---
title: "XTERA COMMUNICATIONS INC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/79fdd342-185e-53d8-9af8-fbdb67661ffc
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/79fdd342-185e-53d8-9af8-fbdb67661ffc
identifier: sec:0001122051
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# XTERA COMMUNICATIONS INC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001122051`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/79fdd342-185e-53d8-9af8-fbdb67661ffc  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/79fdd342-185e-53d8-9af8-fbdb67661ffc  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BARRIS PETER J** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5371e54f-a6f6-5045-9fad-153ba8905693
- **NEA PARTNERS 9 L P** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7f3bb43b-f346-56c8-9b09-7bec9d1673c1
- **NELSEN ROBERT** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eaa300c3-45d7-535f-9a87-678e025e82f1
- **HOPPER JON R** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5619034d-a267-5cb1-94a0-c5214924754c
- **ARCH VENTURE PARTNERS VI LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db6df7a9-eb8e-5b8d-bb67-f736c561ab9d
- **ARCH VENTURE PARTNERS VI LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed07988f-0d84-591f-896b-b34f96a1fd66
- **BYBEE CLINTON** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e1a5ed30-1d0e-514b-8bdb-ad7288e7513f
- **CRANDELL KEITH** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b31fd41-500a-5cb1-a77b-41f0d275e1d6
- **BYBEE CLINTON** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e1a5ed30-1d0e-514b-8bdb-ad7288e7513f
- **NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES 9 L P** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/82ec7259-fd7c-5ccd-bb81-55776f62f6fe
- **HOPPER JON R** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5619034d-a267-5cb1-94a0-c5214924754c
- **ARCH VENTURE FUND VI LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3a9191ba-884b-554d-a6e5-528b5ab5ca0d
- **WELLCOME TRUST LTD** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5894bbbd-4605-5adc-975e-3e13943cbe5e
- **HIGGERSON CLIFFORD H** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/712bbeb5-c6f0-58cd-88c8-1911b3a07271
- **CHINNICI JOSEPH R** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d1a9ddd-a53b-5086-8d7c-06783f59cef0
- **MCLAREN JOHN** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c3c9d934-de31-52bf-9e08-4849dd3d3abe
- **FROMBERG BARRY A** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de49cb81-eb50-5122-830a-46700e92f070
- **BARKLEY LES** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6a97c64a-4fde-5e33-8063-4718864a33ae
- **LAZARUS STEVEN** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/596b69f1-9e12-58c1-9d23-f9c43b629b01
- **JAGGERS JOHN V** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df5cd9f1-9835-5123-ba29-2281d0eff97d
- **ARCH ENTREPRENEURS FUND LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32cfc013-a556-5ba8-906e-1275831e8ca9
- **KIMZEY JACKIE R** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/46d4187b-c124-53fc-b4ce-8447b4df25c1
- **COLAN PAUL J** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c3b53d09-abeb-51e7-8771-90843ec3b876
- **DOW STEPHEN M** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54eebf9d-5bf1-5a82-a9eb-43857bd61ac0
- **ARCH VENTURE FUND IVA LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b9a104e-10de-5c90-836c-d8ab9c7c6a37
- **PHIPPS CHARLES H** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e1abb60e-e405-5394-acec-430f0a080109
- **SRB ASSOCIATES VII LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0f23bab9-0d99-52e3-95ff-d49e9447a82b
- **BAYLESS JON W** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f5ca10b3-c671-5190-b4ce-bec35c22ec4f
- **ARCH VENTURE PARTNERS IV LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/afd3a13c-db1a-5f36-a2d6-90ebd07cf23e
- **ARCH VENTURE FUND III L P** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c0accd40-d190-5742-960d-572cc048d08f
- **WELLCOME TRUST INVESTMENTS 2 UNLIMITED** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94296b94-6127-5368-9aeb-2e58ecaf759a
- **BAYLESS JON W** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f5ca10b3-c671-5190-b4ce-bec35c22ec4f
- **Martin Kevin J** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0955c326-fce2-5193-ae5c-9773996fcbae
- **DOMENIK STEPHEN L** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9edc2293-fa52-58cf-8f98-b4d2cbda3a34
- **ARCH VENTURE PARTNERS LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e2607fbb-d95b-5704-8fd3-cf96f4d2aca6
- **HENDERSON KEITH** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6e3ea13a-5a9c-5bb6-b2da-b810a4da4b29
- **FEVRIER HERVE** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7bae68be-f87a-5a27-9fdf-4229dc3c3c34
- **ARCH VENTURE FUND IV L P** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/deedb1e4-a5c0-5938-8c7d-34f79120b45e
- **SEVIN ROSEN VII AFFILIATES FUND LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de708dda-7686-53de-a89f-0d2d0c3966ee
- **SEVIN ROSEN FUND VII LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f5796c96-2dc5-53a5-a5e9-7e1a990f9428
- **OTAKE GARY** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ad2317a7-4a94-52e6-b203-e860e0f38eca

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **41-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **XTERA COMMUNICATIONS INC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/79fdd342-185e-53d8-9af8-fbdb67661ffc · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/79fdd342-185e-53d8-9af8-fbdb67661ffc._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._