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Fusion-io company history timeline

2006

Founded in 2006, Fusion-IO makes advanced data storage systems.

2007

A product with the brand name ioDrive was demonstrated and announced in September 2007.

2008

In March 2008, Fusion-io raised $19 million in a series A round of funding from a group of investors led by New Enterprise Associates.

2009

Fusion-io announced $47.5 million in a series B round of investment led by Lightspeed Venture Partners in April 2009.

2010

A third round of funding led by Meritech Capital Partners, with additional capital from Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz, provided a total of $45 million in April 2010.

In May 2010, the Linux block-io principal developer, Jens Axboe, joined Fusion-io after leaving Oracle.

In May 2010, the Linux block-io principal developer, Jens Axboe, joined Fusion-io after leaving Oracle. It was named the second most promising information technology company by The Wall Street Journal in March 2010.

2011

Founded in 2006, Fusion-IO makes advanced data storage systems. It went public in 2011 at a sky high multiple of 41 times the previous year’s sales, valuing the company at $1.48 billion.

2012

In August 2012, Fusion-io announced the ION Data Accelerator software.

2013

At Storage Field Day 3, Fusion-io announced their acquisition of NexGen Storage in April 2013 for $114 million cash and $5 million in stock.

In May 2013, the co-founders David Flynn (CEO) and Rick White (CMO) left.

2014

In June 2014, SanDisk announced its intentions to buy Fusion-io.

However, during the F2Q 2014 earnings call, it was made clear that in Q2 the orders of twelve customers exceeded $1 million each.

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