Guavus offers an operational intelligence platform integrated with decisioning applications for network planning and operations, marketing, security and customer care. The company serves communications service providers and enterprise customers from its headquarters in San Mateo, CA. Led by founder and CEO Anukool Lakhina, Guavus aims to continue innovating its platform and bolster its suite of applications. It counts four of the top five mobile network operators, three of the top five Internet backbone providers, and roughly 80% of cable MSOs in North America among its customers. The company will use the newly raised funds to accelerate product development and expand its application offerings. No revenue or other financial operating metrics were disclosed in the article. Guavus is a San Mateo, CA-based provider of big data analytics solutions. Its offerings are built on patent-pending technology and center on the Guavus Reflex platform integrated with a suite of analytics applications that deliver contextually aware insights. The company says its analytics enable intelligent decision-making for network operations, marketing, customer care and monetization. Guavus raised an additional $9M in funding that included new investors Goldman Sachs and TransLink Capital, and it plans to use the capital to expand core products, scale operations and pursue select acquisitions. The company was founded in February 2006 by Anukool Lakhina, who serves as CEO, and the firm is hiring. Related items referenced a $30M funding close in January 2013 and a prior equity investment from Intel Capital in 2011. Guavus builds analytics applications used by telecommunications providers to derive insights from large volumes of network and subscriber data. Its platform analyzes network performance, device and application usage, content and subscriber behavior to help carriers optimize capacity and increase revenues. The company counts three of the four largest U.S. mobile operators, including Sprint, and four of the top five Internet operators among its customers. Deals are typically for multiple millions of dollars, and one customer contributes $10 million in sales. Founded in 2006, Guavus has raised a total of $78 million to date. The company plans to use recent capital to expand its core products and scale operations globally. Guavus is a real-time analytics provider that delivers solutions to communications service providers. Its platform fuses massive volumes of real-time data generated by devices and networks to enable dynamic decision-making. Customers include leading CSPs across North America, Asia and Europe. Deployments span retail, enterprise and wholesale channels across data, wireless, wireline and multimedia product offerings. The company is based in Santa Clara, California and also operates offices in India (Gurgaon, Ahmedabad) and France (Eybens). Financially, Guavus has received an equity investment from Intel Capital and counts Artiman Ventures and Sofinnova Ventures among its investors.

Total raised

$59M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Aug 2014