Mintera gathers $1.65M financing round

5/11/2010

MHT
By Michelle Lang

Optical equipment maker Mintera Corp. has taken in $1.65 million in a combination of debt and equity financing, according to a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The latest round of funding brings the total investment in Mintera to more than $81 million. No investors were listed, but Mintera’s previous backers include Polaris Venture Partners of Waltham, RRE Ventures of New York, Court Square Ventures, Star Ventures and Portview Communications Partners.

The Acton-based company last received funding – in the amount of $4 million – in October, when its filing indicated a plan to raise $4.9 million in financing.

Mintera makes 40 gigabit-per-second modules for long-haul optical networking. Founded in 2000, the company shipped its first overseas product in February 2007 with its 40 Gbps DWDM transport subsystem to be used by an unnamed Asia-Pacific systems company.