Sirocco Systems (acq. by Sycamore Networks)
Sirocco Systems was Jon Reeve's second venture and one of the pioneering developers of metropolitan area optical networking equipment. BVP's Felda Hardymon led the seed and A round investments in the company, which was subsequently purchased by Sycamore Networks (NASDAQ: SCMR) in 2000.
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