Voltaire

Company Overview

Snapshot

Founded in January 1997 by Erez Diamant and Amir Prescher, Voltaire operated with 51–200 employees. The company raised $25 million across 3 funding rounds from 4 investors before being acquired by Mellanox Technologies in December 2010.

Business overview

Voltaire specialized in providing scale-out computing fabrics designed for data centers, high-performance computing, and cloud environments. The company developed server and storage fabric switches along with advanced management software to enhance application performance, improve efficiency, and reduce operational costs through infrastructure consolidation and lower power consumption. Voltaire primarily served the Business Software sector, focusing on enterprise solutions.

Company Intelligence Q&A

When was Voltaire acquired?

Voltaire was acquired by Mellanox Technologies in December 2010.

What was the total capital raised by Voltaire?

Voltaire raised a total of $25 million across its funding rounds.

Which investors participated in Voltaire's March 2004 funding round?

In March 2004, Voltaire received funding from investors including Pitango VC.

When did Voltaire go public?

Voltaire completed an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in August 2007 on NASDAQ.

What was a key strategic outcome of the acquisition by Mellanox Technologies?

The acquisition of Voltaire by Mellanox Technologies in December 2010 integrated Voltaire's scale-out computing fabrics, enhancing Mellanox's offerings in data center and high-performance computing markets.