Tech Company Financing Transactions

Nistica Funding Round

Nistica closed a $8.5 million Series D financing round on 2/1/2011. Backers included Battelle Ventures, Technology Venture Partners and MMV Financial.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/1/2011
Transaction Type
Debt
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,500,000
Round
Series D
Investors

Battelle Ventures (Lead Investor) (Ralph Taylor)

Technology Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Bryson Hollimon)

MMV Financial

Novitas Capital

Proceeds Purpose
The infusion of Series D funding allows us to launch new products that enable the creation of colorless, directionless networks unconstrained by grids.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Networking
Mailing Address
745 Route 202-206
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
USA
Email Address
Overview
Nistica is the first optical networking company to develop a new class of lean, intelligent, low-cost subsystems for automating the edge of optical networks.
Profile
Nistica LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Nistica Company Twitter Account
Company News
Nistica News
Facebook
Nistica on Facebook
YouTube
Nistica on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Ashish Vengsarkar
  Ashish Vengsarkar LinkedIn Profile  Ashish Vengsarkar Twitter Account  Ashish Vengsarkar News  Ashish Vengsarkar on Facebook
Chief Operating Officer
Frank Smith
  Frank Smith LinkedIn Profile  Frank Smith Twitter Account  Frank Smith News  Frank Smith on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Thomas Strasser
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VP - Engineering
Jefferson Wagener
  Jefferson Wagener LinkedIn Profile  Jefferson Wagener Twitter Account  Jefferson Wagener News  Jefferson Wagener on Facebook
VP - Finance
Joanne Bisconti
  Joanne Bisconti  LinkedIn Profile  Joanne Bisconti  Twitter Account  Joanne Bisconti  News  Joanne Bisconti  on Facebook
VP - Operations
Steven Robinson
  Steven Robinson LinkedIn Profile  Steven Robinson Twitter Account  Steven Robinson News  Steven Robinson on Facebook


 

 

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