Scintera Raises $9.5 Million for Signal Processing

Scintera Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California, raised $9.5 million in a second-round funding for its high-speed signal processing technology. Scintera's Advanced Signal-Processing Platform enables very high-speed signal processing at 10 Gbps and above. Based on the technology, the company is shipping and electronic dispersion compensation device for enterprise and storage applications. It also offers an electronic dispersion compensation engine for metro optical applications.


The new funding round was led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers and included participation from existing investors August Capital and Sevin Rosen Funds. The new round brings Scintera's funding to date to $17.7 million. http://www.scintera.com