Big Switch Networks, the leading platform-independent Software-Defined Networking (SDN) company, has closed the $25M Series B funding, led by Redpoint Ventures and joined Goldman Sachs, and existing investors Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and others. The funding will be used to continue the expansion of engineering, sales and marketing teams with additional top talent, as demand for production-ready software-defined networking solutions continues to exceed the available SDN products.
Big Switch Networks was established in March 2010 and closed its Series A ($14M) in March 2011, bringing the total amount raised to $39M to date. Since its inception, the company has been generating revenue
“The Redpoint team has been looking at data center architectures for a long time now-and we have been particularly focused on the open opportunity to address the limitations of networking architecture,” said Satish Dharmaraj, General Partner at Redpoint Ventures. “The open ecosystem approach of Big Switch and its brilliant team have created a breakthrough at the right time-and we are very proud to be part of supporting their vision. “That’s right.
“Big Switch delivers an open and standard-based platform for the vision of software-defined networking (SDN) that enables network programming, flexibility and new levels of network service delivery. We started this revolutionary trend away from closed and proprietary systems and are pleased that every major physical and virtual infrastructure provider is now participating,” said Guido Appenzeller, CEO and co-founder of Big Switch Networks. “Working with our partner ecosystem, the Big Switch platform will disrupt networking applications as we know them today. Investors have recognized the potential of this opportunity and we are pleased to have the support of a strong investor union, including Redpoint and Goldman Sachs, who join Index, Khosla and others on this exciting journey to deliver truly programmable networks. “That’s right.
About the Big Switch Network
Big Switch Networks is the leading platform-independent software-defined networking company (SDN) Open SDN architecture leverages industry standards and open APIs that enable customers to deploy dynamic and flexible networking applications, including data center network virtualization. Big Switch Networks Open SDN architecture has enabled a large ecosystem of physical and virtual switching partners and accelerated the industry-wide development of networking applications to meet a variety of customer needs. Big Switch Networks was founded in 2010 by Guido Appenzeller and Kyle Forster, and the company’s products are currently being tested by customers. For more information, please visit: http://www Big-Switch Come or @bigswitch
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