Aryaka provides a fully managed SD‑WAN platform that bundles a purpose‑built secure private network, global connectivity, WAN optimization, orchestration, edge devices and security in a single managed service. The company has built out global points‑of‑presence (POPs), Network Operations Centers (NOCs) and 24x7 support to deliver services at scale. Aryaka cites partnerships with major public cloud providers including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google and Oracle, and with security vendors such as Palo Alto Networks, Symantec and Zscaler to extend its multi‑cloud and edge security capabilities. In the last twelve months the company has added thousands of globally managed sites and reported significantly larger annual recurring revenue streams. Aryaka serves more than 800 global customers and says it is seeing larger deal sizes and continued global customer expansion. The company plans to use new funding to scale business operations, grow revenues and hire additional talent to accelerate its market momentum. Aryaka provides a global SD-WAN platform delivered as a service that combines a purpose-built private network, SD-WAN, optimization and acceleration techniques, connectivity to cloud platforms, and network visibility. The company is led by President and CEO Shawn Farshchi and recently added CFO Aidan Cullen. It is based in Milpitas, California. Aryaka now serves more than 500 global enterprise customers with sites in 63 countries. In January 2017 it completed a $45M Series D financing led by Third Point Ventures with participation from new investor Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and existing investors. The company intends to use the funds to expand its global reach. Aryaka offers Aryaka ONE, an integrated platform that addresses WAN needs including optimized connectivity for geographically dispersed offices, application delivery, and cloud networks. The company delivers WAN Optimization-as-a-Service that creates an optimized, fully meshed network for accessing on‑premises applications and cloud services. Its platform enables globally distributed employees, customers, partners, and mobile users to reach centralized enterprise applications and public web resources from anywhere. Customers include Fortune 100 companies as well as small- and medium-sized businesses with global operations. Led by founder and CEO Ajit Gupta, Aryaka is based in Milpitas, California. The company raised funding to scale its global sales infrastructure. Aryaka, led by founder and CEO Ajit Gupta and based in Milpitas, CA, delivers an application and network performance platform for globally distributed enterprises. Its product suite includes WAN Optimization-as-a-Service, Network-as-a-Service (including Network-OnDemand), Cloud Network-as-a-Service and Application Delivery-as-a-Service, all designed to optimize connectivity and application access. All services provide end-to-end visibility and 24×7 support. The company serves hundreds of customers across more than 3,000 customer sites in 280 cities and 48 countries, across industries such as technology, manufacturing, logistics, media, financial services, architecture and government. Aryaka intends to use new funding to accelerate global expansion and move toward profitability. Aryaka is a Milpitas, Calif.-based provider of a cloud-based WAN optimization as-a-Service platform that aims to solve application and network performance issues faced by distributed enterprises. Its platform eliminates the need for expensive and complex WAN optimization appliances and long-haul connectivity, and enhances collaboration across corporate locations, data centers and cloud services. The company serves customers across six continents. It intends to use the $25M Series C funding to improve market penetration and expand its global reach. Ajit Gupta is founder, president and CEO. The company positions its service as an alternative to on-premises WAN appliances for distributed enterprise networks.

Total raised

$175M

Funding rounds

7

Latest round

Series F

Latest activity

May 2019