Cisco Investments
Corporate VCSan Jose · Seed–Late Stage · 34 people tracked
Investment thesis
Cisco Investments is the corporate venture arm of Cisco, investing in, merging with, and acquiring fast-growing technology startups for over thirty years.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 30, 2026.
Team · 34 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 104 of 292 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×60Enterprise Software ×60Cybersecurity ×41SaaS ×41Cloud Computing ×27Data & Infrastructure ×22Developer Tools ×15Deep Tech ×11
HQs:United States×70Israel×4Australia×2India×2Canada×1China×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 77 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×332 founders×283 founders×74+ founders×9
Where their founders studiedfrom 63 founders with education data
Harvard University ×6Stanford University ×6Tel Aviv University ×5Technion ×3Caltech ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Rice University ×2Stony Brook University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 69 founders with career history
OpenAI ×6AOL ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×3DeepMind ×3Facebook ×3IBM ×3Meta ×3Stanford University ×3
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
14 founders hold a PhD · 7 hold an MBA (of 65 with degree data)
Investments · 292 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 62024 · 32023 · 42019 · 12018 · 12015 · 12014 · 120 dated
Ambiq develops ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions and edge AI platforms for IoT and healthcare applications.
AI & Machine LearningIoTSemiconductorsAustin, US
Scott Hanson(Executive Officer, Director)inDennis Sylvester(Director)Fumihide Esaka(CEO)Scott Goodwin(Executive Officer)Joseph A. Tautges(Director)Paul Rolls(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsConductive VenturesKleiner PerkinsMatter Venture PartnersMercury FundOUP (Osage University Partners)Soul Capital+3 more
CorPower Ocean develops wave energy converters that transform ocean waves into electricity through biologically-inspired technology.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyHardwareLisbon, PT
Co-investorsAcario InnovationEIT InnoEnergy
3TS Capital is a technology-focused investment firm that leads and co-leads growth rounds in high-growth SMEs, backing proven regional leaders and innovative global challengers.
Sector Agnostic
Co-investorsCatalyst RomaniaTesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)
Actility provides industrial-grade connectivity solutions for low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) and Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, serving service providers and MVNOs with LoRaWAN and cellular technologies through its ThingPark platform.
AgTechCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaS
Olivier Hersent(Co-founder & CEO)Alper Yegin(CTO)
Co-investorsRobert Bosch Venture CapitalBNP Paribas DéveloppementCiscoCreadevFoxconn Technology GroupIdinvest Partners+7 more
ActionIQ is a composable customer data platform that has been acquired by Uniphore to support AI-driven customer experience orchestration across enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechNew York, US
NITAY JOFFE(Executive Officer, Director)ANASTASIOS ARGYROS(Executive Officer, Director)Nitay Joffe(Founder)inTasso Argyros(Founder)in
BoardDOUGLAS LEONE(Director)inCARL SPARKS(Director)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersAndreessen HorowitzBowery CapitalFirstMark CapitalInterlock PartnersMarch Capital Partners+1 more
Adbrain links customer data across mobile devices, desktops, and connected TVs to build a unified view of each individual.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechLondon, GB
Elia Videtta(Cofounder)inRashid Mansoor(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstNotion Capitaloctopus investmentsOctopus Ventures
aiMotive develops automotive technology for level-agnostic automated driving, offering an integrated portfolio of tools and embedded solutions that enable rapid development and deployment of production autonomous driving features.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationBudapest, HU
László Kishonti(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalSamsung Catalyst Fund
Airtop provides cloud-based browser automation that turns plain-English descriptions of workflows into deterministic agents able to log in, browse, and act across the open web, behind logins, and inside legacy vendor portals.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Amir Ashkenazi(Founder)inDaniel Shteremberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsHubSpot VenturesIcon VenturesXYZ Venture CapitalGeneral PartnershipSpark Capital
Tewksbury, US
Ashraf M. Dahod(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)John Delea(Executive Officer)
BoardYoav Samet(Director)Kwabena Akufo(Director)Kelly Ahuja(Director)Paul Milbury(Director)
Co-investorsAtlantic Bridge Ventures
Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Dario Amodei(Co-founder & CEO)inDaniela Amodei(Co-founder & President)inTom Brown(Co-founder)inJack Clark(Co-founder & Head of Policy)inJared Kaplan(Co-founder & Chief Science Officer)Chris Olah(Co-founder & Interpretability Research Lead)
Co-investors3Comma Capital7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAccelAlkeon InnovationAllen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator+85 more
AppOmni provides SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) software that secures enterprise SaaS and AI-driven applications to prevent data breaches, using threat research and continuous monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Brian Soby(Co-Founder)inBrendan O'Connor(Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder)Bridget Gleason(CRO and Chief Customer Officer)Tina Hawk(Chief People Officer)
BoardAriel Tseitlin(Director)inPatrick Heim(Director)
Co-investorsClearSkyInner Loop CapitalProsperity7 VenturesScale Venture PartnersSilicon Valley Data CapitalCostanoa Ventures+2 more
Apptio provides AI investment management software that helps organizations track, optimize, and align AI spending across infrastructure, talent, and tooling from prioritization through ROI measurement.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBellevue, US
KURT SHINTAFFER(Executive Officer)SACHIN GUPTA(Executive Officer, Director)Kurt Shintaffer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Sachin Gupta(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Sunny Gupta(Founder)inAjay Patel(General Manager of Apptio and IT Automation at IBM)
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesAndreessen HorowitzFelicis VenturesFPVFUSEGolub Growth+4 more
Radancy offers an AI-powered CRM platform for recruiting teams that consolidates candidate data from multiple sources, automates matching and outreach, and provides analytics to optimize hiring workflows.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Lauren Smith(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Hendrickson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTom Spengler(Director)Richard Natsch(Director)
Co-investorsBlossom Street Ventures
Atom Computing develops large-scale quantum computers using optically-trapped neutral atoms for on-premises deployment.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingBerkeley, US
Ben Bloom(Founder & CEO)in
BoardDror Berman(Director)inEthan Batraski(Director)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesBerkeley FrontierBlue Ivy VenturesBoxGroupCantos VenturesCaruso Ventures+15 more
Delivering software-defined application services for the multi-cloud era
Enterprise SoftwareSanta Clara, US
Ranga Rajagopalan(Co-Founder)Umesh Mahajan(Co-Founder)Murali Basavaiah(Co-Founder)Guru Chahal(Co-Founder)Amit Pandey(Chief Executive Officer)Mark Anderson(Executive Chairman)
Co-investorsDag VenturesGreylock PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Ventures
Aviz Networks develops networking software for open, disaggregated network infrastructure, with a focus on AI-driven operations and data center networking.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Vishal Shukla(CEO, Co-Founder)Chid Perumal(CTO, Co-Founder)Thomas Scheibe(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investorsMoment Ventures, LlcQualcomm Ventures
Ayla Networks provides an IoT platform that enables smart home product development and connectivity for global brands, with support for multiple IoT standards and protocols without vendor lock-in.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHardwareIoTSaaSSilicon Valley, US
John Grady(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesArrowroot CapitalSJF VenturesVoyager CapitalCiscoIFC
Palo Alto, US
Neil Costigan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Olov Renberg(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJosh Pouliot(Director)Ken Gonalez(Director)Alberto Y?pez(Director)Chirs Barchak(Director)
Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalNorthzone
BigID is a data security platform that discovers, classifies, and governs enterprise data across cloud, SaaS, and unstructured environments to enable privacy, security, and compliance.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareMamaroneck, US
Nimrod Vax(Secretary, Director)inDimitri Sirota(President, Treasurer, Chief Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardGil Beyda(Director)inEd Sim(Director)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partnersboldstart venturesClearSkyComcast VenturesGaia VenturesGlynn Capital Management+8 more
Binalyze provides investigation-led security for enterprise security teams, focused on digital forensics and incident response.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsEBRD Venture Capital Investment ProgrammeMolten VenturesOpenOceanCiti Ventures
Co-investors83NorthRed Dot Capital Partners
Chiratae Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and advises startups, running programs across seed, follow-on, and family-office engagement.
