Pica8
Company

Last deal

$20M

Amount

Series C

Stage

06.04.2021

Date

3

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$39.1M

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About Company
Pica8 provides an open, hardware-independent switching system that enables software-defined networking for any application environment.

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01.01.2009

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For Profit

Last funding type

Series C

IPO status

Private

Description

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Pica8 is a network operating system software developer that offers custom traffic engineering and empowers white box and brite box switches to integrate easily with existing Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks. Its open switches transform the data center by decoupling hardware from software, providing greater flexibility, adaptability, and automation, while driving down implementation and management costs of cloud and virtualized applications. Pica8's AmpCon Controller for centralized management and automation and PicOS Software Switches for networking and security have successfully replaced Cisco DNA Center and Catalyst Switches for campus and access networks within Fortune 500 enterprises. Over 1,000 customers in more than 40 countries have deployed Pica8 software, making it the industry’s open networking software alternative to Cisco for the enterprise.
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Lin Du

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Pica8
Pica8

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Lin Du

James Liao
James Liao

James Liao

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Pica8
Pica8

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James Liao

Employee Profiles
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Brad Bullington

Brad Bullington

Chief Executive Officer

Jeff Paine

Jeff Paine

SVP Marketing

Lin Du

Vice President of Engineering and Co-Founder

James Liao

James Liao

CEO and Co-Founder

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