Avanex is backed by a successful group of venture capital companies
 Crosspoint Venture Partners
Companies include Com21 (cable modem), Diamond Lane (DSL Access), Covad (CLEC in California, Juniper Networks (BFR), PairGain (DSL Links), Brocade.
 JAFCO America
Companies include Ciena, International Wireless Communications, Monterey Networks (high-capacity telecom switching) AFC.
 Sequoia Capital
Their investment portfolio includes Cisco, Stratacom, 3Com, Monterey Networks, Yahoo!
 Mayfield Fund
Companies in their investment portfolio include Intel, Bay-Network, Oracle, 3Com, Ascend, Wavesplitter, Informix, Qtera. |