Fintech
Co-investorsMilliways VenturesTransLink Capital
Co-investorsVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.
Santa Clara, US
Rajeev Chawla(Executive Officer, Director)Vasu Subbiah(Executive Officer)Gregory Ness(Executive Officer)Raman Chawla(Executive Officer)Anand Iyengar(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardB.V. Jagadeesh(Director)
San Jose, US
Yiren Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Alan Armstrong(Executive Officer, Director)Yiren Ronnie Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph DeFranco(Executive Officer)
BoardLip Bu Tan(Director)inBen Yu(Director)in
Co-investorsBrightstone Venture CapitalCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)We VenturesCelesta CapitalDell Technologies Capital+1 more
Cogniac develops a computer vision AI platform that uses deep learning to enable subject matter experts to train systems to detect visual patterns without extensive technical AI knowledge.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Co-investorsAutotech VenturesVanedge Capital Limited PartnershipWingNational Grid Partners
A no-code platform automating visual inspection tasks in industrial verticals using deep learning.
Co-investorsShield CapitalVanedge CapitalAutotech VenturesNational Grid Partners
Cohda Wireless develops V2X (vehicle-to-everything) technology and connected vehicle solutions that enable communication between vehicles, infrastructure, and pedestrians for automotive OEMs, smart city projects, and mine site safety.
HardwareIoTMobility & Transportation
Paul Gray(Chief Executive Officer)Rhys Godbee(Chief Financial Officer)Bernd Luebben(VP of Business Development)Andrea Ash(VP of Marketing)Kash Munir(VP of Engineering)
Co-investorsKarma Ventures
Cohesity provides cyber resilience software that helps organizations identify and protect the minimal critical datasets and systems needed to restart operations after ransomware attacks or disasters.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Mohit Aron(Founder)inSanjay Poonen(CEO & President)TIMOTHY ROBBINS(Executive Officer)LORENZO MONTESI(Executive Officer)ROB SALMON(Executive Officer)
BoardWILLIAM COUGHRAN(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcArtis VenturesBattery VenturesCoatue ManagementFoundation Capital+20 more
Corelight provides network detection and response (NDR) software that uses agentic triage to automatically consolidate security alerts into entity-centric cases with evidence-backed investigation summaries.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAccelDelta-v CapitalEnergy Impact PartnersFlucas VenturesH.I.G. CapitalH.I.G. Growth Partners+3 more
Corellium runs a virtual hardware platform that creates high-fidelity digital twins of iOS, Android, IoT, and automotive devices on native Arm hardware for software developers, security researchers, and penetration testing teams.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsBoynton Beach, US
AMANDA GORTON(Executive Officer, Director)CHRISTOPHER WADE(MANAGER)
Co-investorsPaladin Capital Group
CoreWeave operates an AI-native cloud platform built to run large-scale AI workloads, combining GPU infrastructure, tooling, and support.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
Michael Intrator(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementG Squared
CTERA provides a data platform that embeds governance, protection, and compliance capabilities to help security teams reduce risk and maintain control across distributed cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersRed Dot Capital PartnersTitan Capital PartnersVenrock
DataRobot develops an AI and machine learning platform that automates model development and deployment for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US
Jeremy Achin(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inThomas de Godoy(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Tom de Godoy(Co-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer)in
BoardHarry Weller(Director)Christopher Lynch(Director)
Co-investorsAMK Investment OfficeB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBallistic VenturesConnetic VenturesConverge+27 more
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture Partners
Deskera offers a cloud-based all-in-one business management platform that combines ERP, MRP, CRM, and HR/time-tracking functions for companies.
Advanced ManufacturingCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsJungle VenturesTembusu PartnersWe VenturesCiscoInnoVen CapitalJungle+1 more
AI-powered software converting video into structured data for advertising and media analysis.
