Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 in Palo Alto, California, that backs early and growth-stage technology startups worldwide. It concentrates on software, cloud, data, mobile, digital media, and adjacent sectors, including consumer and enterprise technology, fintech, security, and healthcare. The firm supports entrepreneurs with long-term guidance and the resources needed to build world-class, category-defining companies. Accel maintains offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, London, and Bangalore, and has backed a broad portfolio featuring notable companies such as Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, and Cloudera.

Pratik Agarwal

Principal

Casey Aylward

Partner

Mahendran Balachandran

Partner

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Philippe Botteri

Partner

Past deals in Networking

Chaos Industries

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

Tailscale

Series C in 2025
Founded in 2019, Tailscale Inc. specializes in developing corporate virtual private network (VPN) software that enables secure remote access for teams of any size. Its platform leverages WireGuard's Noise protocol encryption to provide minimal configuration, automatic key management, and identity provider integration, helping IT professionals and organizations replace legacy VPNs and simplify secure network operations.

Chaos Industries

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

Corelight

Series E in 2024
Corelight, Inc. is a provider of network visibility solutions aimed at enhancing cybersecurity for enterprises, government entities, and educational institutions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company develops a suite of products that includes Corelight sensors and a fleet management system. Its flagship offering is based on Bro, an open-source network analysis framework that delivers actionable, real-time data, enabling security professionals to comprehensively understand network traffic and effectively detect and mitigate cyber threats. In addition to its headquarters, Corelight maintains offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio, further supporting its commitment to improving network security across various sectors.

Lablabee

Pre Seed Round in 2022
LabLabee is a provider of on-demand learning labs for future networks. It serves telco operators, industrial companies, and large enterprises by offering a virtual hands-on training experience, enabling them to incorporate practical learning into their transformation processes while reducing costs. The company's platform provides testing and validation processes, staff training, and access to a telco cloud environment, allowing users to test various scenarios relevant to their technology stack.

Aalyria

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

Tailscale

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2019, Tailscale Inc. specializes in developing corporate virtual private network (VPN) software that enables secure remote access for teams of any size. Its platform leverages WireGuard's Noise protocol encryption to provide minimal configuration, automatic key management, and identity provider integration, helping IT professionals and organizations replace legacy VPNs and simplify secure network operations.

Anar

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

BeReal.

Series A in 2021
BeReal is a photo-sharing application that aims to foster genuine connections among users. The app operates by sending a simultaneous notification to all users on a selected list at a random time, prompting them to capture and share a photo within a limited timeframe. This unique approach encourages users to present authentic moments from their daily lives, distinguishing BeReal from traditional social media platforms that often emphasize curated content. By focusing on spontaneity and realism, BeReal seeks to enhance interpersonal relationships and provide a fresh perspective on friendship in the digital age.

Tailscale

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2019, Tailscale Inc. specializes in developing corporate virtual private network (VPN) software that enables secure remote access for teams of any size. Its platform leverages WireGuard's Noise protocol encryption to provide minimal configuration, automatic key management, and identity provider integration, helping IT professionals and organizations replace legacy VPNs and simplify secure network operations.

GlowRoad

Venture Round in 2020
GlowRoad is a social selling platform based in India that empowers women and small businesses to generate income through online and offline sales. Its mobile application facilitates a network of users, including housewives and students, who can promote and sell selected products within their local communities and social circles. By leveraging their personal networks, these resellers can earn money without the need for an initial investment, creating a secure and accessible means of entrepreneurship. GlowRoad's model focuses on enabling individuals to capitalize on social connections to drive sales, thus providing flexible earning opportunities in a supportive environment.

Donut

Venture Round in 2020
Donut is a software platform focused on enhancing employee engagement and fostering connections within organizations. Launched in 2016 by Christian Whitehouse, Sarah Arnold, Jeff Manian, and Dan Manian, the company operates from New York, United States. Donut's online portal facilitates interactions among team members through activities such as virtual coffee meetings, peer learning sessions, and discussions on diversity, equity, and inclusion. By promoting trust and collaboration, Donut aims to strengthen company culture, enhance personal relationships, and improve employee retention.

