US-based storage company Nexenta has raised an undisclosed amount from computer manufacturer Dell’s corporate venturing arm, Dell President Marius Haas disclosed at Nexenta’s annual conference last week.
Nexenta develop NexentaStor, a cloud-and-virtualisation optimised storage platform.
Nexenta has raised close to $50m in funding. In January the company received an undisclosed investment from SanDisk Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of flash storage company SanDisk.
The company secured $24m in a series D round of funding in 2013 from the corporate venturing units of Sumitomo and UMC, Four Rivers Group, Menlo Ventures, TransLink Capital, Javelin Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Razor’s Edge Ventures, Presidio Ventures and West Summit Capital.
In 2011, Nexenta raised $21m in series C funding, led by Menlo Ventures and featuring Sierra Ventures, Razor’s Edge Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners and TransLink Capital.