Nicira
formerly Nicira NetworksAcquiredPalo Alto, United States · Founded 2007 · $49.1M raised
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, California
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2007
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- nicira.com
- Total Funding
- $49.1M
- Last Round
- $25.9M Series CJan 2011
- Rounds
- 6
- Acquired by
- VMwareJul 2012 · $1.3B
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About
Nicira was a Palo Alto, California-based network virtualization company founded in 2007 as a spinout from research at UC Berkeley and Stanford. The company pioneered software-defined networking (SDN) with its Network Virtualization Platform (NVP), decoupling network logic from physical hardware to create virtual networks in software. VMware acquired Nicira in July 2012 for approximately $1.26 billion — one of the largest acquisitions in VMware's history.
Summary
Nicira is a Cloud company based in Palo Alto, United States, founded in 2007. It has raised $49.1M in total across 6 rounds, most recently a $25.9M Series C round in Jan 2011. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and VMware.
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Funding & Exit History
Jul 2012
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Funding: Seed through Series C. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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