Durham, US
Ben Weinberger(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Berry(Executive Officer)
BoardMaria Cirino(Director)Wright Steenrod(Director)Jan Bouten(Director)Seth Skolnik(Director)
Co-investors.406 VenturesChrysalis Ventures
Dremio provides an Agentic Lakehouse platform that enables fast, governed access to enterprise data across multiple sources without ETL, with an AI Semantic Layer for business context and autonomous infrastructure management.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Tomer Shiran(Founder)inSendur Sellakumar(CEO)in
Co-investorsSapphire VenturesInsight PartnersRedpoint VenturesAlpha Square GroupDTCPGeodesic Capital+5 more
Firstup provides an enterprise communication platform that delivers targeted, personalized messages to employees across mobile, desktop, and physical channels like break room screens.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Bruno, US
Russell Fradin(Executive Officer, Director)Bong Suh(Executive Officer)
BoardScott Irwin(Director)inAjay Chopra(Director)Gian Fulgoni(Director)Karen Francis(Director)
Co-investorsFounders Circle CapitalRembrandt Venture Partners
Co-investorsBattery VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Eliyan develops chiplet interconnect PHY technologies, including its NuLink and NuLink-X products, aimed at increasing bandwidth, power efficiency, and lowering total cost of ownership for generative AI and high-performance computing data center systems.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Ramin Farjadrad(Founder & CEO)inPatrick Soheili(Co-founder & CEO)inSyrus Ziai(Co-founder & VP of Engineering)in
Co-investorsCelesta CapitalCelesta CapitalCleveland AvenueIntel CapitalMESHOpen Field Capital+2 more
Elotl offers an AI Infra Engine that runs AI workloads across hyperscalers, neoclouds, and on-premises datacenters, giving teams access to current models and hardware accelerators.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsHearstLabVertex VenturesXYZ Venture Capital
Enfabrica develops networking silicon and infrastructure for AI and accelerated computing, using a multi-path switched fabric that connects CPUs, GPUs, and memory endpoints with fault tolerance and load distribution.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSemiconductorsMountain View, US
Shrijeet Mukerjee(Director)Rochan Sankar(Executive Officer, Director)inShrijeet Mukherjee(Founder)in
BoardGavin Baker(Director)Stefan Dyckerhoff(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Prosperity7 VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundSpark Capital+7 more
eSentire provides Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity services combining a multi-agent generative AI platform with 24/7 human-led security operations to detect, investigate, and respond to cyberattacks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSWaterloo, CA
Co-investorsWarburg PincusGeorgianEdison PartnersVenture OntarioInformation Venture PartnersLeawood Venture Capital Llc+2 more
Co-investorsAdvance Venture Partners
Expel provides managed detection and response (MDR) services for cybersecurity threats, helping organizations detect and respond to security incidents.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMclean, US
Yanek Korff(Founder)inDave Merkel(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesBurda Principal InvestmentsCapitalGGreycroftIndex VenturesLightbank+4 more
Fiddler AI provides an AI observability and control platform offering experiments, monitoring, guardrails, and governance for enterprise AI agents and compound AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Krishna Gade(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundaVentureBenhamou Global VenturesDentsu VenturesE12 Venture Capital, LlcIn-Q-Tel+20 more
Gainsight provides a customer intelligence platform for revenue and sales teams that helps identify and prevent revenue leakage, optimize renewal processes, and identify expansion opportunities within existing customer bases.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechMountain View, US
Nick Mehta(Chief Executive Officer)inJames Eberlin(Director)Theodore Stann(Chief Financial Officer)
BoardNakul Mandan(Director)Roger Lee(Director)Ajay Agarwal(Director)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersCapital InnovatorsFounders Circle CapitalGolub GrowthInsight Partners+5 more
GetReal Security develops cybersecurity solutions to detect and protect against malicious synthetic content, including deepfakes and manipulated media in images, audio, and video.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareAustin, US
Hany Farid(Founder)inTed Schlein(Founder)inMatt Moynahan(CEO)
Co-investorsBallistic VenturesForgePoint CapitalArtisanal VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersCapital One VenturesK2 Access Fund
Gobi Partners is an Asia-focused venture capital firm that invests early in startups across the region's innovation ecosystems.
