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Tacit Networks

Acquired

WAN optimization and file acceleration for distributed enterprises

South Plainfield, United States · Founded 2000 · $36.2M raised

Employees
11–50
Founded
2000
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$36.2M
Last Round
$12.0M Series CMay 2005
Rounds
3
Acquired by
PacketeerMay 2006 · $78.0M

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

About

Tacit Networks built the iShared product family — a branch-office caching and acceleration platform that centralized file servers in the data center while delivering improved performance to remote offices over wide area networks. The company raised approximately $24.2M across funding rounds before being acquired by Packeteer in May 2006 for $78 million.

Summary

Tacit Networks is a SaaS company based in South Plainfield, United States, founded in 2000. It has raised $36.2M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $12.0M Series C round in May 2005. Investors include J.P. Morgan, Packeteer, Inc. and Brocade Communication Systems.

Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionMay 2006

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Funding: Seed through Series C. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

Investors

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