Tech Company Financing Transactions

Canesta Funding Round

On 10/21/2009, Canesta received $16 million in funding from SMSC, The Carlyle Group and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
10/21/2009
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$16,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

SMSC

The Carlyle Group (Allan Thygesen)

Venrock (Tony Sun)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Electronics
Mailing Address
1156 Sonora Ct.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
USA
Email Address
Overview
The company develops electronic perception technology.
Profile
Canesta LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Canesta Company Twitter Account
Company News
Canesta News
Facebook
Canesta on Facebook
YouTube
Canesta on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
James Spare
  James Spare LinkedIn Profile  James Spare Twitter Account  James Spare News  James Spare on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Cyrus Bamji
  Cyrus Bamji LinkedIn Profile  Cyrus Bamji Twitter Account  Cyrus Bamji News  Cyrus Bamji on Facebook
Executive Vice President
Abbas Rafii
  Abbas Rafii LinkedIn Profile  Abbas Rafii Twitter Account  Abbas Rafii News  Abbas Rafii on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Timothy Droz
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VP - Engineering
Patrick O'Connor
  Patrick O'Connor LinkedIn Profile  Patrick O'Connor Twitter Account  Patrick O'Connor News  Patrick O'Connor on Facebook
VP - Finance
Albert Lee
  Albert Lee LinkedIn Profile  Albert Lee Twitter Account  Albert Lee News  Albert Lee on Facebook


 

 

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