How much funding has Nicira raised?

Nicira has raised $49.1M in total funding, most recently a Series C round.

Who are Nicira's investors?

Nicira's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, VMware, Lightspeed VP, New Enterprise Associates, SV Angel.

Where is Nicira headquartered?

Nicira is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States.

What industry is Nicira in?

Nicira operates in Cloud, Infrastructure, Virtualization.

Nicira

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Palo Alto, United States · Founded 2007 · $49.1M raised

Cloud

Infrastructure

Virtualization

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: 4

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 4 rounds, most recently a $25.9M Series C round in Jan 2011. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, VMware and Lightspeed VP.