Telescent

formerly Telescent Inc.

Telescent

Irvine, United States · Founded 2008 · $16.0M raised

Headquarters
Irvine, California
Employees
11–50
Founded
2008
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$16.0M
Last Round
$16.0M Venture RoundMay 2020
Rounds
1

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About

Telescent is a networking platform company based in Irvine, California, that extends software-defined networking to the physical fiber optic layer of data center, telecom, mobile, and lab networks. Founded in 2008 by Anthony Kewitsch, the company manufactures automated fiber cross-connect systems including its G4 Network Topology Manager (NTM) and G5 Robotic Patch Panel. Telescent's solutions automate physical layer patching and virtualization, enabling network operators to manage fiber connections programmatically. The company has approximately 22 employees and serves enterprise data center and telecommunications customers globally.

Summary

Telescent is an Infrastructure company based in Irvine, United States, founded in 2008. It has raised $16.0M in total across 1 round, most recently a $16.0M Venture Round in May 2020.

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Funding History

Venture RoundFinancing RoundMay 2020
$16.0M

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