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Founded in 2001 by Olav Bergheim, Richard Hill and Mory Gharib, the company has raised $126 million in venture funding from Versant Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, InterWest Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Domain Associates, Fjord Capital Management and Montreux Equity Partners.
A Series A round is the name typically given to a company's first significant round of venture funding in the Silicon Valley model of startup company formation.
Infineta was headquartered in San Jose, California and attracted $30 million in two rounds of venture funding from Alloy Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, and Rembrandt Venture Partners.
In the 1980s, FedEx and Apple Inc. were able to grow because of private equity or venture funding, as were Cisco, Genentech, Microsoft and Avis.
In addition to venture funding, private investors included Diane Greene, a founder and former CEO of VMware and Frank Slootman, former CEO of Data Domain.