Aerohive Networks, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., has hired two people on to its management team. Dean Hickman-Smith, formerly senior vice president of worldwide sales at Proofpoint, becomes Aerohive’s senior VP of worldwide sales Raphael Gernez, who was formerly a VP of global sourcing and purchasing at SunPower, meanwhile joins as VP of operations.

Aerohive is a cloud-based networking company that has raised $75 million over its six years in business, including from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northern Light Venture Capital, and New Enterprise Associates.

Aerohive Networks acquired privately-held Pareto Networks, which is a in cloud-based networking company. Aerohive is a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based maker of a cooperative control wireless LAN architecture.It is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Northern Light Venture Capital.

Aerohive Networks Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based developer of “cooperative control” wireless LAN access points, has raised $23.5 million in Series C funding. Return backers included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northern Light Venture Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Aerohive previously raised $24 million.

Aerohive Networks Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based developer of “cooperative control” wireless LAN access points, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the deal, and was joined by return backers Northern Light Venture Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Aerohive had raised a $4 million Series A round in [...]