Solarflare
AcquiredSolarflare is an infrastructure company in Irvine, United States, founded in 2001. It has raised $30.1M across 4 rounds, most recently a $30.1M Venture Round in 2010 (est.).
Pioneering next-generation networks from silicon to software
- Headquarters
- Irvine, California
- Employees
- 201–500
- Founded
- 2001
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- solarflare.com
- Total Funding
- $30.1M
- Last Round
- $30.1M Venture RoundJan 2010
- Rounds
- 4
- Acquisition Date
- Apr 2019
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About
Solarflare Communications was a pioneer in high-performance server connectivity and ultra-low latency Ethernet networking, providing a comprehensive stack from silicon to firmware to software for financial services, cloud, and enterprise data centers. The company developed network adapters and software-defined networking solutions optimized for electronic trading environments requiring sub-microsecond latency and precision hardware timestamping. Founded in 2001 in Irvine, California, the company grew to 201-500 employees before being acquired by Xilinx Inc. in July 2019. Xilinx was subsequently acquired by AMD in 2022, and the Solarflare product line continues under the AMD Solarflare brand.
Summary
It lists 201–500 employees. It has raised $30.1M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $30.1M Venture Round in 2010 (est.). Investors include Cedar Fund, Anthem Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures.
Funding & Exit History
Apr 2019
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Funding: Venture Round. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
Investors
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