Cogent Communications Group

company

About

Cogent Communications Group is a facility-based provider of internet access and internet protocol communications services.

  • 501 - 1000

Details

Last Funding Type
Series A
Last Funding Money Raised
$26M
Industries
Internet,Service Industry,Telecommunications
Founded date
Jan 1, 1999
Number Of Employee
501 - 1000
Operating Status
Active

Cogent Communications Group, Inc. is a facilities-based provider of Internet access and Internet Protocol (IP) communications services. Its network is specifically designed and optimized to transmit data using IP. The Company delivers its services primarily to small and medium-sized businesses, communications service providers and other organizations through approximately 21,300 customer connections in North America and Europe. The Company provides its own on-net service at a speed of 100 Megabits per second through its own facilities. Its customers in multi-tenant office buildings are law firms, financial services firms, advertising and marketing firms and other professional services businesses. It also provide on-net Internet access to certain bandwidth-intensive users, such as universities, other Internet service providers (ISPs) and commercial content providers at speeds of up to ten Gigabits per second.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
$116M
Cogent Communications Group has raised a total of $116M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 18, 2000 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jul 18, 2000 Series B $90M 2 Detail
Feb 8, 2000 Series A $26M 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
3
Cogent Communications Group is funded by 3 investors. Nassau Capital and Barnard & Co are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Nassau Capital Series B
Barnard & Co Series B
C.Blair Asset Management Series A