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Infinera
Infinera Corporation was an American vertically integrated manufacturer of Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)-based packet optical transmission equipment based in San Jose, California. It was also a manufacturer for IP transport technologies, for the telecommunications service provider market. It was a pioneer in designing and manufacturing of large-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
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Infinera at a glance
Infinera is a networking hardware company headquartered in United States, founded in 2000. It has raised at least $192.6M across the 3 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round raised $129.6M in October 2018.
Infinera funding rounds
At least $192.6M raised across the 3 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC Form D filing | $129.6M | — | |
| Series D | $53M | — | |
| Series B | $10M | — |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
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