibility, and compliance across both on-premises and cloud environments. With a presence in over 30 countries, Infoblox serves more than 500 clients, including many Fortune 500 companies.
Chelsio Communications
Series C in 2005
Chelsio is a technology company focused on solving high performance networking and storage challenges for virtualized enterprise data centers, cloud service installations, and cluster computing environments. Now shipping its fourth generation protocol acceleration technology, Chelsio is delivering hardware and software solutions including Unified Wire Ethernet network adapter cards, unified storage software, high performance storage gateways, unified management software, bypass cards, and other solutions focused on specialized applications. Chelsio is a privately-held subsystems company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Greenfield Networks
Series C in 2004
Greenfield Networks provides Ethernet switch silicon technology solutions for enterprise and metro applications primarily in India and internationally. The company offers a series of packet processors; G135 Intelligent Mux, which is a 12-port gigabit Ethernet (GE) intelligent multiplexer for GE linecards for enterprise and metro edge chassis systems; and G900 switch fabric that delivers wirespeed switching performance for its 10 Gbps fabric ports.
SANRAD
Series C in 2004
Sanrad is a company that specializes in storage virtualization and connectivity solutions, focusing on Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) technology. It offers a range of products and services, including storage area network (SAN) switches that integrate virtualization, management, and disaster recovery capabilities. Sanrad's solutions are designed to enhance high availability and support disaster recovery efforts, while also providing data protection and migration services. Their V-Switch and associated software technology facilitate server consolidation and virtualization, catering to diverse storage needs.
HPE Aruba Networking
Debt Financing in 2004
Aruba securely delivers the enterprise network to users, wherever they work or roam, with unified mobility networks that significantly expand the reach of traditional port-centric networks. Unified mobility networks integrate adaptive WLANs, identity-based security, and application continuity services into a cohesive, high-performance system that can be easily deployed as an overlay on top of existing network infrastructure. Adaptive WLANs deliver high-performance, follow-me connectivity so users are always within reach of mission-critical information. Identity-based security associates access policies with users, not ports, to enable follow-me security that is enforced regardless of access method or location. Application continuity services enable follow-me applications that can be seamlessly accessed across WLAN and cellular networks. The cost, convenience, and security benefits of unified mobility networks are fundamentally changing how and where they work. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions.
HPE Aruba Networking
Series C in 2004
Aruba securely delivers the enterprise network to users, wherever they work or roam, with unified mobility networks that significantly expand the reach of traditional port-centric networks. Unified mobility networks integrate adaptive WLANs, identity-based security, and application continuity services into a cohesive, high-performance system that can be easily deployed as an overlay on top of existing network infrastructure. Adaptive WLANs deliver high-performance, follow-me connectivity so users are always within reach of mission-critical information. Identity-based security associates access policies with users, not ports, to enable follow-me security that is enforced regardless of access method or location. Application continuity services enable follow-me applications that can be seamlessly accessed across WLAN and cellular networks. The cost, convenience, and security benefits of unified mobility networks are fundamentally changing how and where they work. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions.
Navini Networks
Series D in 2004
Navini Networks provides portable, plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions in the United States. Its pre-Mobile WiMAX solutions include The Ripwave MX product line comprising Ripwave MX portable products, such as base stations, modems, radio frequency combiners, and element management systems. Navini Networks, Inc. also provides Smart WiMAX, a mobile WiMAX with beamformed MIMO and smart beamforming technology for the broadband wireless market to deliver personal broadband to the mass market. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
Ikanos
Series E in 2004
Ikanos develops robust, high performance semiconductor and software products. Their advanced communications processors, broadband DSL and other devices power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the world’s leading network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications service providers. With more than 330 million ports shipped to date, they are enabling the cost-effective delivery of triple- and quadruple-play services to and throughout homes and offices around the world.
