Ciena

Ciena

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Investment Firm

Overview

Ciena is the network specialist. They collaborate with customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. With focused innovation, Ciena brings together the reliability and capacity of optical networking with the flexibility and economics of Ethernet, unified by a software suite that delivers the industry's leading network automation. They routinely post recent news, financial results and other important announcements and information about Ciena on their website.

Highlights

Founded

1992

Industry

Collaboration

Employees

10001+

Investment

7

Lead Investment

4

Exits

6

Stages

Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Ciena, established in 1992 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture investments across Manufacturing, Optical Communication, Laser, Enterprise Software, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, FinTech, Advice, Information Services. The organization boasts a portfolio of 7 investments, with an average round size of $39.6M and 6 successful exits. Their recent investments include Agility Communications, U.S. Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners. The highest investment round they participated in was $23.5B. Among their most notable exits are Agility Communications and U.S. Venture Partners. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Judith M. O'Brien

Director

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Robert Bays

Vice President, Software

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Anand Gonuguntla

Vice President

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Phillip Doelling

Senior Director

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Robert Keys

Senior Director Optical Transmission

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Jim Crum

GM, Colt Strategic Alliance

Investment portfolio

Ciena has made 7 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 23, 2022, when Tibit Communications raised $30.0M.

investments

7

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

4

Number of exits

6

Investments

7

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Sep 12, 2003
Laurel Networks Laurel Networks
Cyber Security20.0M
Sep 25, 2003
Luminous Networks Luminous Networks
Internet25.0M
Jun 23, 2022
Tibit Communications Tibit Communications
Information Technology30.0M
Nov 29, 2023
Flex Flex
Electronicsnull

Exits

6

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

7

Investors

6

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

7

Ciena has raised 7 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 29, 2023 from a Post-IPO Equity - Flex round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Sep 12, 2003
Series C - Laurel Networks Series C - Laurel Networks
-20.0M-
Sep 25, 2003
Series E - Luminous Networks Series E - Luminous Networks
-25.0M-
Jun 23, 2022
Series C - Tibit Communications Series C - Tibit Communications
-30.0M-
Nov 29, 2023
Post-IPO Equity - Flex Post-IPO Equity - Flex
-0-

Investors

14

Ciena is funded by 14 investor(s). Sevin Rosen Funds and Star Ventures Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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