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Cisco Investments

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Description

Cisco Investments is a corporate venture capital arm of Cisco that offers direct and fund of funds investments.

Investor Profile

Cisco Investments has made 207 investments, with 20 in the past 12 months and 19% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Series B (25%)
  • Series C (20%)
  • Series A (16%)
  • Series Unknown (15%)
  • Series D (9%)
  • Series E (5%)
  • Private Equity (2%)
  • Series F (1%)
  • Seed (1%)
  • Debt Financing (1%)

Country Focus

  • United States (80%)
  • Israel (7%)
  • Canada (3%)
  • United Kingdom (2%)
  • Australia (1%)
  • Spain (1%)
  • France (1%)
  • Taiwan (1%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Cyber Security
  • Enterprise Software
  • Saas
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Analytics
  • Network Security
  • Machine Learning
  • Security
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Cisco Investments frequently co-invest with?

New Enterprise Associates
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 11
Norwest Venture Partners
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 10
Dell Technologies Capital
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 10
Insight Partners
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 9
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 12
Battery Ventures
North America, Massachusetts, United States, Boston
Co-Investments: 14
Salesforce Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 10
Bessemer Venture Partners
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 10
Lightspeed Venture Partners
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 20
Intel Capital
North America, California, United States, Santa Clara
Co-Investments: 9

Which angels does Cisco Investments often collaborate with?

JJ
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
AS
North America, District of Columbia, United States, Washington
Shared Deals: 1
MA
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
NF
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
TN
North America, Georgia, United States, Atlanta
Shared Deals: 1
RH
North America, District of Columbia, United States, Washington
Shared Deals: 1
MA
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
MG
North America, Montana, United States, Whitefish
Shared Deals: 1
EG
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Shlomo Kramer
Asia, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv
Shared Deals: 4

What are some of recent deals done by Cisco Investments?

GetReal Labs

San Mateo, California, United States

GetReal Labs is to protect businesses throughout the world from the risks caused by the malicious use of modified and synthetic data.

Information TechnologyInternet
Series AMar 26, 2025
Amount Raised: $17,500,000
SpecterOps

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

SpecterOps is a cybersecurity company that provides services and training solutions to help enterprises defend against attacks.

Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyNetwork SecurityTraining
Series BMar 5, 2025
Amount Raised: $75,000,000
Anthropic

San Francisco, California, United States

Anthropic is an AI research company that focuses on the safety and alignment of AI systems with human values.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Series EMar 3, 2025
Amount Raised: $3,500,000,000
SGNL.AI

Palo Alto, California, United States

SGNL is a dynamic access management solution that offers context-based intelligence and prevention.

Cloud InfrastructureCloud ManagementIdentity ManagementSaaS
Series AFeb 12, 2025
Amount Raised: $30,000,000
Fiddler AI

Palo Alto, California, United States

Fiddler provides enterprise model performance management software that allows monitoring, explaining, analyzing, and improving ML models.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataEnterpriseMachine LearningSoftware
Series BDec 12, 2024
Amount Raised: $18,600,000
Aviz Networks

San Jose, California, United States

Aviz Networks is an AI-driven networking solutions company addressing data center demands and transforming the networking software stack.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySoftware
Series ANov 21, 2024
Amount Raised: $17,000,000
Lightning AI

New York, New York, United States

Lightning AI is the first operating system for AI. Build AI models and Lightning Apps (end to end ML systems).

Artificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerMachine LearningSoftwareSoftware Engineering
Series UnknownNov 21, 2024
Amount Raised: $50,000,000
VISO TRUST

San Francisco, California, United States

VISO Trust is a SaaS third-party cyber risk management for the modern enterprise.

Cyber SecurityRisk ManagementSaaSSecurity
Series UnknownNov 21, 2024
Amount Raised: $7,000,000
Enfabrica

Mountain View, California, United States

Enfabrica is an AI networking chip startup that develops networking solutions for parallel and accelerated computing infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySemiconductorSoftware
Series CNov 19, 2024
Amount Raised: $115,000,000
Descycle

London, England, United Kingdom

British e-waste recycling & metal recovery startup

CleanTechRecyclingSustainability
Series ANov 18, 2024
Amount Raised: $12,932,576