Pliant Technology
AcquiredMilpitas, United States · Founded 2006 · $23.0M raised
- Headquarters
- Milpitas, California
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2006
- Business Model
- B2B
- Total Funding
- $23.0M
- Last Round
- $15.0M Series BMar 2009
- Rounds
- 2
About
Pliant Technology was an enterprise storage company founded in 2006 by a team of veteran storage industry engineers. The company designed and developed Enterprise Flash Drives (EFDs) purpose-built for enterprise data centers — optimized for high I/O throughput and low latency required by mission-critical applications. SanDisk acquired Pliant Technology in May 2011 for $327 million to enter the enterprise SSD market.
Summary
Pliant Technology is a company based in Milpitas, United States, founded in 2006. It has raised $23.0M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $15.0M Series B round in Mar 2009. Investors include Lightspeed VP, SanDisk Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
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Funding History
May 2011
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