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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
1982
Enterprise Software
10001+
38
8
28
Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity
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.
Investment portfolio
38
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8
28
Investments
38
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Industry | Money Raised |
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Feb 10, 2004 | 3PAR | Software | 32.0M |
Jan 30, 2007 | ServiceSource | Cloud Computing | 66.0M |
Jan 01, 2008 | Greenplum Software | Collaboration | 27.0M |
Sep 11, 2008 | - | - | 10.0M |
Exits
28
Funding Timeline
38
1
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 Date | Transaction Name | Number of Investors | Money Raised | Lead Investor |
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Feb 10, 2004 | Series D - 3PAR | - | 32.0M | - |
Jan 30, 2007 | Private Equity Round - ServiceSource | - | 66.0M | - |
Jan 01, 2008 | Series C - Greenplum Software | - | 27.0M | - |
Sep 11, 2008 | Series C - Infobright | - | 10.0M | - |
Investors
1
Sun Microsystems is funded by 1 investor(s). Kleiner Perkins Kantor is the most recent investors.
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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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 Date | Fund Name | Money Raised |
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May 10, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
May 11, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
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Funding Round
Sep 11, 2008
Infobright raised $10000000 on 2008-09-11 in Series C
Funding Round
Jan 01, 2008
Greenplum Software raised $27000000 on 2008-01-01 in Series C
Funding Round
Jan 30, 2007
ServiceSource raised $66000000 on 2007-01-30 in Private Equity Round
Funding Round
Feb 10, 2004
3PAR raised $32000000 on 2004-02-10 in Series D