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Viptela is a fast growing, private company that is disrupting network infrastructure technology that enterprises use to connect their facilities, users and applications. Featured in the Forbes, Wall Street Journal and leading trade-press journals, Viptela has emerged as a clear leader in the multi-billion Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) segment. Over 25 Fortune-500 companies deploy Viptela technology at thousands of sites on six continents, to drastically simplify their WAN infrastructure with over 50% cost-savings. Verizon and Singtel offer managed services, globally, based on Viptela's SD-WAN technology.
Viptela’s secure, overlay WAN technology delivers to enterprises the benefit of:
• Unified and centralized management of all WAN infrastructure
• Reduced WAN infrastructure costs by over 50%
• In-depth control & visibility of application performance
• Robust-zero trust WAN security
• Agility, by reducing network change control from months to days
Viptela is backed by Sequoia Capital. A 3-minute video overview is here http://youtu.be/0iW-3tt4LH4
Viptela’s secure, overlay WAN technology delivers to enterprises the benefit of:
• Unified and centralized management of all WAN infrastructure
• Reduced WAN infrastructure costs by over 50%
• In-depth control & visibility of application performance
• Robust-zero trust WAN security
• Agility, by reducing network change control from months to days
Viptela is backed by Sequoia Capital. A 3-minute video overview is here http://youtu.be/0iW-3tt4LH4
Overview
Total raised
$141.5M
Founded date
2012
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 3
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| Mar 11, 2014 | Funding round | $33.5M | |
| Dec 10, 2013 | Funding round | $33M |
Mentions in press and media 12
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| Apr 7, 2021 | Viptela Founding Team Launches Prosimo with $25 Million in Venture Funding | Prosimo, the Application Experience Infrastructure company, today emerged from stealth to modernize application delivery for the multi-cloud world and formally launched its Application eXperience Infrastructure (AXI) platform. With the Pros... |
| Apr 6, 2021 | Viptela Founding Team Launches Prosimo with $25 Million in Venture Funding to Modernize the Infrastructure Stack for Multi-Cloud | Prosimo, the Application Experience Infrastructure company, today emerged from stealth to modernize application delivery for the multi-cloud world and formally launched its Application eXperience Infrastructure (AXI) platform. With the Pros... |
| May 2, 2017 | Cisco to acquire networking tech firm Viptela for $610 million | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Cisco’s second acquisition in the new year is another big one. The networking giant said Monday that it plans to pay $610 million for s... |
| May 2, 2017 | Cisco to acquire networking tech firm Viptela for $610 million | Cisco’s second acquisition in the new year is another big one. The networking giant said Monday that it plans to pay $610 million for startup Viptela, which sells networking technology that lets companies connect their branch offices to cor... |
| May 1, 2017 | Cisco scoops up yet another cloud company, acquiring SD-WAN startup Viptela for $610M | Cisco has been rather acquisitive in recent years, buying 19 companies since 2015; today it announced it was acquiring cloud-based SD-WAN vendor Viptela for $610 million in cash. Viptela was founded in 2012 and had raised more than $108 mil... |
| May 25, 2016 | Software-Defined WAN Company Viptela Raises $75M in Venture Capital | Viptela, a San Jose, CA-based Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) company, raised $75m in Series C funding. The round was led by Redline Capital with participation from new investor Northgate Capital and existing investor Sequoia Capital. As part... |
| May 25, 2016 | Viptela Raises $75M in Series C | SAN JOSE, CA, Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) company, today announced that it has raised $75M in a Series C round of financing. >> Click here for more funding data on Viptela >> To export Viptela funding data to PDF and Excel... |
| Mar 11, 2014 | vIPtela Raises $33.5M | vIPtela, Inc., a San Jose, CA-based provider of software to improve security, agility and control of corporate IP networks, raised $33.5m in funding. Sequoia Capital made the investment. Led by CEO Amir Khan, vIPtela provides companies with... |
| Dec 10, 2013 | Sequoia invests $33M in secretive networking startup Viptela | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! VMware’s $1.26 billion acquisition of networking ... |
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FAQ about Viptela
When was Viptela founded?
Viptela was founded in 2012.
How much funding has Viptela raised?
Viptela has raised $141.5M in total across 3 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Viptela raised?
Parsers VC lists 3 funding rounds of Viptela, among them a funding round of $33.5M on Mar 11, 2014 and a funding round of $33M on Dec 10, 2013.
What has the press written about Viptela?
Parsers VC has collected 12 articles mentioning Viptela, among them “Viptela Founding Team Launches Prosimo with $25 Million in Venture Funding” (Apr 7, 2021) and “Viptela Founding Team Launches Prosimo with $25 Million in Venture Funding to Modernize the Infrastructure Stack for Multi-Cloud” (Apr 6, 2021).
Is Viptela still active?
Viptela is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 29, 2025.