Ciena Corp | VCINVEST DATA

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VCID: 28655

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Official name

Ciena Corporation

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Investment activity status

Active investor

Telecoms networking equipment company providing software & services that support the delivery & transport of voice, video & data services.

Funding

(31 Dec 1996)

Investor		Profile	Country	Notes
	Rho Capital Partners	Venture capital firm that actively invests in companies related to technology, new media, cleaning technology and healthcare.	United States

(1 Dec 1994)

Investor		Profile	Country	Notes
	Bessemer Venture Partners	Early stage venture capital firm.	United States

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	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC	Venture capital firm.	United States

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	Alliance Technology Ventures		United States

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	Worldview Technology Partners Inc	Venture capital firm focused on investing in and building leading U.S. technology companies.	United States

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	Lightspeed Management Co LLC	Multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the enterprise and consumer sectors.	United States

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	Bridgescale Partners		United States

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	Charles River Ventures	Independent venture capital firm	United States

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	Opus Capital Ventures LLC		United States

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	Spencer Trask & Co		United States

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	Crescendo Ventures Inc	Venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the technology, digital media and technology-enabled service markets.	United States

Cap Table

	Contacts	Round
Alliance Technology Ventures		N/A
Bessemer Venture Partners Early stage venture capital firm.	+1 (650) 853-7000	Series B
Bridgescale Partners	+1 (650) 854-6100	N/A
Charles River Ventures Independent venture capital firm	+1 (650) 687-5600	N/A
Crescendo Ventures Inc Venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the technology, digital media and technology-enabled service markets.	+1 (650) 470-1200	N/A
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC Venture capital firm.	+1 (650) 233-2750	N/A
Lightspeed Management Co LLC Multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the enterprise and consumer sectors.	+1 (650) 234-8300	N/A
Opus Capital Ventures LLC	+1 (650) 543-2900	N/A
Rho Capital Partners Venture capital firm that actively invests in companies related to technology, new media, cleaning technology and healthcare.	+1 (650) 463-0300	N/A
Spencer Trask & Co	+1 (800) 622-7078	N/A
Worldview Technology Partners Inc Venture capital firm focused on investing in and building leading U.S. technology companies.	+1 (650) 322-3800	N/A

Investments

	Country	Date	Notes
World Wide Packets Inc Telecommunications company that provides ethernet access networking equipments.	United States	22 Jan 2008	Acquisition USD 290,000,000 (USD 290,000,000) deal size.
Internet Photonics Inc	United States	19 Feb 2004	Acquisition USD 150,000,000 (USD 150,000,000) deal size.
Akara Corp Networking equipment company.	United States	21 Aug 2003	Acquisition Active
ONI Systems Inc Optical switching equipment companyfor the metropolitan area.	United States	18 Feb 2002	Acquisition USD 900,000,000 (USD 900,000,000) deal size.
Cyras Systems Inc		19 Dec 2000	Acquisition USD 2,600,000,000 (USD 2,600,000,000) deal size.
Omnia Communications Inc	United States	15 Mar 1999	Acquisition
Lightera Networks Inc Developer of an optical core switches.	United States	15 Mar 1999	Acquisition
Luminous Networks Inc Networking and communications equipment company.	United States		N/A
Xtera Communications Inc	United States		N/A
WaveSmith Networks Inc Designs and develops optical network equipment for use in the communications sector.	United States		N/A
Turin Networks Inc Networking equipment company providing Carrier ethernet solutions.	United States		N/A
Catena Networks Inc	United States		N/A

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