Aperto nails down $569K for WiMax base stations
WiMax equipment provider Aperto Networks has raised $569,000 in equity, reports VentureWire. Before now, the Milpitas, Calif., company had raised $159 million from Alliance Venture, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom, JAFCO Ventures, JK&B Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures. It brought in $170,000 in debt financing in June, and $20 million before that in April 2008.
Aperto makes WiMax base stations and network equipment for residential and commercial deployments.
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