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R.I.P., Sycamore Networks
BY TEAM VCC
After reaching a peak market value of $40 billion in March 2000, making founder Gururaj Deshpande one of the richest Indian Americans, Sycamore has now folded up.
In the world of technology, stardom seldom lasts forever. Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande was one of the richest persons in the US by virtue of his 21 per cent equity in Sycamore Networks (an optical fibre gear maker he...
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