Raytheon BBN Technologies

company

About

Raytheon BBN Technologies is an R&D organization that leverages its substantial intellectual property portfolio to produce solutions.

  • 501 - 1000

Details

Last Funding Type
Series Unknown
Industries
Intellectual Property,Internet,Web Hosting
Founded date
Jan 1, 1948
Number Of Employee
501 - 1000
Operating Status
Active

Started in 1948 by MIT professors, BBN Technologies has churned out technologies ranging from packet switching (1969) to the first network email (1971) to the first router (1976). The legendary R&D organization changed hands several times, most recently being acquired by Raytheon on September 1, 2009, following a management-led buyout from Verizon five years earlier. With expertise spanning information security, speech and language processing, networking, distributed systems, and sensing and control systems, BBN scientists and engineers have amassed a substantial collection of innovations and patented solutions.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
Raytheon BBN Technologies has raised a total of — in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 1, 2004 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Apr 1, 2004 Series Unknown 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
Raytheon BBN Technologies is funded by 1 investors. General Catalyst are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
General Catalyst Series Unknown