Tracxn - Telecom - Top Business Models - Apr 2021
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The Tracxn report on top business models in telecom highlights significant funding trends, with core network and satellite communication technology receiving the most investment, totaling $372 million. Notable investors include Y Combinator for seed rounds and Fidelity Investments for late-stage funding, primarily concentrated in the United States (74%). The analysis presents rankings of business models by funding over the past year, showcasing companies like Kymeta and Plume as leading recipients of capital.
Tracxn - Telecom - Top Business Models - Apr 2021
- 1. TRACXN TOP BUSINESS MODELS REPORT April 07, 2021 TELECOM
- 2. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Contents Telecom Funding - Overview 3 Top Funded Business Models 4 One pagers 7 Appendix 33 2
- 3. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Funding in last 1 year 3 Telecom Infrastructure Tech $790M OSS & BSS $538M Y-o-Y Funding Top Investors by Funding Rounds Seed Stage Y Combinator Telecom Infra Project Wayra 2 2 2 Early Stage Intel Viola Group Qualcomm Ventures 1 1 1 Late Stage Fidelity Investments Insight Venture Partners Sequoia Capital 1 1 1 Funding by Geography Top Feeds by $ Funding Top Funding Rounds United States (74%) China (15%) United Kingdom (5%) Israel (2%) France (1%) Canada (1%) Spain (0%) Others (0%) $ Funding # Rounds Plume (2015, United States) $270M - Series E Kymeta (2012, United States) $215M - Series E AsiaInfo (1993, China) $181M - Series D Kymeta (2012, United States) $85.2M - Angel Versa Networks (2012, United States) $52.0M - Series D Pivotal Commware (2016, United States) $50.6M - Series C Isotropic Systems (2013, United Kingdom) $42.0M - Series B Source Photonics (2007, United States) $40.0M - Series C Cellwize (2012, Israel) $32.0M - Series B Ubicquia (2014, United States) $30.0M - Series C Tarana (2009, United States) $30.0M - Series B Kymeta (2012, United States) $30.0M - Series E
- 4. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Top Funded Business Models - last 1 year (1/3) 4 Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details 1-- Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Equipment > Satellite Communication (SATCOM) > A.. $372M 4 Kymeta | $215M | Series E Link 2▲2 Smart Wi-Fi Management $270M 1 Plume | $270M | Series E Link 3▲5 OSS and BSS Suite $214M 7 Plume | $270M | Series E Link 4▲14 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Equipment > Antenna > 5G $80.3M 3 Pivotal Comm.. | $50.6M | Series C Link 5▼4 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software Defined Networking (SDN) > SD-WAN $52.0M 1 Versa Networks | $52.0M | Series D Link 6<> 0 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Equipment > Optical Technology $46.0M 2 Source Photo.. | $40.0M | Series C Link 7-- Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Software > Self-Organized Network .. $32.0M 1 Cellwize | $32.0M | Series B Link 8▲6 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Transport Network > Equipment > Wireless $30.1M 2 Tarana | $30.0M | Series B Link 9▲7 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Equipment > Optical Wireless > Light Fidelity (L.. $30.0M 1 Ubicquia | $30.0M | Series C Link 10▲13 Network Orchestration $28.8M 4 Telescent | $16.0M | Series B Link * Rank is based on $Invested in last 1 year in the Business Model. ▲- Indicates change in Rank from previous 1 year.
- 5. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Top Funded Business Models - last 1 year (2/3) 5 Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details 11<> 0 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software Defined Networking (SDN) > Network-as- a.. $24.9M 3 PacketFabric | $10.0M | Series B Link 12▼7 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Software > Spectrum Efficiency $23.2M 4 Federated Wi.. | $13.7M | Series C Link 13▼4 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software Defined Networking (SDN) > Controller $20.0M 1 128 Technology | $20.0M | Series D Link 14▲8 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software > Unified Communication $16.0M 2 Alianza | $16.0M | Series D Link 15-- Telecom Infrastructure Tech > SIM Providers > Removable SIM $9.0M 1 IDEMIA | $9.0M | Series A Link 16▲3 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software Defined Networking (SDN) > Switch $7.0M 1 Corsa Security | $7.0M | Series C Link 17▲9 Telecom Network Performance Management Software $6.7M 1 OSPInsight | $6.7M | Series A Link 18-- Remote Telecom Network Management Software $6.0M 1 AiDash | $6.0M | Series A Link 19▼16 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Software > Mobile Edge Computing (.. $5.5M 3 EdgeMicro | $5.0M | Series A Link 20-- Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Equipment > Wireless $4.7M 1 Mixed-Signal .. | $4.7M | Series A Link * Rank is based on $Invested in last 1 year in the Business Model. ▲- Indicates change in Rank from previous 1 year.
