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August 23, 2012 03:30 pm GMT

Data Center Analytics Startup CloudPhysics Raises $2.5 Million From Mayfield Partners, VMware Co-Founders

CloudPhysics_logo_v6_SCloudPhysics has raised $2.5 million from the Mayfield Fund and VMware Co-Founders Diane Greene and MendelRosenblum among other angel investors. The company will use the investment to build out an analytics platform for monitoring performance of a new emerging class of data center technology.This is an interesting play. CloudPhysics' two co-founders areformer high-ranking VMware executives John Blumenthal and Irfan Ahmad. Both have been working as entrepreneurs in residence at the Mayfield Fund, developing CloudPhysics. Their pedigree is confirmed by theprestigiousbackers who have come forward as investors. This is in particular reference to Greene and Rosenblum, who are married and have had quite a run since starting VMware. Nicira, the network virtualization company, is Greene's most recent investment to show greatreturns. The company sold last month to VMware for $1.26 billion.

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