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Infinera

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

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

Valuation $1–2.5B
Revenue $1–5B
Headcount 1–2k
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Power Law Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier Thoroughbred$100M+ revenue
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News Eridu exits stealth with $230M to fix AI's networking bottleneck Mar 10, 2026

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Infinera's talent

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Startup mafia 11 alumni-founded startups
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Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

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

Infinera mafia

Startups founded by Infinera alumni

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

Eridu AIEst. 2024
Mike CapuanoUnited States
Signal score95
AttoTudeEst. 2024
Dave WelchUnited States
Signal score93
KayzenEst. 2018
Puneet GuptaGermany
Signal score84
QuantumScapeEst. 2010
Jagdeep SinghUnited States
Signal score77
MindTickleEst. 2011
Krishna DepuraUnited States
Signal score71
EdgeQEst. 2020
VRVinay RavuriUnited States
Signal score64
DraftWiseEst. 2020
James DingUnited States
Signal score63
Platina SystemsEst. 2014
Mark YinUnited States
Signal score62
Sensity SystemsEst. 2010
RCRusty CumpstonUnited States
Signal score61
XIRA ConnectEst. 2019
Reza GhaffariUnited States
Signal score54
Embrace InnovationsEst. 2011
Rahul PanickerIndia
Signal score48

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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
30K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States68%
🇮🇳 India12.3%
🇫🇮 Finland9.3%
🇵🇹 Portugal8.7%
🇦🇷 Argentina1.3%
Top 5 markets shown

Patent intelligence

$275M patent portfolio · 686 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$275M
12.5% of valuation · 2× larger than top peer Huaqin Communication Technology ($136M)
686 active patent families
Where Infinera innovates Carrier signalLength waveLight signalMechanical engineeringNetwork element

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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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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