Agami, a Sunnyvale-based storage company, has raised a further $45 million in funding, coming near to the $50 million we reported the might be seeking in November.

The company also has an option to extend the funding round, its third. Advanced Equities led, and was joined by previous investors New Enterprise Associates, Kleiner Perkins, APEX Venture Partners, Alta Partners, TIF Ventures and Duff Ackerman Goodrich, and new investor ITOCHU Corporation, as well as CEO David Stiles.

Agami makes its own enterprise network storage systems, and competes with companies like 3Par. The company has raised $109 million to date, which suggests that it might be shooting for an IPO at some point.