Bigleaf Networks provides a Cloud-first SD‑WAN platform that intelligently routes and prioritizes traffic across multiple internet connections to increase redundancy and keep cloud and SaaS apps online. The company’s architecture, patterned after a leaf, funnels traffic through many veins to protect applications from disconnections and brownouts without user configuration. Bigleaf emphasizes intelligent software over complex manual policies and preserves customers’ existing firewall security posture, which it says is important to MSP partners. The platform supports connectivity for point-of-sale systems, electronic health records, VoIP, CRM and other cloud services. Bigleaf reports more than 1,000 customers and says it protects its average customer from 3.5 hours of downtime and 23 hours of unusable performance per month. The company has about 40 employees and recently completed new fundraising to support growth. Bigleaf Networks offers a cloud-first SD-WAN platform that optimizes Internet and cloud performance by dynamically choosing the best connection and adapting application prioritization in real time. The platform leverages redundant connections for optimal traffic re-routing, failover and load-balancing. The company provides its services across North America. It intends to use the $4.9M equity financing to scale sales and marketing efforts, operations, technology development, and global network expansion. Founded in 2012 by Joel Mulkey, Bigleaf is led by Mulkey as CEO. The round also resulted in board changes, adding Takeshi “TK” Mori and bringing co-founder Jeff Burchett onto the board. Bigleaf Networks provides a Cloud-first SD-WAN platform that optimizes Internet and cloud performance by dynamically selecting the best connection and adapting QoS in real time. The service leverages redundant links for traffic re-routing, failover and load-sharing to improve voice quality and cloud access. Bigleaf emphasizes simple implementation, friendly support and a service-first approach inspired by the natural architecture of leaves. The company reports recent jumps in revenue growth and says it is growing rapidly. Leadership cites ongoing partnership development and strategic investor relationships to accelerate expansion and market traction. Founded in 2012 and based in Portland, OR, Bigleaf is investor-backed with participation from the Oregon Angel Fund. Bigleaf Networks offers a cloud-based real-time routing service and a pre-configured customer router that connects to Bigleaf datacenters to automatically load-balance, fail over, and prioritize traffic across multiple Internet connections. The service leverages software-defined networking (SDN) and QoS to keep critical applications such as VoIP, web conferencing, and virtual desktops working properly under changing ISP conditions. Founder and CEO Joel Mulkey started the company in January 2012 after encountering gaps in traditional multi-ISP solutions. The company sells hardware plus a cloud service that adapts traffic routing in real time. Bigleaf employs five people and will use the newly raised capital to hire additional staff and expand its sales channels. It recently closed a $1.5 million Series A to support those growth efforts.

Total raised

$27M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Sep 2019