Sector AgnosticHong Kong, HK
Gong provides AI agents for revenue teams that automate sales workflows including coaching, forecasting, deal management, and customer engagement.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Amit Bendov(CEO & Founder)inEilon Reshef(Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesCoatue ManagementIndex VenturesKearny JacksonNorwest Venture PartnersSalesforce Ventures+2 more
Gruve helps enterprises build and deploy AI infrastructure solutions that balance technical performance with business returns while managing cost and governance risk.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise Software
Tarun Raisoni(Founder)inSwati Deshpande(Founder)
Co-investorsMayfield FundXora Innovation Pte Ltd
A data center and cloud security company protecting core assets through micro-segmentation controls.
Co-investorsQumra Capital
HashiCorp builds multi-cloud infrastructure automation and security tools such as Terraform and Vault; an IBM subsidiary since 2025.
San Francisco, US
Mitchell Hashimoto(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Armon Dadgar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDavid McJannet(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardScott Raney(Director)inGlenn Solomon(Director)inRobin Vasan(Director)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersFounders Circle CapitalGeodesic CapitalICONIQIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+10 more
Helpshift provides a proactive engagement platform for gaming studios to reduce player churn and maximize lifetime value by targeting players with personalized messaging, live operations support, and VIP account management.
AI & Machine LearningGamingMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsKatalyst VenturesKatalyst.VenturesPortfoliaCiscoIntel CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)+4 more
Hunters builds a security operations platform that combines data engineering, security expertise, and automation to help security teams detect and stop attacks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTel Aviv, IL
Uri May(Founder)Tomer Kazaz(Founder)inIan Forrest(CEO)
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersYL VenturesDTCPStripes
Hunters provides an AI-powered SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platform that automates threat detection, investigation, and response for security operations teams.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersBlumberg CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)StripesUS Venture PartnersYL Ventures+1 more
Provides administrative control, visibility, auditing and data security solutions for private, hybrid and public cloud environments.
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersVanedge CapitalVanedge Capital Limited PartnershipEPIC VENTURESGranite Ventures Llc
Co-investorsClearSkyComcast VenturesKleiner PerkinsSilver Lake Partners
Ineda designs purpose-built silicon and hardware and software systems for Level-5 autonomous driving, using its CRoME technology to process data from cameras, imaging radars, and ultrasound sensors with sub-millisecond response times.
HardwareMobility & TransportationSemiconductorsSanta Clara, US
Surendra Babu Mandava(Executive Officer, Director)Dasaradha Gude(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsSamsung Catalyst FundQualcommQualcomm Ventures
UK small cell vendor supplying 2G/3G/4G/5G-ready picocell and femtocell systems, acquired by Mavenir in 2020.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAmadeus Capital PartnersZouk Capital
Creator of the open source Cilium project, providing eBPF-based Kubernetes networking, security and observability software.
