SwiftTest Got $7.25 Million in Series B

Santa Clara, CA based SwiftTest Inc., provider of testing and analytics solutions for the data center, has secured $7.25 million in series B funding.

The round was led by Azure Capital Partners with Kinetic Venture Partners.

Also contributing to the round were existing investor Benhamou Global Ventures, LLC as well as Miramar Venture Partners, Core Capital Partners and Columbus Nova.

"The IT infrastructure testing market offers a great opportunity due to the sheer complexity of the modern data center," says Paul Weinstein, general partner at Azure Capital Partners. "SwiftTest’s innovative technology enables them to fill a critical void in the market. We’re thrilled to join them in their mission."

Since delivering its first product three years ago, SwiftTest has signed an array of Fortune 500 customers in networked storage testing. With SwiftTest, IT organizations run their data center efficiently and equipment manufacturers get their products to market faster and more efficiently. The product suite was built with the intelligence and performance to test with accurate, real-world traffic and scalability.

"SwiftTest’s mission is to empower infrastructure experts. Our solutions provide them with the insight they need into the behavior of today’s sophisticated data center technology," says Philippe Vincent, president and CEO of SwiftTest. "Partnerships with our investors, including Azure, play an important role in our ability to do this."

The new funding will enable to deepen product offering and accelerate go to market strategy.

Eric Benhamou, chairman and CEO of Benhamou Global Ventures, has advised the company since inception: "The SwiftTest team possesses deep domain expertise and has built a product that solves new infrastructure problems that legacy technologies can’t handle. I’m excited to be part of the journey."