Tech Company Financing Transactions

Eka Systems Funding Round

On 7/19/2007, Eka Systems secured $12.5 million in Series C funding from Angeleno Group and RockPort Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/19/2007
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$12,500,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Angeleno Group (Lead Investor) (Daniel Weis)

RockPort Capital (Lead Investor) (Hap Ellis)

Proceeds Purpose
The financing enables Eka to expand sales and marketing and address increasing demand for large scale deployments so that utilities can realize the benefits of smart metering and the Smart Grid. In addition, Eka will continue to expand its penetration into the mobile network market for commercial and industrial meters along with Itron.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Wireless
Mailing Address
20201 Century Boulevard 250
Germantown, MD 20874
USA
Email Address
Overview
At Eka Systems, our embedded wireless sensor networking solutions are bringing precise energy monitoring and control within reach of a wide range of utility, commercial, and industrial customers. Whether you are considering advanced metering for energy management or fault isolation for outage management, our solutions are built to bring maximum value over the lifecycle of a deployed system.
Profile
Eka Systems LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Eka Systems Company Twitter Account
Company News
Eka Systems News
Facebook
Eka Systems on Facebook
YouTube
Eka Systems on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Dave Pauken
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Founder
M.B. Anand
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Founder
Prakash Chakravarthi
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VP - Engineering
Greg Bartolomei
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VP - Finance
Jeff Ochs
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VP - Sales
Brent Kassing
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