Bumble

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

Bumble

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

Corelight

Series C in 2019
Corelight, Inc. is a provider of network visibility solutions aimed at enhancing cybersecurity for enterprises, government entities, and educational institutions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company develops a suite of products that includes Corelight sensors and a fleet management system. Its flagship offering is based on Bro, an open-source network analysis framework that delivers actionable, real-time data, enabling security professionals to comprehensively understand network traffic and effectively detect and mitigate cyber threats. In addition to its headquarters, Corelight maintains offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio, further supporting its commitment to improving network security across various sectors.

GlowRoad

Series B in 2019
GlowRoad is a social selling platform based in India that empowers women and small businesses to generate income through online and offline sales. Its mobile application facilitates a network of users, including housewives and students, who can promote and sell selected products within their local communities and social circles. By leveraging their personal networks, these resellers can earn money without the need for an initial investment, creating a secure and accessible means of entrepreneurship. GlowRoad's model focuses on enabling individuals to capitalize on social connections to drive sales, thus providing flexible earning opportunities in a supportive environment.

Chief

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

GlowRoad

Series A in 2017
GlowRoad is a social selling platform based in India that empowers women and small businesses to generate income through online and offline sales. Its mobile application facilitates a network of users, including housewives and students, who can promote and sell selected products within their local communities and social circles. By leveraging their personal networks, these resellers can earn money without the need for an initial investment, creating a secure and accessible means of entrepreneurship. GlowRoad's model focuses on enabling individuals to capitalize on social connections to drive sales, thus providing flexible earning opportunities in a supportive environment.

Corelight

Series A in 2017
Corelight, Inc. is a provider of network visibility solutions aimed at enhancing cybersecurity for enterprises, government entities, and educational institutions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company develops a suite of products that includes Corelight sensors and a fleet management system. Its flagship offering is based on Bro, an open-source network analysis framework that delivers actionable, real-time data, enabling security professionals to comprehensively understand network traffic and effectively detect and mitigate cyber threats. In addition to its headquarters, Corelight maintains offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio, further supporting its commitment to improving network security across various sectors.

Illumio

Series D in 2017
Illumio, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2012. It specializes in providing cloud-based security solutions designed to protect organizations from cyber threats and breaches. The company's primary offering is the Adaptive Security Platform, which includes several tools such as Illumination for application traffic mapping, Enforcement for application nano-segmentation, and SecureConnect for data protection. Illumio's Zero Trust Segmentation Platform enhances security by visualizing traffic flows and automatically enforcing segmentation policies, minimizing lateral movement within multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures. This approach safeguards critical resources and mitigates the risk of cyber attacks, thereby helping organizations maintain operational resilience. The company's clientele includes notable names such as Plantronics, Yahoo, and the Creative Artists Agency.

Luma

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

Neumob

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

Drafted

Seed Round in 2015
Drafted Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, operates a network recruiting platform designed to streamline the hiring process for companies. The platform, Drafted, allows businesses to source, qualify, and hire candidates efficiently by leveraging their employee networks for referrals and sourcing. It also offers Layoff Network, which helps laid-off individuals connect with hiring companies through nominations from friends and colleagues. The company's solutions are utilized by recruiters, managers, and employees to track candidates and measure performance, ultimately aiming to enhance the quality of hires and support both companies and job seekers in their networking efforts.

Qwilt

Series D in 2015
Qwilt Inc., established in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, specializes in online video delivery solutions for cable, telecom, and mobile service providers. The company offers two primary products: Open Edge Cloud, a content and application delivery platform that enables seamless streaming experiences via managed platforms and open APIs; and Open Caching, a platform that federates content delivery infrastructure into a global CDN with open APIs for content publishers. Qwilt's solutions allow carriers to create a universal video fabric, improving network efficiency and enhancing user experience without disrupting existing infrastructures. The company serves fixed operators, mobile operators, universities, and leading content publishers worldwide, including BT, Telecom Argentina, and Verizon.

Neumob

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

QMC Telecom International

Series B in 2015
QMC Telecom International is a telecommunications infrastructure provider that specializes in developing, owning, and managing wireless sites for carriers in Puerto Rico. Established in 2011 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, with an additional office in San Juan, the company focuses on delivering comprehensive site development services tailored for telecommunications operators. QMC Telecom offers a range of services, including the leasing of towers and rooftop sites, aimed at facilitating reliable and timely installations of wireless connectivity. Through its infrastructure solutions, the company supports the growing demand for cellular telecommunication services in the region.