Dan Wendlandt(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzMango CapitalThomvest Ventures
Menlo Park, US
Paul Doersch(Founder)Jay Borenstein(Executive Officer, Director)Ben Stabler(Executive Officer)Nathan Hall-Snyder(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersDCM VenturesG2VPSalesforce Ventures
Kii provides a backend platform for developing, scaling, and managing mobile and IoT applications with integrated analytics, push notifications, and social features.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSTokyo, JP
Masanari Arai(Founder)in
Co-investorsAsset Management CompanyKatalyst VenturesKatalyst.Ventures
Komodor is an autonomous AI SRE platform that provides visualization, troubleshooting, and optimization for Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsTel Aviv, IL
Itiel Shwartz(Founder)inBen Ofiri(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelNFXPitangoTiger Global ManagementFelicis VenturesGround Up Ventures+4 more
Steven Hong(Cofounder)
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Third Point Ventures
Kustomer is an AI-native customer experience (CX) platform that ties every interaction to a complete customer record so AI and human agents can respond with full context, automate conversations, and manage support workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechShort Hills, US
Jeremy Suriel(Director, Promoter)inBrad Birnbaum(Founder)inMichael Chapin(Executive Officer, Promoter)
BoardScott Beechuk(Director)inAlex Bard(Director)inNeeraj Agrawal(Director)in
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesBattery Venturesboldstart venturesCanaan PartnersCoatue ManagementNorwest Venture Partners+3 more
Kyligence provides a metrics and OLAP analytics platform, offering a low-code product (Kyligence Zen) to define, collect, and analyze business metrics with an AI copilot, and an enterprise product (Kyligence Enterprise) built on Apache Kylin for sub-second SQL queries over petabyte-scale data lakes.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Sunny Zhao(Founder)Sylv Chen(Founder)Luke Han(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementRuna CapitalEight Roads Ventures
LangChain provides an agent engineering platform and open source frameworks for developers to build, test, and deploy AI agents that can use data and take actions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Harrison Chase(Co-founder & CEO)inAnkush Gola(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAmplify PartnersCapitalGFelicis VenturesFrontline VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+8 more
Co-investorsIntel Capital
Lightning AI, creator of PyTorch Lightning, runs an end-to-end AI development cloud and merged with GPU provider Voltage Park in 2026.
San Francisco, US
William Falcon(Founder)inSaurabh Giri(Executive Officer)Ozan Kaya(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAmit Mukherjee(Director)Sam Yagan(Director)inCarlos Delatorre(Director)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementIndex VenturesSherpalo VenturesSV AngelZero Prime VenturesCorazon Capital+3 more
LiveAction provides a Network Intelligence platform that collects, correlates, and visualizes application and network data for NetOps and SecOps teams, supporting network performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and security across on-premises, SD-WAN, cloud, and hybrid networks.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSanta Clara, US
Nelson Kanemoto(Director)John Smith(Executive Officer)Dana Matsunaga(Executive Officer)
BoardBrian Nugent(Director)Philip Vorobeychik(Director)Darren Kimura(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsEnerdigm VenturesInsight Partners
Luma Health builds patient engagement technology that helps healthcare providers connect patients with appointments and manage their clinical, financial, operational, and access journeys.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsCorrelation VenturesEpsilon Health InvestorsFTV CapitalInHealth VenturesPallasite VenturesShorooq Partners+4 more
Global leader in silicon photonics, first to achieve direct 'fiber to the chip' integration on CMOS.
Carlsbad, US
Eli Yablonovitch(Director)Greg Young(Executive Officer, Director)Tom Foody(Executive Officer)
BoardAndy Rappaport(Director)Rohini Chakravarthy(Director)Forest Baskett(Director)
Co-investorsAugust CapitalOUP (Osage University Partners)TEL Venture Capital, Inc.
Co-investors.406 VenturesOpenView Venture PartnersUncork Capital
MATSUKO builds holographic communication technology that transmits real people as live 3D holograms (rather than avatars) using a camera and mixed reality devices, including an iPhone app.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFuture of WorkKosice, SK
Maria VircikMatus Kirchmayer
Co-investorshubraumNeulogy VenturesOktogon Ventures
Charles Fan(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoothill VenturesIntel CapitalKairos Venture Investments, LlcLightspeed Venture PartnersTyche Partners
AI-driven WiFi (acquired by Juniper Networks)
Co-investorsKleiner Perkins
Moogsoft offers an AIOps observability platform that ingests and enriches IT alerts with contextual data from sources like CMDBs, asset management, and discovery systems to speed up incident detection and resolution.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Philip Tee(Executive Officer, Director)Charles Silvey(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPeter Wagner(Director)inCharles M. Silvey(Director)Andrew Brown(Director)John Walecka(Director)in
Co-investorsWingRedpoint VenturesWipro Ventures
Moxtra provides a client engagement platform used by organizations across real estate, financial services, healthcare, and other industries to streamline customer onboarding, service delivery, and relationship management.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCupertino, US
Subrah Iyar(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsGlobal BrainKDDI Open Innovation Fund
MuleSoft is a San Francisco enterprise software company providing integration, API management and automation via its Anypoint Platform.
