Sirocco
Founded
1998
Stage
Early
Invested
1999
Status
Private
Lightspeed Team
Barry Eggers - Co-Founder

Sirocco, an optical networking company focused on delivering third generation solutions to service providers, allowed them to derive new and enhanced services from their optical core networks. The company was acquired by Sycamore Networks (NASDAQ: SCMR) in 2000.

Barry Eggers
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