SimpliVity

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

SimpliVity

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

collegefeed

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

Qwilt

Series C in 2013
Qwilt Inc., established in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, specializes in online video delivery solutions for cable, telecom, and mobile service providers. The company offers two primary products: Open Edge Cloud, a content and application delivery platform that enables seamless streaming experiences via managed platforms and open APIs; and Open Caching, a platform that federates content delivery infrastructure into a global CDN with open APIs for content publishers. Qwilt's solutions allow carriers to create a universal video fabric, improving network efficiency and enhancing user experience without disrupting existing infrastructures. The company serves fixed operators, mobile operators, universities, and leading content publishers worldwide, including BT, Telecom Argentina, and Verizon.

Kekanto

Series B in 2013
Kekanto, established in 2010 in São Paulo by Bruno Yoshimura, Fernando Okumura, and Allan Panossian, operates a social network platform focused on facilitating reviews and recommendations for places and services within cities. The company's software serves as an interactive city guide, harnessing the collective knowledge of local users to provide insights into attractions, venues, and other points of interest. Users can connect with one another, share opinions, and receive updates on happenings in their city through Kekanto's platform.

Arista Networks

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

SimpliVity

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

Ubiquisys

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

Airtime

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

BranchOut

Series C in 2012
BranchOut is a professional community platform designed to help individuals enhance their careers by capturing and sharing everyday moments in the workplace. With over 30 million users, it enables members to create Professional Timelines that reflect their professional journeys through photos, news, and updates. The platform allows users to build their professional brands by dynamically showcasing their skills, expertise, and accomplishments. By facilitating the sharing of these narratives, BranchOut provides opportunities for employment leads, sales prospects, and recruitment, thus enhancing professional networking possibilities.

ResearchGate

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

Gudville

Series A in 2012
Gudville is a social action network that offers a home for discovering and sharing personal causes. The Gudville platform makes it very easy for people to share their passion for social causes across their circles of friends, discover new causes, and track engagement with a variety of support actions. Gudvillers share their stories to inspire volunteers, raise funds, sign petitions and conduct polls. From its twin bases in Palo Alto, Calif. and Bangalore, India, Gudville will expand worldwide throughout 2013. Gudville offers a home to causes at www.gudville.com. Follow Gudville on Twitter at @MyGudville and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gudville.

SimpliVity

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

Kekanto

Series A in 2011
Kekanto, established in 2010 in São Paulo by Bruno Yoshimura, Fernando Okumura, and Allan Panossian, operates a social network platform focused on facilitating reviews and recommendations for places and services within cities. The company's software serves as an interactive city guide, harnessing the collective knowledge of local users to provide insights into attractions, venues, and other points of interest. Users can connect with one another, share opinions, and receive updates on happenings in their city through Kekanto's platform.

Qwilt

Series B in 2011
Qwilt Inc., established in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, specializes in online video delivery solutions for cable, telecom, and mobile service providers. The company offers two primary products: Open Edge Cloud, a content and application delivery platform that enables seamless streaming experiences via managed platforms and open APIs; and Open Caching, a platform that federates content delivery infrastructure into a global CDN with open APIs for content publishers. Qwilt's solutions allow carriers to create a universal video fabric, improving network efficiency and enhancing user experience without disrupting existing infrastructures. The company serves fixed operators, mobile operators, universities, and leading content publishers worldwide, including BT, Telecom Argentina, and Verizon.

BranchOut

Series B in 2011
BranchOut is a professional community platform designed to help individuals enhance their careers by capturing and sharing everyday moments in the workplace. With over 30 million users, it enables members to create Professional Timelines that reflect their professional journeys through photos, news, and updates. The platform allows users to build their professional brands by dynamically showcasing their skills, expertise, and accomplishments. By facilitating the sharing of these narratives, BranchOut provides opportunities for employment leads, sales prospects, and recruitment, thus enhancing professional networking possibilities.

