Cisco Investments
Profile, fund size and portfolio
Parent Cisco Systems, Inc.HQ San Jose, United StatesFounded 1993
Cisco Investments is the corporate venture arm of Cisco Systems, Inc. (networking and IT infrastructure). It was founded in 1993 and is based in San Jose, United States. It invests at Seed in security, AI/ML, collaboration.
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Snapshot
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage range | Seed to Seed |
| Sectors | Security, AI/ML, Collaboration, IoT, Services and Customer Experience, Silicon and Optics |
| Geography | North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia, Latin America (Portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page) |
| Offices | San Jose, United States |
Sources: S6 Cisco Newsroom via Cisco Investments: 5 Things You Didn't Know about Cisco Investments (18 Dec 2017); S3 Cisco Investments portfolio (281 cards; company pages for region and sector).
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Security and Security Services | 44 | 25% |
| AI/ML | 18 | 10.2% |
| Collaboration | 18 | 10.2% |
| IoT | 17 | 9.7% |
| Services and Customer Experience | 13 | 7.4% |
| Silicon and Optics | 12 | 6.8% |
| Data Center Networking | 12 | 6.8% |
| Cloud Computing | 10 | 5.7% |
| Enterprise Networking | 8 | 4.5% |
| Full Stack Observability | 8 | 4.5% |
| Emerging Technologies and Incubation | 6 | 3.4% |
| Service Provider | 3 | 1.7% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 1.1% |
| Mass Scale Infrastructure | 1 | 0.6% |
| - Pieter Danhieux, CEO and Co-founder, Secure Code Warrior | 1 | 0.6% |
| - Stephen Stutt, CEO, LiveAction | 1 | 0.6% |
| - Rehan Jalil, CEO and Founder, Securiti | 1 | 0.6% |
| - Nir Polak, Founder, Exabeam | 1 | 0.6% |
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Sources: S3 Cisco Investments portfolio (281 cards; company pages for region and sector).
Data behind this graphic
| Measure | Value | Unit | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headline size | USD 1bn | Commitment by parent | Stated by the firm or its parent | S4 |
| Companies backed | 281 | companies | Stated by the firm | S3 |
| Companies on the firm's portfolio page | 281 | companies | Counted from the firm's own list | S3 |
Sources: S4 Cisco Investments AI Fund; S3 Cisco Investments portfolio (281 cards; company pages for region and sector).
Where it invests and who leads it
Geography
- Headquarters
- San Jose, United States
- Offices
- San Jose, United States
Portfolio companies by regionS6S3
Portfolio companies by region, from the firm's portfolio page
LeadersS2
- Derek IdemotoSenior Vice President, Corporate Development and Cisco InvestmentsLinkedInFirm page
- Janey HoeVice President, Corporate Development and Cisco InvestmentsLinkedInFirm page
- Aleem RizvonVice President, Corporate Development and Cisco InvestmentsLinkedInFirm page
- Noah YagoVice President, Corporate Development and Cisco InvestmentsLinkedInFirm page
- Jon KoplinSenior Director (team page); Managing Director (home page quote)LinkedInFirm page
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Single source | S7 |
| Parent industry | Networking and IT infrastructure | Single source | S7 |
| Founded | 1993 | Single source | S6 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, United States | Single source | S7 |
| Status | Active | Single source | S1 |
| Headline size | USD 1bn (Commitment by parent) | Single source | S4 |
| Companies backed | 281 | Single source | S3 |
| Stages | Seed | Single source | S6 |
Portfolio
The firm's portfolio page lists 281 companies: 143 active, 138 exited.S3
| Tag | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Active | 143 | 50.9% |
| Exited | 138 | 49.1% |
| Tag | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Security and Security Services | 44 | 15.7% |
| AI/ML | 18 | 6.4% |
| Collaboration | 18 | 6.4% |
| IoT | 17 | 6% |
| Services and Customer Experience | 13 | 4.6% |
| Silicon and Optics | 12 | 4.3% |
| Data Center Networking | 12 | 4.3% |
| Cloud Computing | 10 | 3.6% |
| Enterprise Networking | 8 | 2.8% |
| Full Stack Observability | 8 | 2.8% |
| Emerging Technologies and Incubation | 6 | 2.1% |
| Service Provider | 3 | 1.1% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 0.7% |
| Mass Scale Infrastructure | 1 | 0.4% |
| - Pieter Danhieux, CEO and Co-founder, Secure Code Warrior | 1 | 0.4% |
| - Stephen Stutt, CEO, LiveAction | 1 | 0.4% |
| - Rehan Jalil, CEO and Founder, Securiti | 1 | 0.4% |
| - Nir Polak, Founder, Exabeam | 1 | 0.4% |
Every company on the Cisco Investments list
281 companies, as listed on the firm's own website: 143 active, 138 exited.S3 Read the firm's list.
