CNEX - About the company
CNEX is a series E company based in San Jose (United States), founded in 2013 by Yiren Huang and Alan Armstrong. It operates as a NVMe controller for SSDs with PCIe. CNEX has raised $122M in funding from investors like Mellanox Technologies, Dell Technologies Capital and M12. The company has 5 active competitors, including 2 funded and 2 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Cavium Networks, TenaFe and Starblaze Technology.
Company Details
Cnex Labs provides an NVMe controller for SSDs with PCIe. It offers solutions such as FTL controls, CNEX SSD controllers, operational modes, data placements, I/O scheduling, application-specific scheduling, userspace management, network scalability, low-latency scaling, storage fabric implementation, hardware acceleration, and SSD controllers.
- Website
- cnexlabs.com
- Email ID
- *****@cnexlabs.com
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- San Jose, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2013
Location
San Jose, United States
Stage
Series E
Total Funding
$122M in 9 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
2nd among 5 active competitors
Employee Count
50 as on Aug 31, 2026
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Legal entities associated with CNEX
CNEX is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CNEX- LABS INC CIN: 462897246 , United States, Active | Dec 26, 999 | - | 28 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | - |
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CNEX's funding and investors
CNEX has raised a total funding of $122M over 9 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2013. CNEX has 16 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of CNEX:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Mar 10, 2021 | 6714508 | Series E | 3553586 | 5040932 | 5866895 | 9124188 |
Jul 08, 2019 | 4299288 | Series D | 3558346 | 3982150 | 3513420 | 4179669 |
May 17, 2019 | 3227913 | Series D | 8205378 | 6901103 |
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CNEX's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of CNEX are Yiren Huang and Alan Armstrong.
Here are the details of CNEX's key team members:
- Yiren Huang: Former Co-Founder of CNEX. They serve on the board of 1 company.
- Alan Armstrong: Former Co-Founder & CEO of CNEX.
CNEX's Board of Directors
CNEX's board has 12 active members. Alan Armstrong, Ben Yu, Bill Moore, Yiren Huang, Gregg Adkin, Michael Raam, Mike Seifert, Mike Raam, Lip Bu Tan, Joseph DeFranco, Matthew Gloss and Yiren Ronnie Huang are independent board members.Here is the list of CNEX's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Independent board member | - | Current | 12y 3m | |
glnjedz | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 5m |
uhqclrg | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 7m |
pkvjmuc | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 7m |
kowkynr | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 1m |
yzsklyy | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 8m |
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gzhtayd | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 9m |
dfjfril | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 3m |
ivj{yfe | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 4m |
qhakudx | Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 9m |
igysngb | Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 2m |
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CNEX's employee count trend
CNEX has 50 employees as of Aug 26. Here is CNEX's employee count trend over the years:
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CNEX's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of CNEX include Cavium Networks, TenaFe and Starblaze Technology. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of CNEX, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Cavium Networks 2001, San Jose (United States), Acquired | Intelligent networks using ARM and MIPS processors | $77.5M | 57/100 | |
2nd |  CNEX 2013, San Jose (United States), Series E | NVMe controller for SSDs with PCIe | $122M | 51/100 | |
3rd | TenaFe 2019, Campbell (United States), Series B | Platform offering storage solutions and SSDs | $87M | 42/100 | |
4th |  Starblaze Technology 2015, Shanghai (China), Deadpooled | Provider of NVMe SSD controllers for enterprises | $14.7M | 34/100 | |
5th |  OakGate 2008, Loomis (United States), Acquired | Cloud-based SSD validation management platform provider | - | - | 33/100 |
6th | Manufacturer of SD and SSD controller | - | 25/100 | ||
7th | _1579754944876.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} Hengyu Science and Technology Department 2012, Hsinchu (Taiwan), Unfunded | Develops and offers data security memory cards and embedded products | - | - | 24/100 |
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CNEX's Investments and acquisitions
CNEX has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to CNEX
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News related to CNEX
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Mellanox Capital Extends Storage Ecosystem with Investments in CNEX Labs and PliopsBusiness Wire•Jul 08, 2019•Mellanox Capital, CNEX, Pliops, Mellanox Technologies
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Jury Unanimously Finds Huawei Misappropriated CNEX’s Advanced Semiconductor Trade SecretsBusiness Wire•Jun 26, 2019•CNEX, Huawei,
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U.S. Startup Accuses China’s Huawei of Trying to Steal Semiconductor TechnologyThe Wall Street Journal•Oct 18, 2018•Huawei, CNEX, Microsoft, Dell Technologies
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Dell, Microsoft Back CNEX Labs’ $23M Series D RoundSDxCentral•Oct 10, 2018•CNEX, Dell Technologies, M12, Sierra Ventures and 2 others
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