San Francisco, US
Ross Mason(Executive Officer, Director)Gregory G. Schott(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Langdon(Executive Officer)Robert Horton(Executive Officer)Greg Schott(Executive Officer, Director)Michael DiFilippo(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCanvas VenturesCategory VenturesHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lightspeed Venture PartnersLumia Capital+10 more
Nantero develops NRAM, a carbon nanotube-based nonvolatile random access memory, plus other nanotube semiconductor technologies.
Woburn, US
Greg Schmergel(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDave Fachetti(Director)Bruce Sachs(Director)Jennifer Fonstad(Director)Margaret Seif(Director)OB Bilous(Director)
Co-investorsBantam GroupGlobespan Capital PartnersNAV.VCTEL Venture Capital, Inc.ZMT CapitalDell Technologies Capital
NetFoundry provides identity-first zero trust connectivity for distributed workloads across AI, APIs, IoT, and enterprise infrastructure, eliminating attack surfaces without requiring open ports or VPN changes.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoT
Galeal Zino(Founder)inDavid Hart(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnerdigm VenturesSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcCiscoSYN Ventures
Netronome develops heterogeneous processing solutions for data center networking, including programmable silicon architectures and board-level SmartNIC products that offload networking and security functions from x86 processors.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureHardwareSemiconductorsSanta Clara, US
Jan Niel Viljoen(Executive Officer, Director)Niel Viljoen(CEO and Founder)Perry J. Grace(Executive Officer)Perry Grace(CFO)Jim Finnegan(COO)Sean Maloney(Director)
Co-investorsCambridge Angels group
IBM NS1 Connect is a managed DNS and traffic management service that uses real-time performance, health, and geographic data to route users to optimal endpoints across distributed infrastructure.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Alex Vayl(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnergy Impact PartnersEntrée CapitalFlybridge Capital PartnersFounder CollectiveMango CapitalNotable Capital+1 more
Oort provided identity security and threat detection, now part of Cisco as Cisco Identity Intelligence, offering visibility into an organization's identity population and helping move toward passwordless authentication.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSHarvard, US
Matthew Caulfield(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors.406 VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersArgon VenturesEnergy Revolution VenturesPreface VenturesTRIREC
Opanga builds RAIN, an AI and machine learning network optimization platform for mobile network operators and communication service providers, providing real-time traffic optimization, network intelligence, and energy reduction.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US
Mary Dougherty(Executive Officer)Cole Brodman(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Targett(Executive Officer)Mary Frances Dougherty(Treasurer)William Michael Targett(Secretary)David Burns Gibbons(CEO/Director)
Co-investorsTrilogy Equity PartnersBoulder Ventures
OpenDNS provides DNS and internet security services for consumers seeking safer and faster browsing at home, and formerly offered enterprise security products now branded under Cisco Umbrella.
ConsumerCybersecuritySan Francisco, US
David Ulevitch(Founder and CEO)Halsey Minor(Co-Founder / Early Investor (Minor Ventures))Nand Mulchandani(CEO (interim))Dan Hubbard(Chief Technology Officer)Dana Wolf(Head of Products)
BoardMichael Goguen(Board Member (representing Sequoia Capital))
Co-investorsCiscoDag VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersGlynn Capital ManagementGreylock PartnersLumia Capital+4 more
Orca Security offers an agentless cloud security platform (CNAPP) that scans cloud accounts, code, containers, and AI workloads to detect, prioritize, and remediate risks from development through runtime.
Cloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaSPortland, US
Gil Geron(CEO & Co-founder)inAvi Shua(Chief Innovation Officer & Co-founder)inEty Spiegel Hubara(Founder)Liran Antebi(Founder)Matan Ben Gur(Founder)Matan Ben-Gur(Founder)
Co-investorsCapitalGFlyover CapitalHarmony PartnersICONIQLauder PartnersMerlin Ventures+4 more
Panaseer provides a continuous controls monitoring platform that gives IT and security teams unified visibility across their assets and security controls.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Jonathan Gill(CEO)
Co-investorsAlbionVCAllegisCyber CapitalEvolution Equity PartnersForgePoint CapitalNotion CapitalPaladin Capital Group+2 more
Data-centric AI solution that radically simplifies feature engineering for data scientists.
