Acacia Communications

IPO

Acacia Communications is a hardware company in Maynard, United States, founded in 2009. It has raised $23.0M across 2 rounds, most recently a $20.0M Series D in May 2013.

Acacia

Headquarters
Maynard
Founded
2009
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$23.0M
Last Round
$20.0M Series DMay 2013
Rounds
2
Type
Public

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About

Acacia Communications develops silicon-based high-speed optical interconnect products that replace exotic optical materials with CMOS-scale silicon photonics for cloud and communications networks. Founded in 2009 by Mehrdad Givehchi, Benny P. Mikkelsen, and Christian J. Rasmussen, the company introduced its first product in 2011 and later completed an IPO in 2016. Its modules and DSPs serve more than 25 cloud and service-provider customers across data-center interconnect, metro, long-haul, submarine, and access networks. Corporate headquarters are in Maynard, Massachusetts; Cisco completed its acquisition of Acacia in 2021, and the business continues to operate under the Acacia brand.

Summary

It has raised $23.0M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $20.0M Series D round in May 2013. Investors include Summit Partners, Matrix Partners and Commonwealth Equity Partners.

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Funding & Exit History

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Funding: Series C through Series D. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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