Tech Company Financing Transactions

Acme Packet Funding Round

Acme Packet closed a $15 million Series B venture capital round on 9/30/2003. Investors included Menlo Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures and Canaan Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/30/2003
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Proceeds Purpose
This investment comes on the heels of significant world-class customer and partner announcements including Global Crossing, Fusion Communications, Capcom International, Agsm Telecomunicazioni, BroadSoft, Lucent Technologies, MetaSwitch, Nissho Electronics, Sonus Networks and Sumitomo Corporation. The additional funding will allow the company to step-up the sales, support and enhancement of its Net-Net(TM) products in service provider IP networks around the globe.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Networking
Mailing Address
100 Crosby Dr.
Bedford, MA 01730
USA
Email Address
Overview
Acme Packet is the leader in session border control solutions for delivering trusted, first-class unified communications and collaboration.
Profile
Acme Packet LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Acme Packet Company Twitter Account
Company News
Acme Packet News
Facebook
Acme Packet on Facebook
YouTube
Acme Packet on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Andy Ory
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Chief Financial Officer
Peter Minihane
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Chief Marketing Officer
Marianne Budnik
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Chief Technical Officer
Patrick MeLampy
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VP - General Counsel
Matthew Cushing
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VP - Operations
John Shields
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VP - Sales
Dino Di Palma
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