What is Arrcus?
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Arrcus operates at the intersection of cloud-native infrastructure and high-scale networking. The company specializes in providing software-powered network transformation, enabling organizations to interconnect people, machines, and data with unprecedented efficiency. By decoupling network software from proprietary hardware, Arrcus empowers enterprises and service providers to achieve greater agility, reduced operational costs, and enhanced scalability. Their market position is defined by a commitment to open, programmable networking solutions that address the complexities of 5G, edge computing, and multi-cloud environments, effectively challenging legacy networking paradigms.
How much funding has Arrcus raised?
Arrcus has raised a total of $145M across 5 funding rounds:
Series A
$15M
Series B
$30M
Debt
$1M
Other Financing Round
$49M
Series D
$50M
Series A (2018): $15M with participation from Clear Ventures and General Catalyst
Series B (2019): $30M led by General Catalyst, Clear Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners
Debt (2020): $1M supported by PPP
Other Financing Round (2020): $49M featuring Lightspeed Venture Partners
Series D (2023): $50M backed by Prosperity7 Ventures
Key Investors in Arrcus
General Catalyst
A venture capital firm focused on identifying and supporting transformational business opportunities across multiple sectors, providing strategic capital and operational expertise to accelerate growth.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
A global multistage venture capital firm that invests in early and growth-stage technology companies, partnering with founders from seed through IPO.
Clear Ventures
An early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to helping disruptive technology innovators build impactful companies through seed capital and operational insights.
What's next for Arrcus?
Following its latest major strategic investment, Arrcus is well-positioned to accelerate its product roadmap and expand its global footprint. The company is expected to leverage this capital to deepen its R&D efforts in network automation and observability, ensuring its software stack remains at the forefront of the industry. As the demand for flexible, high-bandwidth infrastructure continues to surge, Arrcus is likely to focus on scaling its go-to-market operations and strengthening its ecosystem of strategic partnerships. This phase of growth will be critical as the firm transitions from a disruptive innovator to a foundational pillar of the next-generation network architecture, focusing on long-term value creation and market leadership in the software-defined networking space.
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