Celtro Ltd., an Israel-based provider of switching solutions for the mobile backhaul market, has raised $20 million in new VC funding. Rho Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backers Genesis Partners and Cedar Fund.
This funding round demonstrates continuing confidence in the Celtro's accomplishments in the fast growing mobile backhaul network market.
“We are delighted to have raised such a significant round of funding, and are encouraged by our investors' confidence in what has become one of the most important mobile infrastructure playing fields – the backhaul network,” said Ron Zor, Chairman and CEO of Celtro. “We are especially pleased to welcome Rho Ventures as an investor, whose history of long-term investments and wealth of knowledge in the communications sector will add real value to our business,” he continued.
“We have followed the Celtro story for three years. The management team has delivered exceptional performance year after year, and leveraged its innovative technology platform into meaningful traction with some of the world's leading mobile operators,” said Ben Terk, partner with Rho Ventures.
In conjunction with the financing, Ben Terk will be joining the Celtro Board of Directors. Mr. Terk currently serves on the boards of Alien Technology, IdenTrust, Gearworks, PHT and Solicore.
About Celtro
Celtro provides creative mobile backhaul switching solutions that improve service delivery, increase network efficiency, and facilitate smooth backhaul network evolution – helping providers enhance revenues, improve customer satisfaction, lower operational costs and optimize their backhaul network assets. Already adopted by top-tier providers worldwide, Celtro's solutions focus solely on the cellular backhaul.
Celtro has commercially deployed its backhaul switching products in the mobile networks of more than 50 leading operators, servicing more than 350 million subscribers in Europe, Africa and
About Rho Ventures
Rho Ventures, a division of Rho Capital Partners, has been backing emerging and high growth companies primarily in the