Decibel is an independent venture capital firm, established in partnership with Cisco, that focuses on early-stage investments (Seed, Series A, and Series B) in enterprise software companies. Their strategy involves providing capital and leveraging Cisco's resources, including its scale, talent, and customer relationships, to accelerate enterprise innovations, particularly in areas like cloud and data infrastructure, big data/machine learning, cybersecurity, DevOps, and open source.
Portfolio
7
Fund Size
$939M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
JS
Jon Sakoda
Founder
Stage Distribution
Portfolio
7 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebulock | Seed | $8.5M | Jul 2025 |
| Botpress | Series B | $25M | Jun 2025 |
| Kaleidos | Series A | $12M | Feb 2023 |
| Pangea Cyber | Series B | $26M | Nov 2022 |
| Magnify | Seed | $6M | Nov 2021 |
| Botpress | Series A | $15M | Apr 2021 |
| Kaleidos | Series A | $8M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Inovia Capital2 shared
ATHOS2 shared
GV (Google Ventures)1 shared
Okta1 shared
Ballistic Ventures1 shared
SYN Ventures1 shared
Madrona Venture Group1 shared
Framework Ventures1 shared
Deloitte Ventures1 shared
Hubspot Ventures1 shared
Bain Capital Ventures1 shared
In-Q-Tel1 shared
Zetta Venture Partners1 shared
Last updated: 1 March 2026