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WD, a Western Digital company

26843 employees

Western Digital helps customers capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data.

Investor insights

Countries invested in

united states1

Sectors invested in

Artificial Intelligence3
Big Data3
Data Storage3
Machine Learning3
Semiconductor2
Cloud Data Services2
Medical Devices1
Product Design1
Database1
Enterprise Software1
Cloud Storage1
Analytics1
Therapeutics1
Health Care1
Medical1
Computer1
Energy Efficiency1
Computer Vision1
Autonomous Vehicles1
Robotics1

Funding rounds participated in

$65M sweet spot round size

Most of their 7 investments are in rounds between $35M and $70M

Basic info

Industry

computer hardware manufacturing

Sectors

Object Storage
Backup Recovery
HDD
Personal Storage
SQL on SSD
Data Technology
Cloud Storage
Helium HDD
Cloud Computing
Computer
Hardware
Flash Memory Storage
VDI
Manufacturing
Memory Card
NVMe
SSD
Big Data
USB Storage
Data Center Storage
Data Federation
Embedded Storage
Software
SQL Data Storage
Virtualization
Storage Solutions

Date founded

1970

Investments made

D

Deep Vision, Inc. raised $35M on September 15, 2021

Investors: Exfinity Venture Partners, Silicon Motion Technology Corp. and WD, a Western Digital company

P

Pliops raised $65M on February 24, 2021

Investors: SoftBank Ventures Asia, State of Mind Ventures (SOMV), Koch Disruptive Technologies, Intel Capital, Carmel Ventures, Sweetwood Capital, - and WD, a Western Digital company

E

Esperanto Technologies, Inc raised $58M on November 1, 2018

Investors: FortRoss Ventures and WD, a Western Digital company

U

Undisclosed raised $70M on August 30, 2018

Investors: WD, a Western Digital company

Q

Qumulo raised $93M on June 6, 2018

Investors: Tyche Partners, HCP Ltd, Valhalla Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Madrona Venture Group and WD, a Western Digital company

T

Tegile Systems raised $70M on May 27, 2015

Investors: Moment Ventures, Cross Creek Advisors, Capricorn Investment Group, Meritech Capital Partners, Pladticam, Pine River Capital Management and WD, a Western Digital company

K

Kona Medical Limited raised $30M on May 30, 2012

Investors: Morgenthaler, BioStar Ventures, Domain Associates and WD, a Western Digital company

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$900M

from 1 investors over 1 rounds

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WD, a Western Digital company raised $900M on January 31, 2023

Investors: Apollo Global Management Inc.

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