Investing in Umber Networks
This page says what the company is building and why the timing works. The terms, the milestone plan and the financials go to prospective investors directly.
What you are backing
Fi‑Wi puts one building‑wide concentrator behind many commoditized 802.11 radio heads, connected over fiber. The concentrator schedules transmissions across time, space and frequency, so unlicensed spectrum carries traffic on a schedule and the tens of billions of Wi‑Fi devices already deployed keep working unchanged.
The forwarding plane is the invention, and it is written up in full in the Fi‑Wi forwarding plane paper. The company also ships the measurement stack that proves the claims, built on iperf 2, which Umber's founder created and maintains.
- Centralized scheduling for unlicensed spectrum
- Commodity 802.11 silicon at the radio head
- Fiber fronthaul carrying PCIe
- Sonde sensors measuring the last wireless hop
Why now
Fiber install costs are driven by labor rates, so the earlier the plant goes in, the cheaper it is. Fiber is also the only durable plant in a building. It carries DWDM, PCIe and whatever comes after them, which makes it the one cabling decision that stays useful across generations of application‑specific wiring.
The 6 GHz low power indoor mode then gives a wide, clean band that behaves well under central scheduling, which is what turns the fiber plant into deterministic indoor wireless.
Tax treatment
Shares issued by Umber may qualify for qualified small business stock treatment under Section 1202, subject to the applicable requirements. Investors should consult their own tax advisors.
Get the investor material
The investment case, the milestone plan, the financials and the round documents sit behind an account, and investors get their own view of them. Write to investor@umbernetworks.com and we will set one up. Accounts are provisioned individually.
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This page describes the company. It is information about Umber Networks, and it is not an offer to sell securities. Any investment is made through the executed round documents. Statements about plans, milestones and financing are not forecasts or guarantees, and actual results may differ materially.