Force10

Acquired

High-performance networking for data center and enterprise.

San Jose, United States · Founded 1999 · $167.0M raised

Employees
501–1000
Founded
1999
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$167.0M
Last Round
$51.0M Venture RoundJan 2006
Rounds
4
Acquired by
DellJul 2011

About

Force10 Networks was a high-performance data center networking company founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Jose, California. The company developed open, standards-based Ethernet switching solutions for data centers and service providers. Force10 was acquired by Dell in August 2011 for approximately $700 million.

Summary

Force10 is a Developer Tools company based in San Jose, United States, founded in 1999. It has raised $167.0M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $51.0M Venture Round round in Jan 2006. Investors include NEA, Dell Technologies Capital and Meritech Capital Partners.

Funding History

Sign up to view the funding chart

Create a free account with 25 free credits every month, no card needed, to unlock funding history, valuations, and tech stacks.

AcquisitionAcquisition by DellJul 2011
$700.0M

Sign up to see all 5 rounds

Venture Round through Acquisition — per-round amounts, valuations, and who invested in each round.

Investors

Similar Companies

Your company? Embed this profile

Add the live badge to your site — it stays current as your funding data updates.

Force10 on Indexed.vc
<a href="https://indexed.vc/companies/force10"><img src="https://indexed.vc/api/badge/company/force10" alt="Force10 on Indexed.vc" width="260" height="76" /></a>