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Nicira Networks

Cybersecurity · Palo Alto, United States · Founded 2007

Delivers virtualized networking and security entirely in software, completing a key pillar of the Software-defined Data Center (SDDC), and enabling the virtual cloud network to connect and protect across data centers, clouds, and applications

Headcount <100
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Power Law Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier

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Nicira Networks's talent

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Startup mafia 9 alumni-founded startups
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Investors

7 investors on Nicira Networks's cap table

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Series A 2 investors entered at this stage
Peter Thorp
Mark McDonnell
Series B+ 5 investors entered at this stage
SV Angel
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ericsson Ventures
Andreessen Horowitz
NEA

Nicira Networks mafia

Startups founded by Nicira Networks alumni

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

IsovalentEst. 2017
DWDan WendlandtUnited States
Signal score72
LightupEst. 2019
Rajiv RamanathanUnited States
Signal score68
Barefoot NetworksEst. 2013
Nick McKeownUnited States
Signal score63
Celer NetworkEst. 2018
Mo DongUnited States
Signal score61
Awake SecurityEst. 2014
Keith AmidonUnited States
Signal score60
StyraEst. 2016
TKTeemu KoponenUnited States
Signal score60
CloudNatixEst. 2019
Somik BeheraUnited States
Signal score55
KloudfuseEst. 2020
PTPankaj ThakkarUnited States
Signal score54
iFunFactory Inc.Est. 2013
DMDK MoonSouth Korea
Signal score42

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Global footprint

Where Nicira Networks has talent and traffic

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Patent intelligence

Nicira Networks’s patent portfolio

Estimated portfolio value
$1.1B

578 active families in the valuation dataset.

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Nicira Networks

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