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Nimble Storage has raised $91.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at Nimble Storage.
Nimble Storage was founded in 2008 by Suresh Vasudevan (Founder) and Varun Mehta (Founder) and Umesh Maheshwari (Founder).
Nimble Storage has raised $91.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
HPE Nimble Storage provides proactive data management and support services to optimize data storage management investments, enabling organizations to focus on strategy.
Key people at Nimble Storage.
Nimble Storage has raised $91.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $41.0M Series E in September 2012.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2012 | $41M Series E | — | Accel, ARTIS Ventures, Foundation Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield, Forest Baskett, Notable Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Unusual Ventures, UP.Partners, Wing Venture Capital, Mike Gordon | Announced |
| Jul 1, 2011 | $25M Series D | — | Accel, ARTIS Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Unusual Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Mike Gordon | Announced |
| Dec 1, 2010 | $16M Series C | — | Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Unusual Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Mike Gordon | Announced |
| Dec 1, 2008 | $9M Series A | — | Sequoia Capital, Wing Venture Capital, Mike Gordon | Announced |
Nimble Storage was founded in 2008 by Suresh Vasudevan (Founder) and Varun Mehta (Founder) and Umesh Maheshwari (Founder).
Nimble Storage has raised $91.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Nimble Storage's investors include Accel, Artis Ventures (AV), Foundation Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield, Forest Baskett, Notable Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Unusual Ventures, UP.Partners, Wing Venture Capital.
Nimble Storage is an enterprise storage company specializing in AI-driven predictive flash storage solutions that optimize performance and capacity utilization. It offers hybrid and all-flash storage arrays enhanced by its proprietary InfoSight predictive analytics platform, which helps prevent downtime by forecasting and resolving issues proactively. Nimble primarily serves midrange to enterprise customers seeking reliable, high-performance storage with integrated data protection. In 2017, Nimble was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), which integrated Nimble’s technology into its broader hybrid IT and flash storage portfolio to accelerate growth and expand market reach[1][2][3].
Founded in 2008, Nimble Storage was created by a team with deep expertise in storage technology, aiming to solve the challenges of traditional storage systems by leveraging flash technology combined with intelligent software. The company gained early traction through innovations like its CASL (Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout) file system and InfoSight analytics platform. Nimble went public in 2013 and rapidly expanded its product line with hybrid and all-flash arrays, earning recognition for fast growth and technological leadership before its $1.09 billion acquisition by HPE in 2017[2].
Nimble Storage capitalized on the rapid shift from traditional disk-based storage to flash-based solutions, riding the wave of increasing demand for faster, more reliable, and software-defined storage systems. The timing of its acquisition by HPE was strategic, as the flash storage market was growing at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 17%, with hybrid IT becoming a dominant enterprise infrastructure model. Nimble’s predictive analytics and hybrid flash technology positioned it well to influence the evolution of storage toward more intelligent, automated, and cloud-integrated systems[1][4].
Post-acquisition, Nimble Storage’s technology continues to be a cornerstone of HPE’s hybrid IT strategy, with ongoing innovation expected in AI-driven storage management and expanded flash offerings. Future trends shaping Nimble’s journey include increased adoption of software-defined storage, cloud integration, and further automation to reduce operational complexity. As data volumes grow and enterprises demand faster, more reliable storage, Nimble’s predictive and hybrid flash solutions are poised to maintain strong relevance and influence within HPE’s broader portfolio and the enterprise storage market[1][3].
