Iomega Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1980

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 243

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $213M

Iomega General Information

Description

Manufacturer of personal and professional storage products based in San Diego, California. The company offers digital storage drives, hard disks, removable disk drives, external drives, multimedia readers and server backup kits.

Contact Information

Website
www.lenovoemc.com
Formerly Known As
Databyte
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Corporate Office
  • 10955 Vista Sorrento Parkway
  • San Diego, CA 92130
  • United States
+1 (858)
Primary Industry
Storage (IT)
Acquirer
Dell EMC
Vertical(s)
Manufacturing, TMT
Corporate Office
  • 10955 Vista Sorrento Parkway
  • San Diego, CA 92130
  • United States
+1 (858)

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Iomega Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
6. Merger/Acquisition 08-Apr-2008 $213M Completed Generating Revenue
5. General Corporate Purpose 01-Feb-1997 Completed Startup
4. IPO 26-Mar-1990 Completed Startup
3. Early Stage VC Completed Startup
2. Early Stage VC $5M $5M Completed Startup
1. Early Stage VC Completed Startup
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Iomega Comparisons

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Manufacturer of personal and professional storage products based in San Diego, California. The company offers digital st
Storage (IT)
San Diego, CA
243 As of 2007

Taipei, Taiwan
 

Princeton, NJ
 
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Iomega Competitors (18)

One of Iomega’s 18 competitors is Transcend Information, a Corporation company based in Taipei, Taiwan.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Transcend Information Corporation Taipei, Taiwan
Dataram Corporate Backed or Acquired Princeton, NJ
ADATA Corporation New Taipei, Taiwan
PNY Technologies Formerly PE-Backed Parsippany, NJ
LaCie Corporate Backed or Acquired Singapore, Singapore
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Iomega Patents

  • 595

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 108

    Granted

  • 32

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Iomega Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-8255650-B1 Systems and methods for making incremental physical to virtual backups of computer system data Active 29-Dec-2009
US-D537367-S1 Wrist watch Inactive 25-May-2005
AU-2003290880-A8 System and method using magnetoresistive heads on flexible substrate rotating magnetic media employing a robust contact head-disk interface Inactive 15-Nov-2002
AU-2003295477-A8 Bifurcated load ramps for removable storage cartridge Inactive 15-Nov-2002
AU-2003290880-A1 System and method using magnetoresistive heads on flexible substrate rotating magnetic media employing a robust contact head-disk interface Inactive 15-Nov-2002 G11B5/3967
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Iomega Former Investors (3)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Harrison Metal Capital Venture Capital Minority
Idanta Partners Venture Capital Minority
U.S. Venture Partners Venture Capital Minority
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Iomega Investments & Acquisitions (6)

Iomega’s most recent deal was a Merger/Acquisition with CSCI. The deal was made on 06-Aug-2006.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
CSCI 06-Aug-2006 Merger/Acquisition IT Consulting and Outsourcing
ByteTaxi 06-Jan-2005 Early Stage VC Systems and Information Management
Calimetrics 23-Mar-2001 Later Stage VC Industrial Supplies and Parts
SYQT 01-Apr-1999 Merger/Acquisition Computers, Parts and Peripherals
Calimetrics Early Stage VC Industrial Supplies and Parts
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Iomega FAQs

  • When was Iomega founded?

    Iomega was founded in 1980.

  • Where is Iomega headquartered?

    Iomega is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

  • What is the size of Iomega?

    Iomega has 243 total employees.

  • What industry is Iomega in?

    Iomega’s primary industry is Storage (IT).

  • Is Iomega a private or public company?

    Iomega is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Iomega?

    The current valuation of Iomega is .

  • What is Iomega’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Iomega is .

  • How much funding has Iomega raised over time?

    Iomega has raised $5M.

  • Who are Iomega’s investors?

    Harrison Metal Capital, Idanta Partners, and U.S. Venture Partners have invested in Iomega.

  • Who are Iomega’s competitors?

    Transcend Information, Dataram, ADATA, PNY Technologies, and LaCie are some of the 18 competitors of Iomega.

  • When was Iomega acquired?

    Iomega was acquired on 08-Apr-2008.

  • Who acquired Iomega?

    Iomega was acquired by Dell EMC.

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