- 6. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Top Funded Business Models - last 1 year (3/3) 6 Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details 21▼8 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Network Function Virtualization (NFV) $3.4M 2 ZeroTier | $2.0M | Seed Link 22▼2 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Transport Network > Software > Optimization $2.9M 1 Galgus | $2.9M | Seed Link 23-- Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Equipment > Antenna $1.5M 4 Pivotal Comm.. | $50.6M | Series C Link 24▼7 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Equipment > Base Station $407K 1 BLUETOWN | $407K | Series B Link 25-- Telecom Network Security $200K 1 RF CHECK | $200K | Series A Link 26-- OSS & BSS > Suite > Digital Services Platform $150K 1 Ready | $150K | Seed Link * Rank is based on $Invested in last 1 year in the Business Model. ▲- Indicates change in Rank from previous 1 year.
- 7. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Equipment > Satellite Communication (SATCOM) > Antenna 01 7 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $372M ( -- ) 4( -- ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 2 $657M 11 2 24 2 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Avaya) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Equipment (Ciena) (# Cos: 488 | $8.9B) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) (Isotropic Systems) (# Cos: 67 | $791M) Antenna (Kymeta) (# Cos: 24 | $657M) Kymeta (2012, United States, $548M) Isotropic Systems (2013, United Kingdom, $70.0M) Magnolia Broadband (2000, United States, $38.0M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Kymeta (2012, United States) $215M - Series E - Sep 2020 Kymeta (2012, United States) $85.2M - Angel - Aug 2020 Isotropic Sy.. (2013, United Kingdom) $42.0M - Series B - Feb 2021 Kymeta (2012, United States) $30.0M - Series E - Dec 2020
- 8. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Plume (2015, United States) $270M - Series E - Feb 2021 Smart Wi-Fi Management 02 8 Back to index OSS & BSS (Sandvine) (# Cos: 1003 | $5.8B) Suite (Amdocs) (# Cos: 266 | $2.2B) Wi-Fi Management (Plume) (# Cos: 25 | $679M) Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $270M (▲247%) 1( <> 0% ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 4 $679M 10 - 25 3 Plume (2015, United States, $397M) eero (2014, United States, $90.0M) ASSIA (2003, United States, $117M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
- 9. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds OSS and BSS Suite 03 9 Back to index OSS & BSS (Sandvine) (# Cos: 1003 | $5.8B) Suite (Plume) (# Cos: 266 | $2.2B) Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $214M (▲486%) 7(▲75%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 61 $2.2B 97 15 266 12 Plume (2015, United States, $397M) Amdocs (1982, United States) Synchronoss (2000, United States, $34.0M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Plume (2015, United States) $270M - Series E - Feb 2021 AsiaInfo (1993, China) $181M - Series D - Apr 2020 Green Network Informa.. (2003, China) $21.4M - Series B - Jul 2020 Connected2Fiber (2015, United States) $12.0M - Series B - Mar 2021 Ready (2020, United States) $150K - Seed - Aug 2020 Ukama (2013, United States) $150K - Seed - Aug 2020 Digitalk (1996, United Kingdom) Undisclosed - Seed - Oct 2020
- 10. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Equipment > Antenna > 5G 04 10 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $80.3M (▲502%) 3( <> 0% ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 2 $251M 16 2 22 4 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Radio Access Network (RAN) (Cellwize) (# Cos: 289 | $3.3B) Equipment (Airspan) (# Cos: 215 | $2.2B) Antenna (Metawave) (# Cos: 130 | $913M) 5G (Movandi) (# Cos: 22 | $251M) Movandi (2016, United States, $69.1M) Metawave (2017, United States, $17.0M) Pivotal Commware (2016, United States, $123M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Pivotal Commw.. (2016, United States) $50.6M - Series C - Feb 2021 Movandi (2016, United States) $29.6M - Series C - Apr 2020 Bei Jing Wei Technology (2014, China) Undisclosed - Series A - Apr 2020
- 11. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software Defined Networking (SDN) > SD-WAN 05 11 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $52.0M (▼62.3%) 1(▼75%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 8 $1.1B 16 1 24 5 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Avaya) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Software Defined Networking (SDN) (Arista) (# Cos: 108 | $2.5B) SD-WAN (Cradlepoint) (# Cos: 24 | $1.1B) Cradlepoint (2004, United States, $155M) Silver Peak (2004, United States, $251M) Versa Networks (2012, United States, $109M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Versa Networks (2012, United States) $52.0M - Series D - May 2020
