Panther Express is a

content delivery network A content delivery network (CDN) or content distribution network is a geographically distributed network of proxy servers and their data centers. The goal is to provide high availability and performance ("speed") by distributing the service spat ...

(CDN) based in New York City. The company was founded in August 2005 by

Dwight Merriman Dwight Merriman (born August 5, 1968) is an American Internet executive, racing driver, and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. Best known for co-founding DoubleClick with Kevin O'Connor and serving as its CTO for 10 years, Merrima ...

, Kevin P. Ryan, Ryan Nitz and Pablo Mayrgundter. All the founders came from

DoubleClick DoubleClick Inc. was an American advertisement company that developed and provided Internet ad serving services from 1995 until its acquisition by Google in March 2008. DoubleClick offered technology products and services that were sold primaril ...

, a company co-founded by Dwight and headed by Kevin. On February 25, 2009, Panther Express and

CDNetworks Founded in 2000, CDNetworks is a full-service content delivery network (CDN) which provides technology, network infrastructure, and customer services for the delivery of Internet content and applications. The company is positioning itself as a mu ...

merged.

Investors

*2005 — Angel:

and Kevin P. Ryan provide the undisclosed

seed capital Seed money, also known as seed funding or seed capital, is a form of securities offering in which an investor puts capital in a startup company in exchange for an equity stake or convertible note stake in the company. The term ''seed'' suggests ...

. *2006 — Series A:

Greylock Partners Greylock Partners is one of the oldest venture capital firms, founded in 1965, with committed capital of over $3.5 billion under management. The firm focuses on early-stage companies in consumer and enterprise software. History Greylock wa ...

invests $6 million. *2008 — Series B:

Index Ventures Index Ventures is a European venture capital firm with headquarters in both San Francisco and London. It invests primarily in tech companies. History Index Ventures has its origins in a Switzerland, Swiss bond (finance), bond-trading firm cal ...

, Gold Hill Capital and Grelock Partners invest $15.75 million.Alley Insider - Panther Express Closes $16 Million Series B
/ref> *2009 — Merger with

References

External links

Panther Express home page

Akamai & the CDN Price Wars

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