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ADC

2237 employees

ADC Telecommunications provides broadband communications network and infrastructure products.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Telecommunications2
Optical Communication2
Manufacturing2
Electronics1
60 GHz wireless bridges1
IP/TDM networks1
HFT1
wireless1
e-band1
high frequency trading1
Wireless1
70 / 80 GHz point-to-point wireless backhaul solutions1
ultra-low latency1
mmWave1
5G1
Layer-1 Encryption compliant with FIPS 140-21
High Capacity 200G Long Haul & Metro Solutions1
Fibre Channel support for all rates 8G/16G and 32G1
DWDM and OTN Devices1
Video1

Funding rounds participated in

$22M sweet spot round size

Most of their 7 investments are in rounds between $10M and $31M

Basic info

Industry

telecommunications

Sectors

Wireless
Telecommunications

Date founded

1935

Investments made

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E-Band Communications Corp [Acquired by CarrierCom] raised $10M on December 11, 2007

Investors: Reliance Technology Ventures Limited, Express Ventures, Hercules Capital, Inc. and ADC

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Undisclosed raised undisclosed on July 31, 2007

Investors: ADC

U

Undisclosed raised $10M on January 1, 2001

Investors: Castile Ventures, Lauder Partners, LLC and ADC

P

PacketLight Networks raised $18M on December 11, 2000

Investors: The Carlyle Group, Polaris Partners and ADC

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Optical Switch Corporation raised $58M on April 17, 2000

Investors: Petro Capital Securities, LLC, Wellington Management, Putnam Investments, JT Venture Partners, LLC and ADC

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Undisclosed raised $31M on April 11, 2000

Investors: MCI Communications, Mellon Ventures, Wheatley Partners and ADC

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Undisclosed raised $25M on May 6, 1999

Investors: Kleiner Perkins and ADC

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