Recent investment activity

KANDO id: 28655

Corporate information

Official name
Ciena Corporation
Registration country

Company type

Telecoms networking equipment company providing software & services that support the delivery & transport of voice, video & data services.

Funding rounds

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Rho Capital Partners (Rho Ventures) Venture capital firm that actively invests in companies related to technology, new media, cleaning technology and healthcare.

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Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) Early stage venture capital firm.

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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (KPCB) Venture capital firm.

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Alliance Technology Ventures (ATV)

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Worldview Technology Partners Inc Venture capital firm focused on investing in and building leading U.S. technology companies.

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Lightspeed Management Co LLC (Lightspeed Venture Partners), (LSVP) Multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the enterprise and consumer sectors.

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Bridgescale Partners

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Charles River Ventures (CRV) Independent venture capital firm

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Spencer Trask & Co (Spencer Trask Ventures)

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Crescendo Ventures Inc Venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the technology, digital media and technology-enabled service markets.


Investment activity status
Active investor

Selected investments

Displaying 1 - 12 of 12
Profile Country Date Funding
Catena Networks Inc N/A
Cyras Systems Inc Acquisition USD 2,600,000,000 (USD 2,600,000,000)
Internet Photonics Inc Acquisition USD 150,000,000 (USD 150,000,000)
Lightera Networks Inc Developer of an optical core switches. Acquisition
Luminous Networks Inc Networking and communications equipment company. N/A
Omnia Communications Inc Acquisition
ONI Systems Inc Optical switching equipment companyfor the metropolitan area. Acquisition USD 900,000,000 (USD 900,000,000)
Turin Networks Inc Networking equipment company providing Carrier ethernet solutions. N/A
WaveSmith Networks Inc Designs and develops optical network equipment for use in the communications sector. N/A
World Wide Packets Inc Telecommunications company that provides ethernet access networking equipments. Acquisition USD 290,000,000 (USD 290,000,000)
Xtera Communications Inc N/A
Akara Corp Networking equipment company. Acquisition

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