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Wave7 Optics Closes $23 Million Second Round of Financing Led by Advanced Technology Ventures; Company''s Optical Access Equipment Addresses ''Last Mile'' of Broadband Internet Connectivity for Fiber-to-the-Home and Business Markets.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 27-FEB-02
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Wave7 Optics, Inc., an innovative developer of optical access equipment for the fiber-to-the-home and business (FTTX) market, today announced that is has raised a second round of funding totaling $23 million, bringing the company's total funds raised to $32 million. Advanced Technology Ventures led the Series B round with new investors Mellon Ventures and Armada Venture Partners, while founding investors Morgenthaler and Lucent Venture Partners also participated in the round. Additionally, Jack Harrington, general partner of Advanced Technology Ventures, will join the Wave7 board of directors.

Wave7 is developing a high-bandwidth, dynamically provisionable, optical access system to address the "last mile" of broadband Internet connectivity, a market projected to reach $3.8 billion by 2004. Wave7's first suite of optical access products, Last Mile Link(TM) effectively eliminates the current cost and implementation barriers faced by network operators in deploying Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) and Fiber-to-the-Business (FTTB) solutions.

"We are very excited to bring Advanced Technology Ventures, Mellon Ventures and Armada Ventures into...

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