Cisco Investments
Corporate VCSan Jose · Seed–Late Stage · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
Cisco Investments is the corporate venture arm of Cisco, investing in, merging with, or acquiring fast-growing technology startups. Over more than thirty years it has backed hundreds of companies across areas such as infrastructure, cloud, security, and AI.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 30, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 19 of 21 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×15AI & Machine Learning ×10Cloud Computing ×6SaaS ×6Cybersecurity ×5Developer Tools ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3IoT ×3
HQs:United States×7Japan×1Portugal×1
Investments · 21 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2019 · 12018 · 12015 · 13 dated
CorPower Ocean develops wave energy converters that transform ocean waves into electricity through biologically-inspired technology.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyHardwareLisbon, PT
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
DOUGLAS LEONE(Director)NITAY JOFFE(Executive Officer, Director)ANASTASIOS ARGYROS(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCARL SPARKS(Director)MARTIN CASADO(Director)MEREDITH FINN(Director)
Airtop provides web automation and agent-building tools that enable users to automate workflows across websites, apps, and legacy portals—including authenticated logins—by describing tasks in natural language or using a visual builder.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
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)Ethan Batraski(Director)
A no-code platform automating visual inspection tasks in industrial verticals using deep learning.
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
Sanjay Poonen(CEO & President)WILLIAM COUGHRAN(Director)TIMOTHY ROBBINS(Executive Officer)LORENZO MONTESI(Executive Officer)DANIEL WARMENHOVEN(Director)ROB SALMON(Executive Officer)
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)in
Fiddler provides an AI control plane that offers monitoring, guardrails, and governance for enterprise AI agents and compound AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Krishna Gade(Founder & CEO)in
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)
Kustomer provides a customer service and customer experience platform used by consumer brands to manage support interactions.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechShort Hills, US
Jeremy Suriel(Director, Promoter)Bradley Birnbaum(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Michael Chapin(Executive Officer, Promoter)Wendi Sturgis(Director)Brad Birnbaum
BoardScott Beechuk(Director)
San Francisco, US
Gregory G. Schott(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Langdon(Executive Officer)Steven Collins(Director)Robert Horton(Executive Officer)Mark Burton(Director)
BoardRavi Mhatre(Director)
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
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 SoftwareSaaS
Marcin Kurc(Co-Founder / CEO)in
Rookout provides log analytics and observability platform for developers to search, filter, and visualize logs from applications and infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
SGNL provides privileged identity management and access control solutions for enterprises, helping CISOs manage and secure access to sensitive information across human and non-human identities.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
Scott Kriz(Co-founder & CEO/CPO)inErik Gustavson(Co-founder & CTO)in
Veniam builds intelligent networking software deployed in telematics devices and connected vehicles, enabling businesses to collect and process data for artificial intelligence applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingIoTMobility & TransportationSaaS
João BarrosinRobin Chase(CEO)Roy Russell(CTO)Susana Sargento
Whatfix provides a digital adoption platform for enterprise software teams, offering in-app guidance, analytics, and support tools to accelerate user onboarding, manage system changes, and optimize feature adoption across complex business applications.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioActioniqacq. by Uniphore
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesWhatfix · whalesbook.com · Jul 16, 2026
Atom Computing · siliconangle.com · Jun 17, 2026
Hunters · trcp.org · May 18, 2026
Fiddler AI · thesaasnews.com · Jan 30, 2026
SGNL · cnbc.com · Jan 8, 2026
NetFoundry · pulse2.com · Nov 25, 2025
Gong · calcalistech.com · Nov 17, 2025
Airtop · forbes.com · Sep 10, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- 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, Enterprise Software, Hardware, IoT, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is Cisco Investments located?
- Cisco Investments is headquartered in San Jose, US.
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Co-investors · 88
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Battery Ventures is a global investment firm that has backed more than 450 companies over its 40-year history, with a team operating as a single global unit and offering focused support services in talent, business development, marketing/communications, and growth/leadership.
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Insight Partners is a venture and growth-stage software investor featuring a large portfolio of technology companies across multiple sectors and regions.
Andreessen Horowitz's Strategic Partnerships page describes collaborations that connect its portfolio companies with established institutions to help scale and deploy their technology.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from early stages through every stage of growth, publishing investment roadmaps across multiple technology sectors.
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across the globe, investing in the people behind ideas from early through later stages.
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True VenturesCanaan PartnersMadrona Venture GroupSoftBank Vision FundTrinity VenturesNext47March Capital PartnersEnergy Impact PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)National Grid PartnersShield CapitalYL VenturesGreylock PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Alumni VenturesNotable CapitalFelicis VenturesBain Capital VenturesUberMenlo VenturesB Capital GroupMayfield FundLiquid VenturesScale Venture PartnersFlybridge Capital PartnersAcrew CapitalSierra VenturesTrajectory VenturesRidge VenturesDCM VenturesIntel CapitalEQT VenturesGaingelsDell Technologies CapitalUnusual VenturesCoinbase VenturesMS&AD VenturesCapitalGBallistic VenturesDecibel PartnersWork-BenchMango CapitalTeam8FusionConstruct CapitalConvictionThomvest VenturesG2 Venture PartnersWestWave Capital.406 VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersSutter Hill Venturesmuru-DPaladin Capital GroupBackedBlu Venture InvestorsAllegisCyber CapitalBetter CapitalSyngenta Group VenturesCervinOkta VenturesAcrobator VenturesTwo Bear CapitalSnowflake VenturesAnsa CapitalRiver Venture PartnersTriangle Peak PartnersCore Venture CapitalEnergize VenturesDreamit VenturesLytical VenturesInnova Memphis, Inc.FinTLV VenturesWealthing VC ClubD.E. ShawMendoza Ventures
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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