Breezy

Angel Round in 2011
Breezy is a cloud-based mobile printing solution that enables users to print from any device to any printer, regardless of the printer's connectivity type, whether Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The platform supports a wide range of file types and maintains an updated list of available printers for each user. By utilizing the Breezy Connector software, documents are securely transmitted from a user's mobile device to the selected printer via the company's servers. This service provides a seamless and efficient mobile printing experience, ensuring that users can easily access secure printing options from anywhere.

Cambridge Broadband Networks

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

Ubiquisys

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

ResearchGate

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

Qwilt

Series A in 2010
Qwilt Inc., established in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, specializes in online video delivery solutions for cable, telecom, and mobile service providers. The company offers two primary products: Open Edge Cloud, a content and application delivery platform that enables seamless streaming experiences via managed platforms and open APIs; and Open Caching, a platform that federates content delivery infrastructure into a global CDN with open APIs for content publishers. Qwilt's solutions allow carriers to create a universal video fabric, improving network efficiency and enhancing user experience without disrupting existing infrastructures. The company serves fixed operators, mobile operators, universities, and leading content publishers worldwide, including BT, Telecom Argentina, and Verizon.

Telepo

Series B in 2010
Telepo is a Swedish company based in Stockholm, founded in 2003, that specializes in enterprise mobility and converged communication solutions for businesses and service providers. It offers a range of business communication services, including single number reach, presence, personal call routing, unified messaging, and integration with third-party applications. Telepo's solutions integrate mobile, fixed, and IP-based communications networks, providing features such as over-the-air deployment, configuration, and remote diagnostics of devices and services. The company also offers professional services like technical pre-studies, customization, training, consulting, project management, and implementation. Additionally, Telepo provides cloud communications software, including unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) platforms to service providers, mobile operators, and carriers across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Ubiquisys

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

Altor Networks

Series B in 2010
Altor Networks specializes in providing virtualization security solutions that enhance the security of virtualized environments, particularly in data centers and internal clouds. The company's flagship product, the Altor VF virtual firewall, delivers granular control and visibility over virtual network traffic, significantly improving the security posture of virtual servers while minimizing administrative burdens. This technology is designed to support multiple virtualization platforms, allowing enterprises to maintain flexibility in their technology choices. Key features of Altor's solutions include the enforcement of rule-based security policies on individual or groups of virtual machines, protection of virtual machines during migration events without disrupting connections, and the ability to monitor traffic for intrusion detection purposes. By automatically applying default security policies to new or rogue virtual machines, Altor Networks empowers organizations to safeguard their virtualized networks effectively against potential threats.

XConnect Global Networks

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

Verivue

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

Ubidyne

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

Cambridge Broadband Networks

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

Telepo

Venture Round in 2008
Telepo is a Swedish company based in Stockholm, founded in 2003, that specializes in enterprise mobility and converged communication solutions for businesses and service providers. It offers a range of business communication services, including single number reach, presence, personal call routing, unified messaging, and integration with third-party applications. Telepo's solutions integrate mobile, fixed, and IP-based communications networks, providing features such as over-the-air deployment, configuration, and remote diagnostics of devices and services. The company also offers professional services like technical pre-studies, customization, training, consulting, project management, and implementation. Additionally, Telepo provides cloud communications software, including unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) platforms to service providers, mobile operators, and carriers across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

WiChorus

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

Xelerated

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

Verivue

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

Solarflare

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

Mu Dynamics

Series C in 2008
Mu Dynamics is a provider of proactive service assurance solutions aimed at network operators, product suppliers, government agencies, and network vendors. The company focuses on enhancing the quality, reliability, and robustness of networks, enabling operators to minimize downtime and maintain revenue-critical next-generation IP services. Its flagship offering, the Service Analyzer, serves as a comprehensive platform that identifies vulnerabilities within IP-based applications and networks. This tool generates actionable remediation information to address identified weaknesses and verifies the effectiveness of implemented fixes through an integrated regression database. By addressing issues proactively, Mu Dynamics helps clients reduce customer churn and avoid the costs associated with service interruptions.

