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Kazan Networks closes $4.5M Series A funding round

Auburn, California-based storage networking company Kazan Networks has closed a $4.5 million Series A funding round led by Samsung Ventures, with participation from Intel Capital and Western Digital.

“Kazan Networks is developing products that are enabling the overall NVMe over Fabrics ecosystem, and we are happy to participate in their Series A round,” said Jay Chong, vice president at Samsung Ventures.

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