Yipes

Acquired

Solutions - Reliance Communications

San Francisco, United States · Founded 1999 · $291.8M raised

Founded
1999
Business Model
B2B
Website
rcom.co.in
Total Funding
$291.8M
Last Round
$17.5M Series DJan 2006
Rounds
5

About

Yipes was a pioneer in Metro Ethernet and managed wide area network services, founded in San Francisco in 1999. The company provided fully managed Metro Ethernet, WAN VPLS, financial extranet, and internet services across 14 major U.S. metro markets plus London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002, Yipes emerged as Yipes Enterprise Services before being acquired by Reliance Communications for $300 million in 2007. The business was subsequently sold to GTT Communications.

Summary

Yipes is an Infrastructure company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 1999. It has raised $291.8M in total across 5 rounds, most recently a $17.5M Series D round in Jan 2006. Investors include Intel Capital, Soros Private Equity and Silicon Valley Bank.

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Series DSeries DJan 2006
$17.5M

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