Altor Networks

Series A in 2008
Altor Networks specializes in providing virtualization security solutions that enhance the security of virtualized environments, particularly in data centers and internal clouds. The company's flagship product, the Altor VF virtual firewall, delivers granular control and visibility over virtual network traffic, significantly improving the security posture of virtual servers while minimizing administrative burdens. This technology is designed to support multiple virtualization platforms, allowing enterprises to maintain flexibility in their technology choices. Key features of Altor's solutions include the enforcement of rule-based security policies on individual or groups of virtual machines, protection of virtual machines during migration events without disrupting connections, and the ability to monitor traffic for intrusion detection purposes. By automatically applying default security policies to new or rogue virtual machines, Altor Networks empowers organizations to safeguard their virtualized networks effectively against potential threats.

RGB Networks

Series D in 2008
RGB Networks, Inc. specializes in network video processing solutions, focusing on delivering services that facilitate the streaming and monetization of live and on-demand video across multiple screens. The company's offerings include its Video Intelligence Architecture (VIA), which encompasses a range of products such as a broadcast network processor for grooming and statistical multiplexing, as well as a dynamic bandwidth manager for personalized video experiences. Additionally, RGB Networks provides modular video processors for IPTV services, simulcast edge processors for digital decoding, and a universal scalable modulator for multi-service digital modulation. These solutions allow multiple system operators and video service providers to effectively implement switched digital networks, enhancing their ability to deliver high-quality video content.

Gigle Networks

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

ConSentry Networks

Series E in 2007
ConSentry Networks is leading the delivery of intelligent control. Customers around the globe have adopted their intelligent control, enabling them to capitalize on today's new business practices including using contractors, outsourcing and offshoring, and more rapidly establishing working partnerships. ConSentry Networks, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Milpitas, California. The company has received funding from Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, INVESCO Private Capital, and Translink Capital.

WiChorus

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

Ubiquisys

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

Xelerated

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

XConnect Global Networks

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

Azea Networks

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

Cambridge Broadband Networks

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

Resolute Networks

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

Telepo

Series A in 2006
Telepo is a Swedish company based in Stockholm, founded in 2003, that specializes in enterprise mobility and converged communication solutions for businesses and service providers. It offers a range of business communication services, including single number reach, presence, personal call routing, unified messaging, and integration with third-party applications. Telepo's solutions integrate mobile, fixed, and IP-based communications networks, providing features such as over-the-air deployment, configuration, and remote diagnostics of devices and services. The company also offers professional services like technical pre-studies, customization, training, consulting, project management, and implementation. Additionally, Telepo provides cloud communications software, including unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) platforms to service providers, mobile operators, and carriers across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Ubiquisys

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

Trapeze Networks

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

WiChorus

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

ConSentry Networks

Series D in 2006
ConSentry Networks is leading the delivery of intelligent control. Customers around the globe have adopted their intelligent control, enabling them to capitalize on today's new business practices including using contractors, outsourcing and offshoring, and more rapidly establishing working partnerships. ConSentry Networks, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Milpitas, California. The company has received funding from Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, INVESCO Private Capital, and Translink Capital.

Mu Dynamics

Series B in 2006
Mu Dynamics is a provider of proactive service assurance solutions aimed at network operators, product suppliers, government agencies, and network vendors. The company focuses on enhancing the quality, reliability, and robustness of networks, enabling operators to minimize downtime and maintain revenue-critical next-generation IP services. Its flagship offering, the Service Analyzer, serves as a comprehensive platform that identifies vulnerabilities within IP-based applications and networks. This tool generates actionable remediation information to address identified weaknesses and verifies the effectiveness of implemented fixes through an integrated regression database. By addressing issues proactively, Mu Dynamics helps clients reduce customer churn and avoid the costs associated with service interruptions.

RGB Networks

Series C in 2006
RGB Networks, Inc. specializes in network video processing solutions, focusing on delivering services that facilitate the streaming and monetization of live and on-demand video across multiple screens. The company's offerings include its Video Intelligence Architecture (VIA), which encompasses a range of products such as a broadcast network processor for grooming and statistical multiplexing, as well as a dynamic bandwidth manager for personalized video experiences. Additionally, RGB Networks provides modular video processors for IPTV services, simulcast edge processors for digital decoding, and a universal scalable modulator for multi-service digital modulation. These solutions allow multiple system operators and video service providers to effectively implement switched digital networks, enhancing their ability to deliver high-quality video content.

