Simplivity
Enterprise infrastructureUSA
New to Unitard
π€ Acquired
PeakΒ $1.1 BillionToday
-41%
from peak
- π¦Became a unicornMar 2015
- πPeak valuation$1.1 Billion β15
- πBecame a UnitardJan 2017
- πΈLast valuation~$649M
Current status
Acquired Β· ~$650M
The rise & fall
5 moments Β· 2009β2017The key moments.
2009
2009
Founded outside Boston
Doron Kempel's bet that the whole data-center stack could collapse into one box.
TechCrunch
Mar 2015
Mar 2015
The peak: a $1.1B infrastructure unicorn$1.1B
A Series D values SimpliVity at ~$1.1B as the hyperconverged wars heat up.
TechCrunch
2016
2016
Nutanix beats it to Wall Street
Its archrival goes public while SimpliVity stays private β and the data-center market keeps consolidating around bigger players.
TechCrunch
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Acquired by HPE for $650M$650M
All cash, roughly 41% below the peak β the independent path ends on HPE's terms.
TechCrunch
How it happened
SimpliVity was a U.S. hyperconverged enterprise infrastructure company that reached a ~$1.1B valuation in 2015. As competition intensified in the data-center market, it was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise in January 2017 for about $650M, roughly 41% below its peak private valuation.
Source: TechCrunch/SEC; HPE acq. $650M, Jan 2017
Founder
Current roles as self-reported on LinkedIn, retrieved 2026-08-21. See our methodology.
