When was Blackwave founded?

Blackwave was founded in 2006 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Blackwave located?

Blackwave is headquartered in Acton, United States.

Is Blackwave a funded company?

Blackwave is a funded company, having raised a total of $31.5M across 4 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Sep 05, 2006.

When was the latest funding round of Blackwave?

Blackwave's latest funding was a $***** Series C round on Sep 30, 2009, with participation from 0 investor. Its primary sector is Enterprise Networking. In United States, the Enterprise Networking sector has seen $1.11B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Blackwave rank among its competitors?

Blackwave ranks 39th amongst 1781 active competitors, of which 29 are funded. It stands 7th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Akamai, which secured an undisclosed amount in Aug, 2023.

Who are the top competitors of Blackwave?

Blackwave's top competitors include CloudFlare, Akamai and Fastly. Among them, Akamai secured the most recent funding round in August, 2023.

Blackwave - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Blackwave is an acquired company based in Acton (United States), founded in 2006. It operates as a Video caching and delivery acceleration. Blackwave has raised $31.5M in funding from Sigma Partners. The company has 1781 active competitors, including 29 funded and 56 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like CloudFlare, Akamai and Fastly.

Company Details

Blackwave is a provider of storage and delivery system for internet video distribution. It provides content delivery and caching system which provides scale in the content and improve the performance of media delivery. Juniper Networks acquired it to enhance its product of Media Controller to address CDN market better.

Website: blackwave.tv
Email ID: *****@blackwave.tv

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2006

Location

Acton, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$31.5M in 4 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series C, Sep 30, 2009, $*****

Investors

Sigma Partners & 3 more

Ranked

39^th among 1781 active competitors

Similar Companies

Fastly & 100 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Juniper Networks (Nov 18, 2010)

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Blackwave is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Blackwave, Inc. CIN: 20-5124722 , United States, Active		-	-	-

Blackwave got acquired by Juniper Networks on Nov 18, 2010.

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Blackwave has raised a total funding of $31.5M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 05, 2006. Blackwave has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Blackwave:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Sep 30, 2009	1240429	Series C	7659615	3085704	7074782	3311659
Jan 01, 2009	3889381	Series C	4592544	7097537	3763055	Sigma Partners & 2 more
Dec 03, 2007	9204526	Series B	4017811	4382150	Sigma Partners	Globespan Capital Partners & 1 more

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Top competitors of Blackwave include CloudFlare, Akamai and Fastly. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Blackwave, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	CloudFlare 2009, San Francisco (United States), Public	Provider of cloud services for security, performance, and application development	$332M	Fidelity Investments, Franklin Templeton Investments ... & 17 others	87/100
2nd	Akamai 1998, Cambridge (United States), Public	Provider of cloud computing, security, and content delivery network services	$61.5M	Apple, Triodos Investment Management & 9 others	77/100
3rd	Fastly 2011, San Francisco (United States), Public	Provider of edge cloud platform services for building and delivering applications	$224M	August Capital, Amplify Partners & 23 others	76/100
4th	TVU Networks 2005, Mountain View (United States), Series B	Provider of IP-based video solutions for live media production workflows	$13.6M	SBVA, NAV.VC & 5 others	69/100
5th	VeriSign 1995, Mountain View (United States), Public	Attack traffic analysis and management based DDoS protection	-	Western Technology Investment, ValueAct Capital ... & 11 others	69/100
6th	Xunlei 2003, Shanghai (China), Public	Content distribution and delivery network	$340M	IDG Capital, Xiaomi & 8 others	66/100
7th	NetScout 1985, Westford (United States), Public	Provider of network performance, observability, cybersecurity, and DDoS solutions	$6M	Silver Lake, TA Associates & 4 others	65/100
8th	Velocix 2002, Cambridge (Canada), Acquired	CDN solutions	$79M	3i Group, Amadeus Capital & 4 others	65/100
9th	Corero 1997, Hudson (United States), Public	Provider of DDoS protection for enterprise	$14.5M	Herald Investment Management, Granite Ventures ... & 8 others	64/100
10th	CDNetworks 2000, Singapore (Singapore), Late Stage	Global provider of cloud-based content delivery network and security solutions	$96.5M	IMM Investment, Goldman Sachs & 6 others	62/100
39th	Blackwave 2006, Acton (United States), Acquired	Video caching and delivery acceleration	$31.5M	Flybridge Capital Partners, IDG Ventures & 2 others	43/100