Tech Company Financing Transactions

Kaiam Funding Round

On 6/7/2011, Kaiam raised $5 million in Series B funding from TriplePoint Capital and U.S. Venture Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
6/7/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

TriplePoint Capital (Lead Investor) (James Labe)

U.S. Venture Partners (Christopher Rust)

Proceeds Purpose
The funds will be used to build out the Company's infrastructure and expedite the transfer of the initial products for volume manufacturing.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Networking
Mailing Address
39677 Eureka Dr.
Newark, CA 94560
USA
Email Address
Overview
Kaiam Corporation is a private company funded to develop products based on photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Founded by leading technologists from the optical networking industry, the team has a record of delivering breakthrough approaches that change the rules of the marketplace.
Profile
Kaiam LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Kaiam Company Twitter Account
Company News
Kaiam News
Facebook
Kaiam on Facebook
YouTube
Kaiam on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Bardia Pezeshki
  Bardia Pezeshki LinkedIn Profile  Bardia Pezeshki Twitter Account  Bardia Pezeshki News  Bardia Pezeshki on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Art Stein
  Art Stein LinkedIn Profile  Art Stein Twitter Account  Art Stein News  Art Stein on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Russell Childs
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VP - Engineering
John Heanue
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VP - Marketing
Karen Liu
  Karen Liu LinkedIn Profile  Karen Liu Twitter Account  Karen Liu News  Karen Liu on Facebook
VP - Operations
Dietmar Zapf
  Dietmar Zapf LinkedIn Profile  Dietmar Zapf Twitter Account  Dietmar Zapf News  Dietmar Zapf on Facebook


 

 

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