- 12. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Equipment > Optical Technology 06 12 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $46.0M (▲12.8%) 2( <> 0% ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 48 $3.5B 85 23 138 1 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Avaya) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Equipment (Infinera) (# Cos: 488 | $8.9B) Optical Technology (Ciena) (# Cos: 138 | $3.5B) Ciena (1992, United States) Infinera (2000, United States, $271M) Tellabs (1978, United States) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Source Photon.. (2007, United States) $40.0M - Series C - Apr 2020 viaPhoton (2020, United States) $6.0M - Series A - Feb 2021
- 13. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Software > Self-Organized Network (SON) 07 13 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $32.0M ( -- ) 1( -- ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 10 $128M 16 - 23 1 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Radio Access Network (RAN) (Airspan) (# Cos: 289 | $3.3B) Software (Qwilt) (# Cos: 74 | $1.0B) Self-Organized Network (SON) (Cellwize) (# Cos: 23 | $128M) Cellwize (2012, Israel, $56.5M) Intucell (2008, Israel, $8.5M) M87 (2010, United States, $13.8M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Cellwize (2012, Israel) $32.0M - Series B - Nov 2020
- 14. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Transport Network > Equipment > Wireless 08 14 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $30.1M (▲25.6%) 2( <> 0% ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 25 $1.6B 82 14 140 5 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Transport Network (AOI) (# Cos: 339 | $4.9B) Equipment (UTStar) (# Cos: 295 | $4.5B) Wireless (Cambium Networks) (# Cos: 140 | $1.6B) Cambium Networks (2011, United States, $15.0M) Siklu (2008, Israel, $49.0M) Mimosa (2012, United States, $19.2M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Tarana (2009, United States) $30.0M - Series B - Oct 2020 Airfide (2016, United States) $150K - Seed - Jun 2020
- 15. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Equipment > Optical Wireless > Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) 09 15 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $30.0M (▲66.7%) 1( <> 0% ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 1 $111M 6 1 18 2 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Avaya) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Equipment (Ciena) (# Cos: 488 | $8.9B) Optical Wireless (fSONA) (# Cos: 27 | $997M) Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) (Lucibel) (# Cos: 18 | $111M) Lucibel (2008, France, $36.8M) PureLiFi (2012, United Kingdom, $44.2M) Velmenni (2013, India) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Ubicquia (2014, United States) $30.0M - Series C - Sep 2020
- 16. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telescent (2008, United States) $16.0M - Series B - May 2020 Volta Networks (2015, United States) $11.0M - Series B - Apr 2020 Kenmei (2018, Spain) $1.8M - Series A - Mar 2021 Kenmei (2018, Spain) Undisclosed - Seed - Jun 2020 Network Orchestration 10 16 Back to index OSS & BSS (Plume) (# Cos: 1003 | $5.8B) Operation Support System (OSS) (Sandvine) (# Cos: 436 | $2.2B) Network Orchestration (Blue Planet) (# Cos: 36 | $237M) Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $28.8M (▲372%) 4(▲100%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 4 $237M 18 1 36 5 Blue Planet (2000, United States, $97.6M) Sedona Systems (2014, United States, $19.6M) Volta Networks (2015, United States, $11.4M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
- 17. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software Defined Networking (SDN) > Network-as-a-Service 11 17 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $24.9M (▼6.9%) 3(▲50%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 11 $336M 21 1 29 4 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Avaya) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Software Defined Networking (SDN) (Arista) (# Cos: 108 | $2.5B) Network-as-a-Service (Luminate Wireless) (# Cos: 29 | $336M) Luminate Wireless (2013, United States, $48.0M) Megaport (2013, Australia, $7.4M) PacketFabric (2015, United States, $61.9M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. PacketFabric (2015, United States) $10.0M - Series B - Jul 2020 PacketFabric (2015, United States) $9.9M - Series C - Nov 2020 PacketFabric (2015, United States) $5.0M - Series B - Oct 2020
- 18. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Software > Spectrum Efficiency 12 18 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $23.2M (▼54.8%) 4(▲300%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 6 $527M 28 2 32 7 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Radio Access Network (RAN) (Airspan) (# Cos: 289 | $3.3B) Software (Cellwize) (# Cos: 74 | $1.0B) Spectrum Efficiency (Flash Networks) (# Cos: 32 | $527M) Flash Networks (1996, United States, $30.5M) Accelercomm (2016, United Kingdom, $10.7M) Federated Wireless (2013, United States, $134M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Federated Wir.. (2013, United States) $13.7M - Series C - Apr 2020 Spectrum Effect (2015, United States) $9.5M - Series A - Dec 2020 Accelercomm (2016, United Kingdom) $7.5M - Series A - Sep 2020 GenXComm (2016, United States) Undisclosed - Series B - Jul 2020
