-Crescendo Ventures, Cisco Systems, Investor AB and ITACT Lead the Round


Stockholm, Sweden-October 30, 2002-Optillion, a leader in fiber optic
transceiver technology, announced today that it has concluded its Series
C financing round, raising an additional $15 million. Led by Crescendo
Ventures, Cisco Systems, ITACT, and Investor AB via Investor Growth
Capital, its venture capital company, the latest round brings the total
venture financing raised by Optillion to $70 million during the past two
years. All four investors participated in Series B, and ITACT, a Swedish
venture capital firm, provided Optillion's seed funding.

"We continue to invest in Optillion because of the company's strong
technical and commercial positioning in the market," remarked Roeland
Boonstoppel, General Partner at Crescendo Ventures. "Optillion's
management has demonstrated the ability to execute to their business
plan, and...