Infoblox
Series D in 2004
Infoblox specializes in network identity management and security solutions, offering appliances that help enterprises effectively manage essential network protocols like DNS, DHCP, RADIUS, and LDAP. Their products enhance network control and security while reducing total cost of ownership by providing scalable and reliable services compared to traditional server-software solutions. Infoblox employs a distributed appliance approach, allowing for centralized management of identity data across various network infrastructures. The company's solutions also focus on network infrastructure automation, enabling organizations, including enterprises and government entities, to combat malware and cyber threats. By creating a unified control point, Infoblox helps clients improve operational efficiency, visibility, and compliance across both on-premises and cloud environments. With a presence in over 30 countries, Infoblox serves more than 500 clients, including many Fortune 500 companies.
Turin Networks
Series F in 2004
Turin Networks, Inc. is a prominent provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions tailored for wireline and wireless network operators globally. The company specializes in addressing practical challenges faced by these operators through its iConnect™ solutions, which are designed for various applications including Wireless Backhaul and Converged Services. Turin Networks offers a range of products, including metro service edge solutions that facilitate MEF-compliant Ethernet delivery over fiber and copper, as well as traditional TDM/PDH services. Additionally, the company provides wireless backhaul optimization and converged business access services, helping operators enhance their network performance and efficiency.
Celion Networks
Series C in 2003
Celion Networks, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets enterprise optical networking products. The company markets an enterprise-class solution that enables transport of data over distance. It provides customer solutions for network design and dark fiber acquisition, hardware installation, network management, and long-term maintenance.
Big Bear Networks
Series C in 2003
Big Bear Networks develops optical transponders and subassemblies for network operators.
LinkedIn
Series A in 2003
LinkedIn is a professional networking platform that facilitates connections among individuals to enhance productivity and career success. It offers a range of services, including talent solutions for employers, marketing tools for businesses, and premium subscriptions for users seeking additional features. Through its platform and mobile application, LinkedIn enables both professionals and organizations to create profiles, fostering an environment for networking and career development. This comprehensive approach allows users to connect with others, discover job opportunities, and expand their professional networks.
HPE Aruba Networking
Series B in 2003
Aruba securely delivers the enterprise network to users, wherever they work or roam, with unified mobility networks that significantly expand the reach of traditional port-centric networks. Unified mobility networks integrate adaptive WLANs, identity-based security, and application continuity services into a cohesive, high-performance system that can be easily deployed as an overlay on top of existing network infrastructure. Adaptive WLANs deliver high-performance, follow-me connectivity so users are always within reach of mission-critical information. Identity-based security associates access policies with users, not ports, to enable follow-me security that is enforced regardless of access method or location. Application continuity services enable follow-me applications that can be seamlessly accessed across WLAN and cellular networks. The cost, convenience, and security benefits of unified mobility networks are fundamentally changing how and where they work. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions.
Spatial Wireless
Series D in 2003
Spatial Wireless, Inc. manufactures and delivers software-based networking solutions for mobile networks. The company develops and deploys distributed mobile switching solutions. It offers Spatial Atrium, a distributed architecture switch for distributed mobile switching center (MSC), distributed gateway MSC, and network services overlay solutions. Spatial Wireless, Inc. was formerly known as Spatial Communications Technologies, Inc.
Santera Systems
Series D in 2003
Santera Systems specializes in networking switching products for the communications market, focusing on solutions that facilitate voice and data transmission. The company offers a next-generation switch with trunk and line functionality, which supports the migration from circuit to packet technologies. Its core applications include enhanced voice switching, integrated voice and data switching, and voice over broadband. By implementing these solutions, Santera Systems helps businesses achieve substantial efficiencies, reducing both capital and operating costs by 50 to 70 percent.
Navini Networks
Series C in 2003
Navini Networks provides portable, plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions in the United States. Its pre-Mobile WiMAX solutions include The Ripwave MX product line comprising Ripwave MX portable products, such as base stations, modems, radio frequency combiners, and element management systems. Navini Networks, Inc. also provides Smart WiMAX, a mobile WiMAX with beamformed MIMO and smart beamforming technology for the broadband wireless market to deliver personal broadband to the mass market. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
Brecis Communications
Series C in 2003
BRECIS Communications, a communications company focused on leading-edge, broadband multi-service network processor architectures.