- 19. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software Defined Networking (SDN) > Controller 13 19 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $20.0M (▼41.2%) 1(▼50%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 4 $388M 11 - 15 2 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Avaya) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Software Defined Networking (SDN) (Arista) (# Cos: 108 | $2.5B) Controller (Big Switch Networks) (# Cos: 15 | $388M) Big Switch Networks (2010, United States, $126M) Pluribus Networks (2010, United States, $96.0M) 128 Technology (2014, United States, $113M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. 128 Technology (2014, United States) $20.0M - Series D - Jul 2020
- 20. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software > Unified Communication 14 20 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $16.0M (▲100%) 2(▲100%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 51 $1.4B 83 9 180 4 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Arista) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Software (Metaswitch) (# Cos: 226 | $1.8B) Unified Communication (Avaya) (# Cos: 180 | $1.4B) Avaya (2000, United States, $401M) Metaswitch (1981, United Kingdom, $19.6M) BroadSoft (1998, United States, $44.0M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Alianza (2009, United States) $16.0M - Series D - Mar 2021 ng-voice (2011, Germany) Undisclosed - Seed - Aug 2020
- 21. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds IDEMIA (2007, France) $9.0M - Series A - Apr 2020 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > SIM Providers > Removable SIM 15 21 Back to index Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) SIM Providers (Gemalto) (# Cos: 47 | $268M) Removable SIM (IDEMIA) (# Cos: 20 | $16.0M) Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $9.0M ( -- ) 1( -- ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 3 $16.0M 10 4 20 1 IDEMIA (2007, France, $9.0M) Gemalto (2006, Netherlands) Giesecke+Devrient (1852, Germany) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
- 22. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Software Defined Networking (SDN) > Switch 16 22 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $7.0M (▼36.4%) 1(▼50%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 8 $415M 11 1 14 1 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Avaya) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Software Defined Networking (SDN) (Cradlepoint) (# Cos: 108 | $2.5B) Switch (Arista) (# Cos: 14 | $415M) Arista (2004, United States, $1.5M) Barefoot Networks (2013, United States, $225M) Circet (1993, France) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Corsa Security (2013, Canada) $7.0M - Series C - Jun 2020
- 23. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds OSPInsight (1993, United States) $6.7M - Series A - Dec 2020 Telecom Network Performance Management Software 17 23 Back to index OSS & BSS (Plume) (# Cos: 1003 | $5.8B) Operation Support System (OSS) (HERE) (# Cos: 436 | $2.2B) Suite (Sandvine) (# Cos: 46 | $155M) Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $6.7M (▲324%) 1(▼50%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 15 $155M 21 4 46 2 Sandvine (2001, Canada, $48.0M) HERE (1985, Netherlands) NetScout (1985, United States, $6.0M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
- 24. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds AiDash (2019, United States) $6.0M - Series A - Oct 2020 Remote Telecom Network Management Software 18 24 Back to index OSS & BSS (Plume) (# Cos: 1003 | $5.8B) Operation Support System (OSS) (Sandvine) (# Cos: 436 | $2.2B) Asset Management (AiDash) (# Cos: 30 | $29.5M) Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $6.0M ( -- ) 1( -- ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 7 $29.5M 11 - 30 0 AiDash (2019, United States, $6.0M) Azeti Networks (2006, Germany, $21.0M) Galooli (2009, Israel) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
- 25. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Software > Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) 19 25 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $5.5M (▼94.1%) 3(▼25%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 2 $315M 14 - 17 4 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Radio Access Network (RAN) (Airspan) (# Cos: 289 | $3.3B) Software (Cellwize) (# Cos: 74 | $1.0B) Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) (Qwilt) (# Cos: 17 | $315M) Qwilt (2010, United States, $65.1M) Vasona Networks (2010, Israel, $48.0M) Vapor (2015, United States, $100M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. EdgeMicro (2017, United States) $5.0M - Series A - May 2020 Red Mountain .. (2019, United States) $500K - Seed - Apr 2020 Quortus (2009, Canada) Undisclosed - Seed - May 2020
