# Ayla Networks funding: rounds and investors > Ayla Networks has raised $144M across 6 rounds since 2012. Investors include Crosslink Capital, Voyager Capital and Saif Partners. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/ayla-networks (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Ayla Networks* 6 rounds we have observed, with the 11 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. IoT Manufacturing Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$144M** raised across 6 rounds since 2012, from 6 sources **$5.5M** Venture **$5.4M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$39M** Series C **$60M** Series D **$20M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $20M Dec 2021 - **Biggest round:** $60M Series D · Nov 2017 - **Investors:** 11 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 **$5.5M** Venture **$5.4M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$39M** Series C **$60M** Series D **$20M** Venture - **First round:** Venture, $5.5M - **Biggest round:** $60M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2021** Venture **$20M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) [International Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc) [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Source recorded - **Nov 2017** Series D **$60M** *2 new* [Run Liang Tai Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/run-liang-tai-fund) Sunsea Telecommunications Reported by FinSMEs - **Jun 2016** Series C **$39M** *1 new* Ants Capital & 3NOD Reported by FinSMEs - **Apr 2014** Series B **$15M** *5 new* *2 returning* [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) [International Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc) [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) [Voyager Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voyager-capital) [SJF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sjf-ventures) [Linear Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/linear-capital) From a historical funding record - **Jun 2013** Series A **$5.4M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Voyager Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voyager-capital) Reported by gigaom.com - **Jan 2012** Venture **$5.5M** *1 new* [Voyager Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voyager-capital) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Ayla Networks's own website: 8 on the team. - **John Grady** Chief Executive Officer - **Peter Hunt** Vice President of Technology - **Craig Payne** Chief Security Officer - **Matt Smith** Chief Financial Officer - **Farooq Khan** VP of DevOps - **Ajit Pradhan** Senior Director of Product Management - **Jonathan Cobb** Chairman - **Sean McGhie** General Counsel ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Venture** 2012 **Series A** 2013 **Series B** 2014 **Series C** 2016 **Series D** 2017 **Venture** 2021 [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Voyager Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voyager-capital) [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) [International Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc) [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) [SJF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sjf-ventures) [Linear Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/linear-capital) [Run Liang Tai Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/run-liang-tai-fund) Ants Capital & 3NOD ## Everyone who backed them [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) VC firm **3** rounds [Voyager Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voyager-capital) VC firm **3** rounds [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) Private equity **2** rounds [International Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc) Government **2** rounds [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) Corporate VC **1** round [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Corporate VC **1** round [SJF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sjf-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Linear Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/linear-capital) VC firm **1** round [Run Liang Tai Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/run-liang-tai-fund) Growth equity **1** round Ants Capital & 3NOD no record of our own yet **1** round Sunsea Telecommunications no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=ayla-networks). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Ayla Networks as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Arrowroot Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arrowroot-capital-management) Growth equity Per its own site [Acorn Pacific Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acorn-pacific-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Ayla Networks ### Who invested in Ayla Networks? Ayla Networks's investors include Crosslink Capital, Voyager Capital, Saif Partners, International Finance Corporation and Cisco, and 6 more on record. ### How much has Ayla Networks raised? Ayla Networks has raised $144M across 6 rounds since 2012. ### When did Ayla Networks last raise? Ayla Networks's most recent round was a Venture of $20M in Dec 2021. ### What was Ayla Networks's biggest round? Ayla Networks's largest round on record is $60M (Series D), in Nov 2017. ### Who backed Ayla Networks first? Ayla Networks's first round on record, in Jan 2012, was backed by Voyager Capital. ### What stage is Ayla Networks at? Ayla Networks's latest named round is a Venture, in Dec 2021. ### Where is Ayla Networks based? Ayla Networks is based in the United States. ## Companies like Ayla Networks In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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