This is the Versa Networks pitch deck to raise a $84m series-d round in 2021.
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Versa Networks, the leader in SASE, combines extensive security, advanced networking, full-featured SD-WAN, genuine multitenancy, and sophisticated analytics via the cloud, on-premises, or as a blended combination of both to meet SASE requirements for small to extremely large enterprises and Service Providers. Versa SASE is available on-premises, hosted through Versa-powered Service Providers, cloud-delivered, and via the simplified Versa Titan cloud service designed for Lean IT. Thousands of customers globally with hundreds of thousands of sites trust Versa with their networks, security, and clouds. Versa Networks is privately held and funded by Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, Artis Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty Global Ventures, Princeville Global Fund and RPS Ventures.
A startup that hosts secure networks for employees working from home has raised $84 million as demand for remote-working services continues to soar.
California-based Versa Networks, which was founded in 2012, raised the funds in a round backed by Sequoia Capital, an early investor in the likes of Apple, Google, and Stripe. The company, which is headed up by the former Cisco executive Kelly Ahuja, has raised $196 million to date.
Versa operates in the secure-access service edge, or SASE, sector, which aims to make networks more secure and IT more adaptable as working practices change. The industry, which counts the likes of Cisco, VMware, and Fortinet among its biggest players, has been tipped to be valued at around $11 billion by 2024, according to figures from Gartner.
Ahuja, who had spent 18 years at Cisco, left the tech giant to pursue what he called “the next wave of the industry” and then discovered Versa Networks. Now CEO of the enterprise-networking startup, he said the company predicted where computer networking and security would go.
While SASE covers a wide remit, it’s broadly defined as a sector that will simplify both security and networking for enterprise. Among its most common uses is the ability to allow remote employees to connect to corporate networks in a stable and secure way via the cloud.
Versa raised its fresh funds in a Series D round that was co-led by Princeville Capital and RPS Ventures.
Fundraising began via Zoom, and Ahuja described a more in-depth process by saying “investors were unsure of the timing of the market and the recovery.”
The startup will pour funds into global educational marketing, sales campaigns, partner communities, and research and development to fuel expansion.
Ahuja said most enterprises today do not realize that they use Versa Networks due to the company’s network of resellers, which it hopes to expand. The startup has an array of top-tier customers including Amazon, Adobe, BP, and Adidas.
But the chief revealed that there is no target number of partners, instead opting for a quality-over-quantity message.
Versa Networks also plans to increase its workforce from 500 to 600 by the end of 2021.
Funding rounds
Announced Date
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Transaction Name | Number of Investors | Money Raised | Lead Investors |
Jun 30, 2021 | Series D – Versa Networks | 3 | $84M |
Princeville Capital, RPS Ventures
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Nov 8, 2017 | Series C – Versa Networks | — | $32.9M | — |
Dec 23, 2016 | Series C – Versa Networks | 5 | $36M |
Artis Ventures (AV)
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Nov 10, 2014 | Series B – Versa Networks | 4 | $29M | Mayfield Fund |
Nov 27, 2012 | Series A – Versa Networks | 2 | $14.4M |
Sequoia Capital
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