Tech Company Financing Transactions
Forward Networks Funding Round
On 8/24/2017, Forward Networks landed $16 million in Series B funding from Threshold Ventures, A.Capital Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
8/24/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$16,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Threshold Ventures (Lead Investor) (Andreas Stavropoulos)
Andreessen Horowitz (William Krause)
Proceeds Purpose
Forward Networks will use the funding to hire more engineers and expand its product features.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Networking
Mailing Address
550 California Ave. 200
Palo Alto, CA 94306
USA
Palo Alto, CA 94306
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Forward Networks is a networking software startup that was founded in 2013 by four Stanford PhDs who helped to pioneer Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and created SDN software used by the world's largest networking companies.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Erickson
Chief Technical Officer
Brandon Heller
Co-Founder
Nikhil Handigol
Co-Founder
Peyman Kazemian
VP - Marketing
Lisa Garvey
VP - Product Management
Chiara Regale
VP - Sales
Denis Maynard
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