Nistica supplies agile optical networking modules and has delivered thousands of its Telcordia‑certified FULL FLEDGE series wavelength selective switches to multiple customers. The company positions its products to simplify optical networks and enable colorless, directionless networks unconstrained by grids. Management is gearing up to expand manufacturing capacity and introduce a portfolio of new products aimed at simplifying optical networks. The recent financing is said to allow the company to scale without financial constraints. The company is responding to demand driven by proliferation of mobile devices and cloud computing for agile, high‑bandwidth optical modules. Nistica is based in Princeton, N.J. Nistica is a Bridgewater, NJ-based supplier of optical modules that automate and make affordable the delivery of high-bandwidth applications. Its core products are optical modules designed to simplify and lower the cost of transporting high-bandwidth traffic. The company said the new funding will enable it to introduce solutions that create "directionless networks" unconstrained by grids. Nistica closed a $6.5M Series C financing to support those efforts. The round was led by Battelle Ventures with participation from Novitas Capital, Technology Venture Partners, Fujikura and NTT Electronics Corporation. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

Total raised

$15M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Debt Financing

Latest activity

Feb 2011