Investor

McDATA Corporation

Last cheque observed Aug 2003. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietInvestment firm

VentureEnterprise SoftwareHardwareInfrastructure

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 1 on record
Since the last cheque8459days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.0MRounds led0 of 1Sole investor1 roundsExits1 from the portfolio
Pitch McDATA Corporation

McDATA Corporation highlights

  1. 01

    1 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $6.0M

  4. 04

    1 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
Investment firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
Enterprise SoftwareHardwareInfrastructure
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances

  1. 2003

    1 round

  2. Aug
    Aarohi communicationVenture · US$6.0MSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all

Aarohi communicationBought by EmulexUndisclosedApr 2006

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

CNTUndisclosedJan 2005
Nishan SystemsUndisclosedAug 2003
Sanera SystemsUndisclosedAug 2003
SANavigatorUndisclosedSept 2001

Quick answers about McDATA Corporation

What does McDATA Corporation invest in?

McDATA Corporation invests most often at Venture (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise Software, Hardware and Infrastructure.

How active is McDATA Corporation?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2003.

How big are McDATA Corporation's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.0M.

Is McDATA Corporation investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2003.

What kind of investor is McDATA Corporation?

McDATA Corporation is an investment firm.

When was McDATA Corporation founded?

McDATA Corporation was founded in 1982.

Where does this information on McDATA Corporation come from?

From public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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