Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners bets on Aryaka and SD-WAN [Video]

One of the leaders in Aryaka’s recent financing, DTCP sees the potential of SD-WAN and believes Aryaka will excel in this market

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This week, global software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) provider Aryaka announced its series D financing round. The round was led by two new investors, Third Point Ventures and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP), displaying strong endorsement of the company’s global SD-WAN platform. Existing investors participated in the round, too, demonstrating its belief in the potential of SD-WAN and Aryaka. 

SD-WANs have been seen by some to be the death knell for traditional service providers offering MPLS and IP VPN, and until now, no investment in the technology has been made by a major telecommunications company. 

To better understand what preceded DTCP’s positive appraisal of the SD-WAN market and why it chose to invest into Aryaka, I interviewed Jack Young, partner and head of venture capital at DTCP. 

You, as a venture capitalist, look at hundreds of …