- 26. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Equipment > Wireless 20 26 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $4.7M ( -- ) 1( -- ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 5 $157M 19 2 41 0 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Avaya) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Equipment (Ciena) (# Cos: 488 | $8.9B) Wireless (Ubiquiti) (# Cos: 41 | $157M) Ubiquiti (2005, United States) IPWireless (1999, United Kingdom, $138M) Icomera (1999, Sweden) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Mixed-Signal .. (2010, United States) $4.7M - Series A - May 2020
- 27. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds ZeroTier (2011, United States) $2.0M - Seed - Feb 2021 NFWare (2014, Russia) $1.4M - Series A - Jan 2021 Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Network Function Virtualization (NFV) 21 27 Back to index Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Core Network (Avaya) (# Cos: 851 | $13.6B) Network Function Virtualization (NFV) (Affirmed Networks) (# Cos: 29 | $477M) Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $3.4M (▼86.4%) 2(▲100%) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 12 $477M 20 1 29 2 Affirmed Networks (2010, United States, $155M) Embrane (2009, United States, $41.0M) Nicira (2007, United States, $43.4M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
- 28. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Transport Network > Software > Optimization 22 28 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $2.9M (▼67.4%) 1( <> 0% ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 10 $354M 29 2 39 2 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Transport Network (UTStar) (# Cos: 339 | $4.9B) Software (LiveQoS) (# Cos: 42 | $354M) Optimization (Ortiva Wireless) (# Cos: 39 | $354M) Ortiva Wireless (2004, United States, $29.4M) LiveQoS (2004, Canada, $4.0M) Altobridge (2002, Ireland, $19.8M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Galgus (2017, Spain) $2.9M - Seed - Nov 2020
- 29. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Equipment > Antenna 23 29 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $1.5M ( -- ) 4( -- ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 22 $913M 58 13 130 7 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Radio Access Network (RAN) (Cellwize) (# Cos: 289 | $3.3B) Equipment (Airspan) (# Cos: 215 | $2.2B) Antenna (Movandi) (# Cos: 130 | $913M) Movandi (2016, United States, $69.1M) Metawave (2017, United States, $17.0M) Pivotal Commware (2016, United States, $123M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. Pivotal Commw.. (2016, United States) $50.6M - Series C - Feb 2021 Movandi (2016, United States) $29.6M - Series C - Apr 2020 Eahison (2009, China) $1.5M - Seed - Jan 2021 Bei Jing Wei Technology (2014, China) Undisclosed - Series A - Apr 2020
- 30. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Radio Access Network (RAN) > Equipment > Base Station 24 30 Back to index Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $407K (▼97.6%) 1( <> 0% ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 8 $280M 17 5 27 1 Telecom Infrastructure Tech (Cisco) (# Cos: 1581 | $22.6B) Radio Access Network (RAN) (Movandi) (# Cos: 289 | $3.3B) Equipment (Airspan) (# Cos: 215 | $2.2B) Base Station (Redline Communications) (# Cos: 27 | $280M) Redline Communications (1999, Canada, $71.0M) Telrad (1951, Israel, $16.8M) BLUETOWN (2006, Denmark, $42.5M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide. BLUETOWN (2006, Denmark) $407K - Series B - Nov 2020
- 31. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds RF CHECK (2008, United States) $200K - Series A - Nov 2020 Telecom Network Security 25 31 Back to index OSS & BSS (Plume) (# Cos: 1003 | $5.8B) Operation Support System (OSS) (Sandvine) (# Cos: 436 | $2.2B) Network Security (Clavister) (# Cos: 19 | $164M) Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $200K ( -- ) 1( -- ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 5 $164M 10 1 19 0 Clavister (1997, Sweden) Stoke (2004, United States, $104M) Nakina Systems (2002, Canada, $36.1M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
- 32. Copyright © 2021, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved. Telecom - Top Business Models Report Recent Funding Rounds Ready (2020, United States) $150K - Seed - Aug 2020 OSS & BSS > Suite > Digital Services Platform 26 32 Back to index OSS & BSS (Sandvine) (# Cos: 1003 | $5.8B) Suite (Plume) (# Cos: 266 | $2.2B) Digital Services Platform (LotusFlare) (# Cos: 10 | $126M) Taxonomy $ Invested in last 1 year Key Stats # Funding Rounds in last 1 year $150K ( -- ) 1( -- ) Funded Companies Companies Acquisitions Total $ Invested IPOs Soonicorn Club 3 $126M 7 1 10 3 LotusFlare (2013, United States, $10.0M) Openet (1999, Ireland, $46.5M) ItsOn (2008, United States, $53.4M) Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
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