Tech Company Financing Transactions
Pliant Technology Funding Round
Pliant Technology secured a $8 million Series A funding round on 2/19/2008. Backers included Lightspeed Venture Partners and private investors.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
2/19/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Barry Eggers)
Proceeds Purpose
Pliant's solution is expected to be available to OEM and data center customers in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Components
Mailing Address
630 Alder Drive 202
Milpitas, CA 95035
USA
Milpitas, CA 95035
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Pliant Technology is developing Enterprise Flash Drives (EFD's), a new class of solid state storage devices, that integrate seamlessly into enterprise information systems and dramatically improve performance, reliability, energy efficiency, and TCO.
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Amyl Ahola
Chief Financial Officer
William Dobbin
Chief Technical Officer
Aaron Olbrich
Founder
Doug Prins
President
Mike Chenery
VP - Marketing
Greg Goelz
VP - Operations
Frank Kull
VP - Sales
Eric Shiroke
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