Turin Networks
Series E in 2003
Turin Networks, Inc. is a prominent provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions tailored for wireline and wireless network operators globally. The company specializes in addressing practical challenges faced by these operators through its iConnect™ solutions, which are designed for various applications including Wireless Backhaul and Converged Services. Turin Networks offers a range of products, including metro service edge solutions that facilitate MEF-compliant Ethernet delivery over fiber and copper, as well as traditional TDM/PDH services. Additionally, the company provides wireless backhaul optimization and converged business access services, helping operators enhance their network performance and efficiency.
NetScaler
Series E in 2003
NetScaler is a software-defined application delivery controller that focuses on increasing the performance of business applications and networks. NetScaler is offered by Citrix Systems. NetScaler is based in San Jose, California and was founded in December 1997.
HPE Aruba Networking
Series A in 2002
Aruba securely delivers the enterprise network to users, wherever they work or roam, with unified mobility networks that significantly expand the reach of traditional port-centric networks. Unified mobility networks integrate adaptive WLANs, identity-based security, and application continuity services into a cohesive, high-performance system that can be easily deployed as an overlay on top of existing network infrastructure. Adaptive WLANs deliver high-performance, follow-me connectivity so users are always within reach of mission-critical information. Identity-based security associates access policies with users, not ports, to enable follow-me security that is enforced regardless of access method or location. Application continuity services enable follow-me applications that can be seamlessly accessed across WLAN and cellular networks. The cost, convenience, and security benefits of unified mobility networks are fundamentally changing how and where they work. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions.
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.
Mellanox Technologies
Series C in 2002
Mellanox Technologies is a supplier of connectivity solutions designed to enhance data center performance. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and Yokneam, Israel, the company specializes in semiconductor-based products that facilitate faster data transmission to applications, thereby improving overall system performance. Mellanox offers end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand interconnect solutions tailored for servers, storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Its products are known for delivering high bandwidth, scalability, power efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, making them a preferred choice for Fortune 500 companies and some of the world's most powerful supercomputers. By converging multiple legacy network technologies into a unified solution, Mellanox positions itself as a future-proof provider in the evolving landscape of data connectivity.
Turin Networks
Series C in 2002
Turin Networks, Inc. is a prominent provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions tailored for wireline and wireless network operators globally. The company specializes in addressing practical challenges faced by these operators through its iConnect™ solutions, which are designed for various applications including Wireless Backhaul and Converged Services. Turin Networks offers a range of products, including metro service edge solutions that facilitate MEF-compliant Ethernet delivery over fiber and copper, as well as traditional TDM/PDH services. Additionally, the company provides wireless backhaul optimization and converged business access services, helping operators enhance their network performance and efficiency.
Big Bear Networks
Series B in 2002
Big Bear Networks develops optical transponders and subassemblies for network operators.
Bang Networks
Series B in 2001
Bang Networks, Inc. went out of business. Bang Networks, Inc. provides technologies and services enabling the real-time Internet. Products include Bang Real-Time Network, a globally distributed overlay network providing LAN-quality transport and application messaging across the Internet. Development of the Bag Real-Time Network began in 1999 when MIT and Harvard researchers developed the Bang Object Router, a networking routing device designed to enable secure, Internet-scale session persistence and content-aware, object routing. Bang Networks, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Solarflare
Series A in 2001
Solarflare Communications, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor and networking software company based in Irvine, California. Founded in 2001, it specializes in server networking solutions, offering a range of products including application acceleration software such as Onload and Cloud Onload, as well as security software like ServerLock and network monitoring tools like SolarCapture. The company's hardware offerings include Ethernet adapters, application onload engine FPGAs, and optical transceivers, which support applications in electronic trading, database caching, network storage, and server security. Solarflare's technologies are designed for ultra-scale, software-defined data centers and high-performance computing environments, facilitating the rapid adoption of advanced networking capabilities. The company distributes its products through various international distributors and value-added resellers, and has research and development facilities in multiple locations, including San Diego, Cambridge, and New Delhi. As of mid-2019, Solarflare operates as a subsidiary of Xilinx, Inc.
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.
