About Cisco Investments
Cisco Investments is a venture capital firm founded in 1993. It is primarily based out of San Jose, United States. As of May 2025, Cisco Investments is an active investor, having invested in 306 companies, with 13 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it led the $50M Series C round of Lightning along with K5 Global. This round also saw participation from NVentures and other investors.
Overall, Cisco Investments portfolio has seen 13 unicorns, 13 IPOs and 151 acquisitions including key companies like MobiKwik, RingCentral and Ozon. A lot of funds co-invest with Cisco Investments, with names like Intel Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Cisco Investments has team of 41 people including 12 partners.
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Cisco Investments' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Cisco Investments has invested in 308 companies over the last 27 years, with an average of 12 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 15 investments, while as of May 2025, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Gruve and most recent follow-on round was in SGNL.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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2025 (YTD) | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2024 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2022 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
2021 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
2020 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
2018 | 16 | 5 | 21 |
2017 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
2016 | 18 | 10 | 28 |
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Cisco Investments' Investment Trends by Stage
Cisco Investments has made 78 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $23.2M, 63 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $31.7M and 61 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $13.7M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 78 |
Series C | 63 |
Series A | 61 |
Series D | 17 |
Seed | 10 |
Others | 27 |
Cisco Investments' Investment Trends by Sector
Cisco Investments has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications and Semiconductors. Notably, it has invested in 272 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 264 Tech companies, 175 Software companies and at least 137 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 163 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 108 |
High Tech | 85 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 31 |
Semiconductors | 23 |
Others | 174 |
Cisco Investments' Investment Trends by Geography
Cisco Investments has made most investments in United States (215), followed by Israel where it has made 21 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 194 |
Israel | 20 |
India | 15 |
United Kingdom | 8 |
China | 7 |
Others | 20 |
Cisco Investments' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Cisco Investments:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 01, 2025 | United States | Series A | $20M | ||
Mar 05, 2025 | United States | Series B | $75M | Insight Partners [+4] | |
Mar 03, 2025 | United States | Series E | $3.5B | ||
Jan 10, 2025 | United States | Series A | $30M | [+2] | |
Nov 22, 2024 | United States | Series C | $50M | J P Morgan [+2] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Cisco Investments' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
54 | Artificial intelligence based antivirus solution provider | 2021 | - | Series C | gakafof | ||
51 | Financial services platform for cryptocurrencies | 2013 | New York City | Series A | jxo{rmv | ||
51 | Cloud based cyber asset management solutions provider | 2018 | Morrisville | Series C | p{mjmmr | ||
57 | AI and cloud-based platform offering conversational customer service automation solutions | 2008 | Palo Alto | Series E | gqegrtq | ||
51 | Managed detection and response provider | 2016 | Herndon | Series E | zmxzvli |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Cisco Investments' Portfolio
Here are Cisco Investments' portfolio companies that went public:
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Acquired companies in Cisco Investments' Portfolio
Here are Cisco Investments' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 10, 2025 | Jun 04, 2019 | Series B | $15M | |
Dec 05, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Nov 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2015 | Series B | $10M | |
Oct 03, 2024 | Sep 16, 2014 | Series A | $5.35M | |
Sep 26, 2024 | Aug 11, 2020 | Series D | $60M |
Team profile of Cisco Investments
Cisco Investments has a team of 41 membersÌýincluding 12 Partners and 22 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States, China and . Cisco Investments' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Cisco Investments:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Tel Aviv | - | ||
Partner | London | - | - | |
Partner | Hong Kong | - | - | |
Partner | Singapore | - | ||
Partner | Lagos | - | - | |
Partner | Spring | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Santa Clara | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - |
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Over the past 27 years, 1785 investors have co-invested in Cisco Investments's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Cisco Investments:ÌýLightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and 755 others have invested in rounds before Cisco Investments. There are 13 companies where Lightspeed Venture Partners has invested before Cisco Investments and 12 companies where Sequoia Capital has invested before Cisco Investments.
- Top Co-investors of Cisco Investments:Ìý460 investors entered a company along with Cisco Investments. These include investors like Intel Capital (10 companies).
- Invested after Cisco Investments:ÌýA total of 568 investors have invested in Cisco Investments's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include (8 companies), Cisco (5 companies) and SVB (4 companies).
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