Acopia Networks

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

Gigle Networks

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

Riverbed Technology

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

Cambridge Broadband Networks

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

Ubidyne

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

ConSentry Networks

Series C in 2005
ConSentry Networks is leading the delivery of intelligent control. Customers around the globe have adopted their intelligent control, enabling them to capitalize on today's new business practices including using contractors, outsourcing and offshoring, and more rapidly establishing working partnerships. ConSentry Networks, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Milpitas, California. The company has received funding from Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, INVESCO Private Capital, and Translink Capital.

Level 5 Networks

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

Big Bear Networks

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

Entrisphere

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

Xelerated

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

Trapeze Networks

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

Trapeze Networks

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

Azea Networks

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

Resolute Networks

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

Webroot

Series A in 2005
Webroot is a cybersecurity company that delivers cloud-based threat detection and protection for consumers, businesses, and enterprises. It provides real-time Internet threat protection through the BrightCloud security intelligence platform and the SecureAnywhere suite for endpoints, mobile devices, and corporate networks. Its offerings cover protection against viruses, spyware, phishing, identity theft, social network threats, and unsafe websites, complemented by BrightCloud Security Services such as web and file reputation, real-time anti-phishing, and mobile security SDKs. The company also offers Webroot WiFi Security, a VPN for securing WiFi connections, and BrightCloud research and analysis services that provide market insights and security reports. Webroot serves network and mobile providers, MSPs, small businesses, and larger customers with threat intelligence derived from cloud-based data. Founded in 1997, Webroot is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

RGB Networks

Series B in 2005
RGB Networks, Inc. specializes in network video processing solutions, focusing on delivering services that facilitate the streaming and monetization of live and on-demand video across multiple screens. The company's offerings include its Video Intelligence Architecture (VIA), which encompasses a range of products such as a broadcast network processor for grooming and statistical multiplexing, as well as a dynamic bandwidth manager for personalized video experiences. Additionally, RGB Networks provides modular video processors for IPTV services, simulcast edge processors for digital decoding, and a universal scalable modulator for multi-service digital modulation. These solutions allow multiple system operators and video service providers to effectively implement switched digital networks, enhancing their ability to deliver high-quality video content.

Mu Dynamics

Series A in 2005
Mu Dynamics is a provider of proactive service assurance solutions aimed at network operators, product suppliers, government agencies, and network vendors. The company focuses on enhancing the quality, reliability, and robustness of networks, enabling operators to minimize downtime and maintain revenue-critical next-generation IP services. Its flagship offering, the Service Analyzer, serves as a comprehensive platform that identifies vulnerabilities within IP-based applications and networks. This tool generates actionable remediation information to address identified weaknesses and verifies the effectiveness of implemented fixes through an integrated regression database. By addressing issues proactively, Mu Dynamics helps clients reduce customer churn and avoid the costs associated with service interruptions.

Acopia Networks

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

Kagoor Networks

Series D in 2004
Kagoor Networks is a leading provider of session border control technology aimed at facilitating the delivery of Internet Protocol communications services. The company specializes in addressing the technical challenges that carriers typically encounter at the borders of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks. With its extensive technical expertise, Kagoor offers a range of solutions that enhance interoperability, security, network address translation, bandwidth management, and service level assurance. Their flagship products include the VoiceFlow series of session border controllers, which are designed to meet the evolving needs of the telecommunications industry and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Surfkitchen

Series C in 2004
SurfKitchen is a mobile software company renowned for its On Device Portal (ODP) software, which facilitates the efficient discovery and access of mobile content on devices. This technology enhances the user experience by providing a straightforward and engaging interface for accessing mobile applications and services. Additionally, SurfKitchen develops access management solutions aimed at assisting mobile operators and their partners in navigating the challenges of discoverability, usability, and fulfillment that often accompany the deployment of mobile internet applications on mainstream devices. Through its innovative software, SurfKitchen plays a pivotal role in improving how users interact with mobile content.

ConSentry Networks

Series B in 2004
ConSentry Networks is leading the delivery of intelligent control. Customers around the globe have adopted their intelligent control, enabling them to capitalize on today's new business practices including using contractors, outsourcing and offshoring, and more rapidly establishing working partnerships. ConSentry Networks, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Milpitas, California. The company has received funding from Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, INVESCO Private Capital, and Translink Capital.

The Cloud

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