Co-investorsCelesta CapitalCelesta CapitalConvergeM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Nobl9 provides a software reliability platform that helps developers and DevOps teams deliver reliable features faster using software-defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs) to connect monitoring and observability data to business outcomes.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWaltham, US
Marcin Kurc(Co-Founder / CEO)inBrian Singer(Founder)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesBonfire VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Harmony PartnersResolute Ventures
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBattery VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Harmony PartnersTenaya CapitalWing
Plexo Capital runs GPx, a free video-based self-learning program that helps investors become fund managers by covering how to form, raise, and manage a fund.
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesStarship · newsletter.terrawatchspace.com · Aug 24, 2026
Team8 · alpha-maven.com · Aug 18, 2026
Anthropic · Reuters · Aug 15, 2026
Qunnect · nextgov.com · Aug 13, 2026
Eliyan · marketscale.com · Aug 9, 2026
Xscape Photonics · startupfortune.com · Jul 31, 2026
xAI · readsludge.com · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cisco Investments made?
- Cisco Investments has 277 tracked investments, 13 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Cisco Investments invest at?
- Cisco Investments invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Cisco Investments focus on?
- Cisco Investments focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, IoT, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is Cisco Investments located?
- Cisco Investments is headquartered in San Jose, US.
- Who does Cisco Investments co-invest with?
- Cisco Investments most often shares deals with Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Coatue Management, among 377 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Cisco Investments back?
- Across 8 deals with disclosed amounts, Cisco Investments has joined rounds of $10M – $20B (median $37M).
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Battery Ventures is a global investment firm that has backed more than 450 companies over its 40-year history, operating its investment staff as a single global unit.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.
Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
Wing is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies focused on business technology, data, mobile, and cloud infrastructure. The firm was founded by two experienced investors who maintain long-term engagement with their portfolio companies.
M12 is Microsoft's venture fund, investing in companies building AI-native platforms and applications for business use cases.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.
Sapphire Ventures partners with expansion-stage enterprise software companies aiming to become category leaders.
Intel Capital is the corporate venture capital arm associated with Intel, investing in and supporting technology companies as they scale.
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Paladin Capital GroupIndex VenturesNotable CapitalTrue VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersMarch Capital PartnersEnergy Impact PartnersGreylock PartnersFelicis VenturesMenlo VenturesMayfield FundMadrona Venture GroupScale Venture PartnersCapitalGBallistic VenturesMango Capital.406 VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersNational Grid PartnersYL VenturesAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupSoftBank Vision FundSierra VenturesTrinity VenturesDell Technologies CapitalSutter Hill VenturesAllegisCyber CapitalFoundation CapitalCanaan PartnersFlybridge Capital PartnersNext47DCM VenturesDecibel PartnersWork-BenchThomvest VenturesShield CapitalSnowflake VenturesAnsa CapitalLytical VenturesMendoza VenturesBain Capital VenturesUberLiquid VenturesAcrew CapitalTrajectory VenturesRidge VenturesEQT VenturesGaingelsUnusual VenturesCoinbase VenturesMS&AD VenturesTeam8FusionConstruct CapitalConvictionG2 Venture PartnersWestWave Capitalmuru-DBackedBlu Venture InvestorsBetter CapitalSyngenta Group VenturesCervinOkta VenturesAcrobator VenturesTwo Bear CapitalEnergize CapitalRiver Venture PartnersTriangle Peak PartnersCore Venture CapitalDreamit VenturesInnova Memphis, Inc.FinTLV VenturesWealthing VC ClubD.E. Shaw
Firms observed investing alongside Cisco Investments, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Cisco Investments's recorded portfolio.
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