Tech Company Financing Transactions

SolidFire Funding Round

On 2/2/2011, SolidFire landed $11 million in Series A financing from New Enterprise Associates, Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Valhalla Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
SolidFire
Announced On
2/2/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$11,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

New Enterprise Associates (Lead Investor) (Harry Weller)

Novak Biddle Venture Partners (Philip Bronner)

Valhalla Partners (Charles Curran)

Proceeds Purpose
The funding, which follows a $1 million seed round, will be used to expand the company in preparation for launch later this year. As part of this expansion, SolidFire has opened an office in Boulder, Colorado and will be hiring for engineering, marketing, and sales roles.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Storage
Mailing Address
1620 Pearl St. 200
Boulder, CO 80302
USA
Phone
(720) 523-3278
Website
www.solidfire.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Atlanta-based SolidFire is a next-generation storage platform for cloud computing providers and other enterprises that need scalable, reliable storage for thousands of servers. The Company's solution allows customers to take advantage of the performance of solid state storage at a price comparable to traditional spinning disk.
Profile
SolidFire LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
SolidFire Company Twitter Account
Company News
SolidFire News
Facebook
SolidFire on Facebook
YouTube
SolidFire on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Wright
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Chief Financial Officer
John Hillyard
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Chief Marketing Officer
James Whitemore
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President
RJ Weigel
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VP - Engineering
Daniel Berg
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VP - Marketing
Jay Prassl
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VP - Product Management
Adam Carter
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VP - Sales
Brian McCloskey
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