The two Silicon Valley notables have raised $300 million since 2015 for Fungible, a data center infrastructure startup.
The round also included participation from Norwest Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Mayfield, Redline Capital, and Walden Riverwood Ventures.
The company has raised $300 million since it was founded in 2015 by two Silicon Valley veterans: Juniper Networks founder and former CEO Pradeep Sindhu andSindhu told Business Insider that he disliked the constraints of a traditional pitch deck, and chose to hand-write his presentation on a tablet.
Instead of putting together polished slides in PowerPoint or Keynote, Sindhu opted instead to draw them out on a tablet before presenting to potential investors. "The fact that my slides are hand drawn became a theme," Sindhu told Business Insider."It's not that I wanted to stand out, but it's just how I like to work. I don't like PowerPoint because it constraints you. Being able to draw by hand allows me to be much more expressive."On Thursday, Fungible announced $200 million in Series C funding led by
. Since 2015, Sindhu and his cofounder Bertrand Serlet have raised a total of $300 million from Norwest Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Mayfield, Redline Capital, and Walden Riverwood Ventures."When you had 50 plus meetings with investors they tend to get blurred in your mind," Sindhu said."One of the striking things I remember is hearing 'Oh boy, you're trying to do something big'.
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