Navini Networks
Series B in 2001
Navini Networks provides portable, plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions in the United States. Its pre-Mobile WiMAX solutions include The Ripwave MX product line comprising Ripwave MX portable products, such as base stations, modems, radio frequency combiners, and element management systems. Navini Networks, Inc. also provides Smart WiMAX, a mobile WiMAX with beamformed MIMO and smart beamforming technology for the broadband wireless market to deliver personal broadband to the mass market. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
Ikanos
Series C in 2001
Ikanos develops robust, high performance semiconductor and software products. Their advanced communications processors, broadband DSL and other devices power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the world’s leading network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications service providers. With more than 330 million ports shipped to date, they are enabling the cost-effective delivery of triple- and quadruple-play services to and throughout homes and offices around the world.
Genband
Series D in 2001
GENBAND is a global supplier of IP gateways, session border controllers, and FMC security solutions that enhance the performance and security of fixed and mobile communication networks. The company specializes in developing IP multimedia applications and infrastructure products aimed at transforming the speed and quality of communication. GENBAND's software solutions facilitate seamless connectivity and rapid deployment of services for service providers, enterprises, and systems integrators. By integrating real-time contextual communications into business and consumer applications, GENBAND aims to improve productivity and user engagement across various workflows.
Celion Networks
Series B in 2001
Celion Networks, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets enterprise optical networking products. The company markets an enterprise-class solution that enables transport of data over distance. It provides customer solutions for network design and dark fiber acquisition, hardware installation, network management, and long-term maintenance.
Atoga Systems
Venture Round in 2001
Atoga Systems is a developer of networking equipment and applications that enable the delivery of high-speed broadband content in metro areas. The company designs, develops, and manufactures intelligent, integrated WDM platforms for the optical Internet. Its solutions allow internet service providers to broaden service offerings by increasing the performance capability of their network infrastructure and reducing their costs of operation. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Fremont, California.
Chelsio Communications
Series A in 2001
Chelsio is a technology company focused on solving high performance networking and storage challenges for virtualized enterprise data centers, cloud service installations, and cluster computing environments. Now shipping its fourth generation protocol acceleration technology, Chelsio is delivering hardware and software solutions including Unified Wire Ethernet network adapter cards, unified storage software, high performance storage gateways, unified management software, bypass cards, and other solutions focused on specialized applications. Chelsio is a privately-held subsystems company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Brecis Communications
Series B in 2001
BRECIS Communications, a communications company focused on leading-edge, broadband multi-service network processor architectures.
Navini Networks
Series A in 2001
Navini Networks provides portable, plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions in the United States. Its pre-Mobile WiMAX solutions include The Ripwave MX product line comprising Ripwave MX portable products, such as base stations, modems, radio frequency combiners, and element management systems. Navini Networks, Inc. also provides Smart WiMAX, a mobile WiMAX with beamformed MIMO and smart beamforming technology for the broadband wireless market to deliver personal broadband to the mass market. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
Genband
Series C in 2000
GENBAND is a global supplier of IP gateways, session border controllers, and FMC security solutions that enhance the performance and security of fixed and mobile communication networks. The company specializes in developing IP multimedia applications and infrastructure products aimed at transforming the speed and quality of communication. GENBAND's software solutions facilitate seamless connectivity and rapid deployment of services for service providers, enterprises, and systems integrators. By integrating real-time contextual communications into business and consumer applications, GENBAND aims to improve productivity and user engagement across various workflows.
