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COMPANY PROFILE
UUNET
Was one of the first major U.S. ISPs and an early Tier 1 network. Now, it's part of Verizon Business
Headcount
<100
Current team size
At a glance
- Founded
- 1987
- Headquarters
- Rocky Mount, United States
- Sector
- Telecom
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A3 investors entered at this stage
Founders
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Key operators
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Potential founders
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likely future founders
Talent movements
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past 12 months
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former UUNET employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
SCScalityEst. 2009
Jerome LecatUnited StatesSignal score82
TCThe Daily CallerEst. 2009
Neil PatelUnited StatesSignal score74
CLClickIPOEst. 2015
Jerrod BaileyUnited StatesSignal score72
AIAirtimeEst. 2010
Sean ParkerUnited StatesSignal score72
IRIronEst. 2011
Travis ReederUnited StatesSignal score72
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Global footprint
Workforce by country
4
countries with
team presence
team presence
🇬🇧 United Kingdom39.4%
🇺🇸 United States21.1%
🇨🇳 China19.7%
🇳🇱 Netherlands19.7%
Web traffic by country
500
monthly visits
across markets
across markets
🇺🇸 United States280%
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about UUNET on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
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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