ZEDEDA Closes $26 Million Series B

<p><strong>SAN JOSE<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; ZEDEDA&comma; a specialist in edge orchestration&comma; announced that it has closed &dollar;26 million in Series B funding&comma; capping a period of exponential growth&period; The broad range of new and existing investors — including Coast Range Capital&comma; Lux Capital&comma; Energize Ventures&comma; Almaz Capital&comma; Porsche Ventures&comma; Chevron Technology Ventures&comma; Juniper Networks&comma; Rockwell Automation&comma; Samsung Next and EDF North America Ventures — signals the importance of edge computing to companies across all industries and verticals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All existing investors participated in this latest round of financing&comma; which has doubled the previous investment in the company&period; ZEDEDA has now raised more than &dollar;55 million since its inception&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All aspects of our business — from a growing base of Global 500 customers to major strategic partnerships and growth in deployed edge nodes — are on a terrific path&comma;” said Said Ouissal&comma; founder and CEO of ZEDEDA&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This latest round of investment validates that our open framework and ecosystem approach to the distributed edge is the ideal choice for the future of connected operations&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A recent Worldwide Edge Spending Guide from IDC forecasted double-digit growth for investments in edge computing&period; This year’s total is expected to be &dollar;176 billion&comma; an increase of 14&period;8&percnt; over 2021&comma; with a 2025 target of nearly &dollar;274 billion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The market for edge computing solutions is poised for tremendous expansion&comma; and we believe ZEDEDA will be a major contributor&comma;” said Tom Gallo&comma; Managing Partner at Coast Range Capital&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They combine innovation and expertise like no one else in the industry&comma; and we are excited to join them on their journey in this round of funding&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Businesses worldwide are looking to take advantage of the benefits of edge computing as they look for ways to support remote work and improve efficiency&comma;” said Bilal Zuberi&comma; Partner at Lux Capital&comma; who has participated in every fundraising round for ZEDEDA&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As a long-time investor&comma; we’re excited to double down with ZEDEDA as they continue to grow rapidly&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ZEDEDA reports revenue is up 7x year-over-year&comma; while at the same time&comma; its number of nodes under management has risen by 4x&period; ZEDEDA’s strong growth is fueled by existing customers now applying the company’s solution across different edge deployments in addition to new customers beginning their edge deployments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ZEDEDA plans to use the round of funding to support its expanding customer base&comma; accelerate research and development and expand its marketing and sales operations&period; The budding ecosystem around the industry’s first open orchestration solution has attracted strategic partnerships and integrations with Google&comma; Microsoft&comma; PTC&comma; and SUSE&period; ZEDEDA’s expanding customer base includes OEM activities with Global 500 companies&comma; including a leading global virtualization software provider and a leading industrial automation company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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