Mushroom Networks, Inc. is a telecommunications company in San Diego, California. Mushroom Networks was founded in 2004, by electrical and computer engineers Rene L. Cruz, Cahit Akin, and Rajesh Mishra. It was spun off from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and got support from the von Liebig Center. Mushroom Networks also received initial funding and support from ITU Ventures, a Los Angeles investment firm.