Tech Company Financing Transactions

Plato Networks Funding Round

On 7/24/2007, Plato Networks secured $20 million in Series B financing from Granite Ventures, Crosslink Capital and STIC Investments.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Plato Networks
Announced On
7/24/2007
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Granite Ventures (Lead Investor) (Len Rand)

Crosslink Capital (David Epstein)

STIC Investments (Steven Lee)

Proceeds Purpose
Plato Networks will use the US$20 million in new funding to accelerate development of its ultra low-power 10Gbps Ethernet products.

Company Information

Company Status
Out of Business
Industry
Semiconductors
Mailing Address
2855 Kifer Road 204
Santa Clara, CA 95051
USA
Phone
(408) 988-2600
Website
www.platonetworks.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
The company develops fabless Ethernet PHY chips and single-chip CMOS 10GBASE-T PHY.
Profile
Plato Networks LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Plato Networks Company Twitter Account
Company News
Plato Networks News
Facebook
Plato Networks on Facebook
YouTube
Plato Networks on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Roubik Gregorian
  Roubik Gregorian LinkedIn Profile  Roubik Gregorian Twitter Account  Roubik Gregorian News  Roubik Gregorian on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Joseph Babanezhad
  Joseph Babanezhad LinkedIn Profile  Joseph Babanezhad Twitter Account  Joseph Babanezhad News  Joseph Babanezhad on Facebook
Vice President
Eric Chen
  Eric Chen LinkedIn Profile  Eric Chen Twitter Account  Eric Chen News  Eric Chen on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Pirooz Hojabri
  Pirooz Hojabri LinkedIn Profile  Pirooz Hojabri Twitter Account  Pirooz Hojabri News  Pirooz Hojabri on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Hakim Mesiwala
  Hakim Mesiwala LinkedIn Profile  Hakim Mesiwala Twitter Account  Hakim Mesiwala News  Hakim Mesiwala on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Sid Yenamandra
  Sid Yenamandra LinkedIn Profile  Sid Yenamandra Twitter Account  Sid Yenamandra News  Sid Yenamandra on Facebook

 

 

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