Networking Startup Calient Technologies Raises $11.9 Million

According to a recent SEC filing, Calient Technologies has raised $11.9 million in financing from an undisclosed investor.

Calient Technologies is a global leader in adaptive optical circuit switching, with systems that enable dynamic optical layer optimization in next generation data centers and software defined networks. Calient’s 3D MEMS switches have demonstrated extreme reliability, with eight years of successful continuous operation. With more than 500,000 optical terminations shipped, Calient has the largest installed base of optical circuit switches worldwide. The company designs and fabricates its systems using state-of-the-art MEMS equipment in its own fabrication facility, located at its corporate headquarters in Santa Barbara, CA.