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Infinera

Telecom · Sunnyvale, United States · Founded 2000 · IPO 2007 Unicorn

Optical networking systems based on photonic integration technology in the united states

Valuation
$1–2.5B
Latest valuation · 2026
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Revenue
$1–5B
Latest reported FY
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Headcount
2–5k
Current team size
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Featured in Unicorn$1B+ valuation tier · Power Law dataset 2026 $10B+ revenueThoroughbred · Power Law outcome

Investors

13 investors on Infinera's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Series A 7 investors entered at this stage
Worldview Technology Partners
Juniper Networks
Kleiner Perkins
Accel
Venrock
Benchmark
Sprout Group
Series B+ 6 investors entered at this stage
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania
GoAhead Ventures
RWI Ventures
Sutter Hill Ventures
Mobius Venture Capital
Icon Ventures

Infinera mafia

Startups founded by Infinera alumni

Former Infinera employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.

AttoTudeEst. 2024
Dave WelchUnited States
Signal score92
KayzenEst. 2018
Puneet GuptaGermany
Signal score83
DraftWiseEst. 2020
James DingUnited States
Signal score78
GainspeedEst. 2012
Drew PerkinsUnited States
Signal score76
Platina SystemsEst. 2014
Mark YinUnited States
Signal score70
MindTickleEst. 2011
Krishna DepuraUnited States
Signal score69
NstreamEst. 2015
RCRusty CumpstonUnited States
Signal score66
EdgeQEst. 2020
VRVinay RavuriUnited States
Signal score63
Eridu AIEst. 2024
Mike CapuanoUnited States
Signal score60
Rhoda AIEst. 2024
Jagdeep SinghUnited States
Signal score58
XIRA ConnectEst. 2019
Reza GhaffariUnited States
Signal score54
Embrace InnovationsEst. 2011
Rahul PanickerIndia
Signal score47

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Global footprint

Where Infinera has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
46 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States33.6%
🇮🇳 India28.4%
🇵🇹 Portugal6.9%
🇨🇦 Canada4.7%
🇨🇳 China3.5%
Top 5 of 46 shown
Web traffic by country
23K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States57.4%
🇫🇮 Finland14.8%
🇵🇹 Portugal14.3%
🇮🇳 India11.7%
🇳🇱 Netherlands0.9%
Top 5 markets shown

Patent intelligence

$174M patent portfolio · 534 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$174M
7.9% of valuation · 30.2× the top peer NIC ($6M)
534 active patent families
Where Infinera innovates TransmitterReal-time computingLength waveControl dataPhotonic integrated circuit

Where Infinera concentrates vs peers

Each axis is a top-10 topic across Infinera and its closest peers. #1 = 100, #10 = 10, absent = 0.

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Source: Dealroom Patent Intelligence · Patsnap. Request a demo for the full per-sub-category breakdown, individual records, and quality-score history.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Infinera

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Infinera on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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