Active 143
- 4Paradigm
- 6WIND
- Aavishkaar
- Acrew Capital
- Airtop
- Algebra Ventures
- Aliro
- Almaz Capital
- Ambiq Micro
- AnDAPT
- Anthropic
- AppOmni
- Apptio
- Aravo
- Arcade
- Archetype Ventures Fund
- Aspect Ventures
- Atom Computing
- Aviz Networks
- Ayla Networks
- Belly
- BigID
- Binalyze
- Binarly
- Blackbird Ventures
- Blind
- Bolt.io
- Bull City Venture Partners
- Capnamic Ventures
- Celonis
- Chiratae Ventures
- CloudFX
- CNEX Labs
- Cogniac
- Cohere
- Cohesity
- Corelight
- CorPower Ocean AB
- Covacsis
- CRCM Ventures
- DataRobot
- Deepwatch
- DEScycle
- Dipole Labs
- Edge Delta
- Eliyan
- Elotl
- eSilicon
- Eurazeo Ventures
- Evolution Equity
- Exent
- Expel
- Fiddler AI
- Fleak
- FuturePlay
- Georgian Partners
- GetReal Security
- Glasswing Ventures
- Gobi Partners
- Gong
- Grid Net
- Gruve
- Halcyon
- Harness
- Hoxton Ventures
- Hunters
- HYCU
- Innovid
- Inspur - Cisco Networking Technology
- Invitalia Ventures
- Island
- Jungle Ventures
- JupiterOne
- Kaszek Ventures
- Kii
- Komodor
- Kumu Networks
- Kyligence
- L'ATTITUDE
- LangChain
- Lightbits
- Matsuko
- Maven AGI
- McRock Capital Fund I and II
- Memverge
- Mistral AI
- Mitiga
- Monashees
- Monk's Hill Ventures
- Moxtra
- N3N
- NetFoundry
- Netronome
- Nexpa
- Nobl9
- Notion Capital
- OMERS Ventures Fund lI
- One Mobikwik Systems Private Limited
- Opanga
- ORAN Development Corporation (ODC)
- Orca Security
- Panaseer
- Paris Saclay Fund
- Partech
- Plexo Capital
- Positron
- PubNub
- Quantcast
- Query
- Qunnect
- Qwilt
- Qyuki
- Real Image
- Redpoint eventures
- River AI
- RiverMeadow
- Secure Code Warrior
- Sensity Systems
- Silicon Badia
- SpecterOps
- Starcloud
- Stellaris Venture Partners
- Team8 Ventures
- Teleport
- Teradici
- Theta Lake
- TrustCloud
- u.Life Solutions
- Uniphore
- Upstream Security
- VISO TRUST
- Voiceitt
- Wabbi
- Walden Catalyst
- Walden International
- Walden Riverwood Ventures II (WRV)
- Whatfix
- Work - Bench
- Worldsensing
- xAI
- Xscape Photonics
- Zafran Security
- ZillionSource
Exited 138
- 21
- 3TS Capital Partners
- Acqueon
- Actility
- ActionIQ
- Adbrain
- AIMotive
- Aisera
- Altiostar Networks
- Aquantia
- Ascendify
- Atlantis
- Avi Networks
- BehavioSec
- Bit Stew
- BNI Video
- Celeno
- Cinarra
- Cliqr
- CloudCherry
- CloudVelox
- Cohda Wireless
- Control4
- Corellium
- CoreWeave
- Credo
- Cross MediaWorks
- Ctera
- Datos IO
- Desktone
- Digitalsmiths
- Dremio
- Duo
- Dynamic Signal
- Elastica
- Elastifile
- Elevate
- Embrane
- Enfabrica
- EnVerv
- eSentire
- Evrythng
- Exabeam
- Flashpoint
- Gainsight
- Gem Security
- Global Talent Track
- Groq
- GuardiCore
- Habana Labs
- HashiCorp
- Helpshift
- HyTrust
- iControl Networks
- Illusive
- Ineda Systems
- Intersec
- Involvio
- ip.access
- Isovalent
- Kespry
- Kustomer
- Lightning AI
- Lightwire
- LiveAction
- Luma Health
- Luxtera
- Mapr
- Mashery
- Mavenir
- Mentee Robotics
- Mio
- Mist Systems
- Moogsoft
- mozaiq operations
- Nantero
- Near Pte Ltd
- NS1
- Oort
- OpenDNS
- Openwave Mobility
- Ozon
- PacketVideo
- Parallels
- Parsable
- Paxata
- Phunware
- Piston Cloud Computing
- Pixvana
- Platfora
- Portworx
- Prospera
- Puppet
- Rangeforce
- relayr
- Robust Intelligence
- Rookout
- RStor
- Safeguard Cyber
- Scale AI
- Sealights
- Securiti
- SecurView
- SeeQ
- Servion
- SGNL
- SiBEAM
- Sky-Tech Holdings Ltd
- Skyport Systems
- smart-FOA
- Springpath
- Startupbootcamp
- Stratoscale
- StrongDM
- Styra
- Tagnos
- Terracis Tech
- Theatro
- ThreatQuotient
- Tidelift
- Tilera
- TriggerMesh
- Turbonomic
- Upskill
- Urbanise
- Valtix
- VCE
- VeloCloud
- Veniam
- Verodin
- Videonetics
- Voicea
- Voodle
- WideField Security
- Wilocity
- World Labs
- WSO2
- Zensys
Fund vehicles
History
Where sources disagree
- Companies count: current portfolio of more than 120 active investments, LP in 40+ funds (Cisco Newsroom, Dec 2017) (S6) vs 281 portfolio cards: 143 Active, 138 Exit (portfolio page, count at fetch) (S3). Different dates and definitions.S6S3
- Annual investing pace: approximately $200 million each year into as many as 30 startups; $150-200M/year (Dec 2017) (S6) vs 21 investments and 5 acquisitions closed in 2024 (Year in Review) (S5). Different years.S6S5
Official pages
Read the firm's own pages for current information.
- Website www.ciscoinvestments.com
- Portfolio www.ciscoinvestments.com/portfolio
- LinkedIn company page www.linkedin.com/company/cisco-investments/
Sources
- S1Cisco Investments homeFirm
- S2Cisco Investments teamFirm
- S3Cisco Investments portfolio (281 cards; company pages for region and sector)Firm
- S4Cisco Investments AI FundFirm
- S5Cisco Investments 2024 Year in ReviewFirm
- S6Cisco Newsroom via Cisco Investments: 5 Things You Didn't Know about Cisco Investments (18 Dec 2017)Firm
- S7SEC EDGAR submissions: Cisco Systems (CIK 858877)Filing
Disclaimer and corrections
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