Aquantia
Founders
Faraj Aalaei - President & CEO
Phil Delansay - Co-Founder & VP Business Dev.
Ramin Shirani - Co-Founder & VP Engineering
Ramin Farjad - Co-Founder & Chief Architect
Founded
2004
Stage
Series A
Invested
2004
Status
Private
Lightspeed Team
Christopher Schaepe - Partner

Aquantia is a Silicon Valley-based semiconductor startup. Through a disruptive architecture and focus in turning technology innovation into business success, Aquantia has become the industry leader in High-Speed interconnects for Cloud Computing and large-scale Data Centers. Its solutions are currently deployed in Tier-1 OEM’s Ethernet switches and servers.

Completed an IPO in 2017 and was acquired by Marvell Technology Group in 2019.

Christopher Schaepe
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