Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems

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Overview

Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services. Sun is a proponent of open systems in general and UNIX in particular and a major contributor of open source software.

Sun filed its initial public offering on March 4, 1986, and it used the stock symbol SUNW until 2007, when it began to use JAVA to promote brand recognition. Sun was purchased by Oracle Corporation in 2009.

Highlights

Founded

1982

Industry

Enterprise Software

Employees

10001+

Investment

38

Lead Investment

8

Exits

28

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Santa Clara, California, United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Sun Microsystems, established in 1982 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity investments across Collaboration, Software, Video, Big Data, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Biotechnology. The organization boasts a portfolio of 39 investments, with an average round size of $27.4M and 28 successful exits. Their recent investments include Greenplum Software, Hudson Ventures, EDF Ventures, Mission Ventures, Sapphire Ventures. The highest investment round they participated in was $84.0B. Among their most notable exits are Greenplum Software and Hudson Ventures. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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John Fowler

Executive VP, Systems

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Mike McCartney

Engineer

Investment portfolio

Sun Microsystems has made 38 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jan 01, 2008, when Greenplum Software raised $27.0M.

Sun Microsystems has made 2 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Feb 11, 2002, when Mellanox Technologies raised $56.0M.

investments

38

Diversity investments

2

Lead investments

8

Number of exits

28

Investments

38

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Feb 10, 2004
3PAR 3PAR
Software32.0M
Jan 30, 2007
ServiceSource ServiceSource
Cloud Computing66.0M
Jan 01, 2008
Greenplum Software Greenplum Software
Collaboration27.0M
Sep 11, 2008--10.0M

Exits

28

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

38

Investors

1

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

38

Sun Microsystems has raised 38 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 11, 2008 from a Series C - Infobright round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Feb 10, 2004
Series D - 3PAR Series D - 3PAR
-32.0M-
Jan 30, 2007
Private Equity Round - ServiceSource Private Equity Round - ServiceSource
-66.0M-
Jan 01, 2008
Series C - Greenplum Software Series C - Greenplum Software
-27.0M-
Sep 11, 2008
Series C - Infobright Series C - Infobright
-10.0M-

Investors

1

Sun Microsystems is funded by 1 investor(s). Kleiner Perkins Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
Kleiner Perkins Kleiner Perkins
No
Seed Round - Sun Microsystems
1.7M

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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