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Nicira Networks

Cybersecurity · Palo Alto, United States · Founded 2007 Unicorn

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
Current team size
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Featured in Unicorn$1B+ valuation tier · Power Law dataset 2026

Investors

7 investors on Nicira Networks's cap table

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

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

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.

LightupEst. 2019
Rajiv RamanathanUnited States
Signal score70
Celer NetworkEst. 2018
Mo DongUnited States
Signal score67
Barefoot NetworksEst. 2013
Nick McKeownUnited States
Signal score63
StyraEst. 2016
TKTeemu KoponenUnited States
Signal score60
Awake SecurityEst. 2014
Keith AmidonUnited States
Signal score60
IsovalentEst. 2017
DWDan WendlandtUnited States
Signal score59
CloudNatixEst. 2019
Somik BeheraUnited States
Signal score55
KloudfuseEst. 2020
PTPankaj ThakkarUnited States
Signal score54
iFunFactory Inc.Est. 2013
DMDK MoonSouth Korea
Signal score41

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Global footprint

Where Nicira Networks has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
1 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States100%
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Patent intelligence

$1.1B patent portfolio · 587 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$1.1B
3.2× the top peer Palo Alto Networks ($353M)
587 active patent families
Where Nicira Networks innovates Distributed computingReal-time computingLogical networkHost (network)Data messages

Where Nicira Networks concentrates vs peers

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

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Nicira Networks

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