Comments on: Google Invests in Meraki

By: Meraki Raises $20M Series B - GigaOM

Meraki Raises $20M Series B - GigaOM — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:36:34 +0000

[...] And initiative like that needs funding, as does Meraki’s main goal of selling its Wi-Fi hardware. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company’s backers in this latest round include Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, and Northgate Capital. Back in February of last year, Sequoia led a Series A round investment of $5 million, and Google and angel investors gave Meraki a seed round in November 2006. [...]

By: ZzeusS

ZzeusS — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:59:43 +0000

The Mini’s are $49 in full commercial mode, now.

By: Martina

Martina — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:23:05 +0000

I don’t have any problems with google-mail, adsense or other google services!

By: Ravenii

Ravenii — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:03:53 +0000

I have known the roofnet gang for a while, and since all of them are behind Meraki, there is no loss for brain power, roofnetters on a sabbatical at meraki now!. Marketing and Management seems take shape now.

By: ?

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:11:45 +0000

Is there any money in this space? So many companies have come & gone!

By: VC Headlines

VC Headlines — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:38:32 +0000

Google invests less than $1M in Meraki for indoor WiFi…

Compared to other companies its size, Google makes few venture investments, preferring to buy companies…

By: vervalred

vervalred — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:52:20 +0000

this is the hottest thing on the planet. smokin’!!

By: Chetan

Chetan — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:35:04 +0000

I think Meraki is a scaled up[Technology] Fonero which will let people share the net with or without cost. So one thing is clear, Google is backing the open wireless internet as it is an investor in Fon.com too.

By: Kimo Crossman

Kimo Crossman — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:17:27 +0000

This may explain Google’s recent reported interest in setting up an additional WiFi network in San Francisco on top of the Earthlink one being negotiated:

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By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:39:06 +0000

Rajeev, the main advantage of Meraki is that they also have a network management system so that the ISP can provision the user devices. Meraki’s target market is service providers, not end users.

By: Rajeev

Rajeev — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:39:55 +0000

Not sure how Meraki is different from say flashing a linksys with DDWRT or Sveasoft firmware.

By: Silicon Valley Watcher--reporting on the business and culture of innovation

Silicon Valley Watcher--reporting on the business and culture of innovation — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:30:24 +0000

11.30.06: Google's Wi-Fi invest, patent obviousness, and oh yeah, Vista…

Google is one of several bridge investors in Meraki Networks, a wireless mesh provider that Google has shown interest in regarding the San Francisco WiFi Project, Katie Fehrenbacher writes on GigaOm. co-founder Sanjit Biswas Biswas wouldn’t specify t…

By: dave

dave — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:53:29 +0000

man that is some cool stuff…my only concern is that network sharing may violate every isp's terms of service…if not, i'd love to get some folks to donate and set up a shared neighborhood network, maybe do another for the town center area (you know, to take down tmobile's starbucks thing)…

has anybody examined conflicts with the isp user agreements on shared network bandwidth?

also, now that millennial has been acquired, they oughta hire their brilliant mit brethren (sokwoo and sheng, both right down the street dudes!)…these guys already solved some power consumption puzzles for ad hoc self organizing wireless mesh, perhaps they could apply their brains to the consumer problem? sokwoo, are you reading this?

By: PakiAss

PakiAss — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:11:13 +0000

What a bold move by googlie