Appliant.com Raises $20 Million in Latest Financing Round.Business/Hi-Tech Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000 SeaPoint Seapoint is a small seafront area between Blackrock and Monkstown in Dublin in the Dún Laoghaire local authority area. It is best known for its beach and bathing areas, beside a Martello Tower on the Dublin Bay seashore. Ventures Leads Round, with Alexander Hutton Hut·ton , James 1726-97. Scottish physician and geologist whose ideas, presented in A Theory of the Earth (1785), form the basis of modern geology. Noun 1. Venture Partners, ARCH Venture Partners, Hook Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Tredegar Investments and Venrock Associates Joining in New Financing Appliant.com, the technology leader in Web performance management, today announced that it has raised $20 million in a round of funding led by SeaPoint Ventures, a recognized venture capital firm focused on Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the industries. This financing round also yields investments from premier venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] Alexander Hutton Venture Partners, ARCH Venture Partners, Hook Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Tredegar Investments and Venrock Associates. Appliant.com will leverage this round of funding to expand its service offerings and customer base, continue the development of its technology, and support the growth of the company. Appliant.com has nearly doubled its staff since January 1, 2000, relocating to larger corporate headquarters in Seattle to accommodate expansion. Appliant.com is headed by founder Brian Bershad, Ph.D, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Other Appliant.com board members include Clinton Bybee, ARCH Venture Partners; Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs Huseby, SeaPoint Ventures; John Parkey, Tredegar Investments; Ray Rothrock, Venrock Associates; Rob Shurtleff and Gary Stimac. "Appliant.com is the technology leader in Web infrastructure management solutions. The company has a solid customer and partner base, superb service offerings, an incredibly talented technology group and great momentum," said Bershad. "This financing -- from a diverse, top-notch group of investors -- provides Appliant.com with the necessary resources to maintain its strong growth path and position itself for continued success in the Web infrastructure market." "Web site performance is a key success factor for any e-business," said Thomas Huseby, Managing Partner, SeaPoint Ventures. "Appliant.com has the technology to measure that performance and point the way to improving it." "Appliant.com has grown steadily to become a major player in Web performance management," said Mark Klebanoff, Managing Director of Alexander Hutton Venture Partners and former CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of RealNetworks. "The company has put all the fundamentals in place to build upon their unique service offerings. AHVP is committed to providing its significant resources and expertise to help Appliant.com realize its tremendous potential." About Appliant.com Appliant.com is the technology leader in monitoring Web infrastructure and application performance, availability and usage, with a focus on customer experience. Founded in 1997 in Seattle, Appliant.com helps e-businesses, enterprises and service providers maximize their return on investment in Web applications and infrastructure. Provided as an ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). solution, Appliant.com's Lateral Line lateral line n. A series of sensory pores along the head and sides of fish and some amphibians by which water currents, vibrations, and pressure changes are detected. Network monitors and reports Internet transactions through robust, unobtrusive monitors deployed across the Internet. Using real data from real users, the service provides a customer-centric view of a company's Web site performance, availability and usage. The company is privately held. Appliant, Appliant.com and Lateral Line are trademarks of Appliant.com. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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