Graphiant, a start-up based in San Jose, California, announced a $62 million Series B funding round for its network edge service that promises to shake up the established framework of VPNs, including MPLS and SDWAN.
Graphiant provides a next-gen network edge that combines the performance and security of MPLS with the agility of “as-a-Service” delivery. The company says it can deliver SLA-class performance at up to 70% less cost. Graphiant addresses three important use cases. First, enterprises can use Graphiant to connect enterprise resources. Second, they can connect to multiple public clouds. And third, enterprises can connect to other businesses, such as partners or customers.
The round brings the company’s total funding to $96 million.
“The reaction to Graphiant’s network edge has been swift and enthusiastic,” said Khalid Raza, founder of Graphiant. “It has been much faster than what we saw with MPLS at Cisco or SD-WAN with Viptela. Graphiant has hit a nerve.”
In this video, we hear from Khalid Raza, founder and CEO of Graphiant, and who is widely regarded as a visionary in routing protocols and large-scale network architectures. Raza previously was founder & CTO of Viptela, an SDWAN pioneer that was eventually acquired by Cisco for $610 million in 2017.