VxTel
Venture Round in 2000
VxTel provides silicon solutions for next-generation carrier networks. The company's products use a unique signal-processing architecture optimized for voice, data and telecommunication, and multimedia applications. By providing key technology for carrier class switches, VxTel will help accelerate the adoption and expansion of packet-based networks for voice and advanced services. The company's current focus is on enabling the highest density voice-over-packet systems supporting hundreds of thousands of channels across the full range of voice processing applications. VxTel, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
Airslide Systems
Series B in 2000
Airslide Systems Inc. is a provider of 3G-IP convergence solutions for cellular networks. Airslide is a networking company with research, development, and design facilities in Israel. Airslide is the developer of Nebula Gateway technology. Airslide's markets itself as a provider of a cost effective 3G/IP solution for new cellular networks, by providing complimentary solutions for the current backbone infrastructure utilizing cutting edge IP convergence technology. The company’s solutions deal with the setback of dependency on wire-line technology. Airslide's Nebula Family of Gateways provides an IP-based converged cellular network. The company combines, signaling, voice, and data technology and converges them into one efficient cost-effective IP network. This convergence can be deployed through a phased migration, beginning with the SS7 signaling network. Airslide's SMS/IP offloading solution utilizes the SS7 signaling network from the SMS traffic onto an IP network. Following the installation and implementation of the Nebula Gateway SMS/IP solution, this signaling traffic can be offloaded onto an IP network. The company is based New York City, and has an additional office in Herzelia Pituach, Israel.
Big Bear Networks
Series A in 2000
Big Bear Networks develops optical transponders and subassemblies for network operators.
Geyser Networks
Venture Round in 2000
As of October 12, 2001, Geyser Networks, Inc. went out of business. The company provides multi service optical solutions for the next generation optical networks. It designs and markets high-performance networking appliances including switching and routing systems. The company has developed the FlexBand™ technology, which integrates n x VT1.5 virtual concatenation, Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) and traffic management to generate multiple TDM-like pipes for various applications. Geyser's product using this technology include: Geyser OSM 4800™ (Optical Service Manager) combines critical network elements (i.e. DWDM, MPLS Router, Ethernet Switch, IAD, etc.) into one metropolitan area networking platform; and Geyser Networks MetroView™ Network Manager System (NMS) providing a customer services management system for optical networks, linking business-level software for billing, alarm correlation, and northbound functionalities. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.
Turin Networks
Series B in 2000
Turin Networks, Inc. is a prominent provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions tailored for wireline and wireless network operators globally. The company specializes in addressing practical challenges faced by these operators through its iConnect™ solutions, which are designed for various applications including Wireless Backhaul and Converged Services. Turin Networks offers a range of products, including metro service edge solutions that facilitate MEF-compliant Ethernet delivery over fiber and copper, as well as traditional TDM/PDH services. Additionally, the company provides wireless backhaul optimization and converged business access services, helping operators enhance their network performance and efficiency.
VxTel
Venture Round in 2000
VxTel provides silicon solutions for next-generation carrier networks. The company's products use a unique signal-processing architecture optimized for voice, data and telecommunication, and multimedia applications. By providing key technology for carrier class switches, VxTel will help accelerate the adoption and expansion of packet-based networks for voice and advanced services. The company's current focus is on enabling the highest density voice-over-packet systems supporting hundreds of thousands of channels across the full range of voice processing applications. VxTel, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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.
Brecis Communications
Series A in 2000
BRECIS Communications, a communications company focused on leading-edge, broadband multi-service network processor architectures.
Mahi Networks
Venture Round in 2000
Mahi Networks specializes in providing optical transport, switching, and aggregation solutions for multiple system operators and cable wireline carriers globally. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, the company focuses on helping service providers transition to simpler and cost-effective infrastructures. Mahi's key offerings include the Mahi Mi7, a 320 Gbit multi-service switching system, and the Vx7 Multi-Service Core Transport System equipped with ROADM capabilities. To address the growing demand for IP and SAN services, Mahi introduced a 10-port Multi-Service ADM Transponder capable of supporting various client interfaces, alongside a 10G Multi-Service Transponder that accommodates high-speed services. Mahi Networks was later acquired by Meriton Networks, enhancing its market presence and technological capabilities.
Santera Systems
Series B in 2000
Santera Systems specializes in networking switching products for the communications market, focusing on solutions that facilitate voice and data transmission. The company offers a next-generation switch with trunk and line functionality, which supports the migration from circuit to packet technologies. Its core applications include enhanced voice switching, integrated voice and data switching, and voice over broadband. By implementing these solutions, Santera Systems helps businesses achieve substantial efficiencies, reducing both capital and operating costs by 50 to 70 percent.
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