Tech Company Financing Transactions

Alkira Funding Round

Koch Disruptive Technologies, GV and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers participated in a $54 million Series B venture round for Alkira. This venture round closed on 10/14/2020.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
10/14/2020
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$54,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The new funds will be used to scale the company to meet global market demand for the Alkira Cloud Services Exchange(CSX).

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
2001 Gateway Pl. 610W
San Jose, CA 95110
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Alkira was founded in 2018 by Amir and Atif Khan, the visionary computer networking team that created the multi-billion-dollar SD-WAN market with the founding of Viptela. After Viptela was acquired by Cisco in 2017, it was time to look for another significant customer problem to solve.
Profile
Alkira LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Alkira Company Twitter Account
Company News
Alkira News
Facebook
Alkira on Facebook
YouTube
Alkira on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Amir Khan
  Amir Khan LinkedIn Profile  Amir Khan Twitter Account  Amir Khan News  Amir Khan on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Ramakanth Gunuganti
  Ramakanth Gunuganti LinkedIn Profile  Ramakanth Gunuganti Twitter Account  Ramakanth Gunuganti News  Ramakanth Gunuganti on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Atif Khan
  Atif Khan LinkedIn Profile  Atif Khan Twitter Account  Atif Khan News  Atif Khan on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Himanshu Shah
  Himanshu Shah LinkedIn Profile  Himanshu Shah Twitter Account  Himanshu Shah News  Himanshu Shah on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Manan Shah
  Manan Shah LinkedIn Profile  Manan Shah Twitter Account  Manan Shah News  Manan Shah on Facebook
VP - Sales
Danielle Kramer
  Danielle Kramer LinkedIn Profile  Danielle Kramer Twitter Account  Danielle Kramer News  Danielle Kramer on Facebook


 

 

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