Tech Company Financing Transactions

Big Switch Networks Funding Round

On 1/19/2016, Big Switch Networks raised $48.5 million in financing from Accton, CID Capital and Index Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Big Switch Networks
Announced On
1/19/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$48,500,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Accton

CID Capital

Index Ventures (Michael Volpi )

Khosla Ventures (Shirish Sathaye)

Morgenthaler Ventures (Gary Morgenthaler)

MSD Capital

Redpoint Ventures (Satish Dharmaraj)

Silver Lake (Shawn O'Neill)

Proceeds Purpose
Big Switch will use its latest funding round to continue to scale the company and expand geographically, as well as expand its reach within markets already deploying next generation Data Center networking, which IHS Research estimates will reach $13 billion in 2019, up from $781 million in 2014.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Networking
Mailing Address
3111 Coronado Dr. Building A
Santa Clara, CA 95054
USA
Phone
(650) 322-6510
Website
www.bigswitch.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Big Switch Networks is the leader in Software-Defined Networking and is committed to an Open SDN platform that embraces industry standards, open APIs and Open Source. Maker of Big Network Controller, Big Virtual Switch and Big Tap.
Profile
Big Switch Networks LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Big Switch Networks Company Twitter Account
Company News
Big Switch Networks News
Facebook
Big Switch Networks on Facebook
YouTube
Big Switch Networks on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Douglas Murray
  Douglas Murray LinkedIn Profile  Douglas Murray Twitter Account  Douglas Murray News  Douglas Murray on Facebook
Co-Founder
Kyle Forster
  Kyle Forster LinkedIn Profile  Kyle Forster Twitter Account  Kyle Forster News  Kyle Forster on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Susheel Chitre
  Susheel Chitre LinkedIn Profile  Susheel Chitre Twitter Account  Susheel Chitre News  Susheel Chitre on Facebook
VP - Operations
Joe Palazola
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