Quantenna Named an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner
Leader in Ultra-Reliable 802.11n Wi-Fi Home Video Networking is Lauded for Third Consecutive Year
FREMONT, Calif., August 3, 2011 -- Quantenna Communications, Inc., a leader in ultra-reliable Wi-Fi networking for whole-home entertainment, announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners for the third consecutive year. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst its peers in game-changing approaches to technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. Quantenna Communications was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
“We are pleased to be recognized once again as an AlwaysOn Global 250 winner,” said Sam Heidari, chief executive officer for Quantenna. “This award reinforces Quantenna’s continued innovation in the rapidly growing market for Wi-Fi based HD video home networking.”
Quantenna Communications and the AlwaysOn Global 250 companies were honored at AlwaysOn’s ninth annual Innovation Summit at Santa Clara University last week. The two-day executive gathering highlighted the significant economic, political, and commercial trends affecting the global technology industry. Innovation Summit’s goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.
“This year’s AlwaysOn Global 250 are companies driven by the biggest mega-trends, including the accelerating growth of mobile users, wireless connectivity, cloud computing, SaaS offerings, globalization, and the socialization of commerce and basically everything online,” said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “This year’s winners clearly represent some of the highest-growth opportunities we’ve seen in the private company marketplace in the history of Silicon Valley.”
The AlwaysOn Global 250 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2011 list.
A full list of all the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners for 2011 can be found on the AlwaysOn website.
About Quantenna Communications, Inc.
Quantenna Communications, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company developing standards-based 802.11n MIMO chipsets that deliver the highest levels of performance, speed and reliability for wireless networks and devices. Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., Quantenna has assembled a management and engineering team with a long track record of start-up success, and is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Venrock Associates. For additional information, please visit www.quantenna.com.
About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn's preeminent executive event series includes the Innovation Summit, OnMedia, OnHollywood, Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic / IMPACT 2011, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, GoingGreen Silicon Valley, and GoingGreen East. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.