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Cisco Investments is the global corporate venture capital arm of Cisco Systems, Inc., founded in 1993 and based in San Jose, California. It invests across enterprise technology sectors including AI, security, cloud, networking, and IoT, from seed to growth stage. In 2024, Cisco launched a $1 billion global AI investment fund to bolster the AI startup ecosystem.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (7 deals in the last 12 months vs 12 prior). Average disclosed round size is $188.7M (across 206 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
164
Fund Size
$1B
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
7
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
235 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mitti Labs | Series A | $9.5M | Aug 2026 |
 Eliyan | Series C | $145M | Jul 2026 |
 ORAN Development Company, LLC | Series A | $45M | Mar 2026 |
 Aliro | Series A | $15M | Feb 2026 |
| Eliyan | Series C | $50M | Jan 2026 |
 xAI | Growth | $3B | Jan 2026 |
| WWatchguard | Unknown | $75M | Jan 2026 |
 Starcloud | Series A | $170M | Jan 2026 |
| ORAN Development Company, LLC | Series A | — | Jan 2026 |
 Cohere | Series A | $500M | Jan 2026 |
 World Labs | Unknown | — | Nov 2025 |
 Thinking Machines | Seed | $2B | Jul 2025 |
 Parter | Seed | $5.5M | Jul 2025 |
 Maven AGI | Series B | $50M | Jun 2025 |
 GetReal Security | Series A | $17.5M | Mar 2025 |
 Anthropic | Series E | — | Mar 2025 |
 SGNL | Series A | $30M | Feb 2025 |
| GetReal Security | Series A | $17.5M | Jan 2025 |
 SpecterOps | Series B | $75M | Jan 2025 |
 Ryft | Seed | $8M | Jan 2025 |
 LangChain | Series B | $125M | Jan 2025 |
| AAnthropic, PBC | Series E | $3.5B | Jan 2025 |
 Groq | Growth | $600M | Jan 2025 |
 Enfabrica | Series C | $115M | Nov 2024 |
 Lightning AI | Series C | $50M | Nov 2024 |
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Top Co-Investors
Intel Capital27 shared
Battery Ventures23 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners19 shared
Sequoia Capital17 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners15 shared
ServiceNow Ventures13 shared
Sapphire Ventures13 shared
Accel11 shared
Salesforce Ventures11 shared
In-Q-Tel10 shared
Index Ventures9 shared
Insight Partners9 shared
Menlo Ventures9 shared
Paladin Capital Group9 shared
Y Combinator8 shared
Wing Venture Capital8 shared
New Enterprise Associates8 shared
Bain Capital Ventures8 shared
GV8 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026