Tech Company Financing Transactions

Verari Systems Funding Round

On 6/5/2007, Verari Systems raised $20 million in funding from The Carlyle Group, Sierra Ventures and Ventures West.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
6/5/2007
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Proceeds Purpose
Verari will use the funds to bring its next generation of blade-based server and storage solutions to market and further its research and development of energy-saving technologies for the green data center.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Electronics
Mailing Address
9449 Carroll Park Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
USA
Email Address
Overview
Verari Systems, Inc., previously RackSaver, Inc., was a premier developer of powerful, flexible, and scalable platform-independent blade computing systems aimed at performance utility computing for the enterprise data center. In 2010, an investment group led by Verari Systems founder and former CEO David Driggers bought the assets of the troubled systems maker.
Profile
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Company News
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Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Wright
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Chief Financial Officer
Chris Witt
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Chief Technical Officer
David Driggers
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Co-Founder
Victor Hester
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Executive Vice President
Dave Anderson
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Vice President
Gerald Conboy
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Vice President
Brian Koblenz
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Vice President
Kevin McGrath
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Vice President
Doug O'Shaughnessy
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VP - Engineering
Victor Tung
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VP - Human Resources
George Purnell
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VP - Marketing
Dan Gatti
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VP - Operations
Jennifer Herrett-Skjellum
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VP - Operations
Jerry Loe
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VP - Sales
Paul Mecucci
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VP - Sales
Vince Scarpulla
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