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Cisco Investments

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 128 cheques on record.

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Deploying nowCorporate VC

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASilicon & OpticsServices & CxCloud

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77%of best year17cheques in 12 months, 128 on record
Since the last cheque3days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$30MCheque size, as they say$10K – $500KRounds led1 of 128Sole investor1 roundsExits2 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 85%
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Cisco Investments highlights

  1. 01

    17 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Series A: 51% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $45M

  4. 04

    2 exits from the portfolio

What they do

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Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$10K – $500K as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
Silicon & OpticsServices & CxCloud
Based in
San Jose, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first128 appearances

  1. 2026

    14 rounds

  2. Oct
    FuriosaAISeries D · KR · Google News search$620MWith 30 others
  3. Sept
    IslandSeries F · US · Bharat Fast$400MWith 14 others
  4. Sept
    PositronSeries C · US$500MWith 2 others
  5. Aug
    StarcloudSeries A · US · Monte Carlo Capital$250MWith 14 others
  6. Jul
    EliyanSeries C · US · TechStartups$145MWith 5 others
  7. Jul
    Zafran SecurityVenture · US$60MWith 2 others
  8. Jun
    Atom ComputingSeries C · US$100MWith 3 others
  9. Jun
    GroqUS · TechCrunch$650MWith 6 others
  10. Mar
    Xscape PhotonicsSeries A · US$37MWith 3 others
  11. Mar
    WideField SecurityVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  12. Feb
    AliroUS · Ventureburn$15MWith 3 others
  13. Feb
    DescycleGrant · GB$2.6MWith 4 others
  14. Feb
    GruveSeries A · US$50MWith 1 other
  15. Jan
    Fiddler AISeries C · US · Mozilla Ventures$30MWith 12 others
  16. 2025

    19 rounds

  17. Nov
    SpecterOpsSeries B · US$30MWith 2 others
  18. Nov
    CelonisVenture · DEUndisclosedWith 4 others
  19. Nov
    NetFoundrySeries A · US · Firms' own news pages$15MWith 2 others
  20. Oct
    LangChainSeries B · US · TechCrunch$125MWith 7 others
  21. Oct
    UniphoreSeries F · US$260MWith 3 others
  22. Sept
    IslandVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  23. Aug
    ElotlVenture · USUndisclosedWith 5 others
  24. Jul
    BlindVenture · US$468KWith 4 others
  25. Jun
    QunnectSeries A · US$10MWith 2 others
  26. Jun
    Maven AGISeries B · US$50MWith 3 others
  27. Jun
    AirtopVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  28. May
    TrustCloudSeries A · US · Converge VC$15MWith 5 others
  29. Apr
    xAIGrowth · US · TechCrunch$20BWith 9 others
  30. Mar
    AnthropicDebt · US · Crunchbase News$750MWith 10 others
  31. Mar
    GetReal SecuritySeries A · US$18MWith 5 others
  32. Feb
    AnthropicGrowth · US · TechCrunch$3.5BWith 9 others
  33. Feb
    SGNLSeries A · US · TechCrunch$30MWith 4 others
  34. Feb
    CorPower OceanVenture · SEUndisclosedWith 3 others
  35. Jan
    MitigaSeries B · IL$30MWith 3 others
  36. 2024

    15 rounds

  37. Nov
    Lightning AIUS · AlleyWatch$50MWith 6 others
  38. Nov
    HalcyonSeries C · US · Crunchbase News$100MWith 6 others
  39. Nov
    EnfabricaSeries C · US · TechStartups$115MWith 13 others
  40. Nov
    Aviz NetworksSeries A · US$17MWith 1 other
  41. Nov
    VISO TRUSTVenture · US$7.0MWith 2 others
  42. Oct
    CorPower OceanSeries B · SE · NordicNinja (JB Nordic Fund I)$35MWith 5 others
  43. Oct
    FleakSeed · US · Firms' own news pages$5.0MWith 12 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

We hold 24 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

5+funds on filenumbered funds in its name

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

1 of 2 we have independently watched raise

QueryIndustry Insights

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed2 in all

ElastifileBought by GoogleUndisclosedJul 2019
DigiquantBought by Intec Telecom SystemsUndisclosedSept 2003

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Cisco Investments. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Lightspeed Venture PartnersVC firm12rounds togetherSalesforce VenturesCorporate VC12rounds togetherSequoia CapitalVC firm12rounds togetherBattery VenturesVC firm7rounds togetherInsight PartnersVC firm7rounds togetherNVIDIACompany7rounds togetherNew Enterprise AssociatesVC firm7rounds togetherAlumni VenturesVC firm6rounds togetherBain Capital VenturesVC firm6rounds togetherBessemer Venture PartnersVC firm6rounds togetherMenlo VenturesVC firm6rounds togetherNorwest Venture PartnersVC firm6rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Cisco Investments put money into.

FuriosaAI$620M · Oct 2026Island$400M · Sept 2026Positron$500M · Sept 2026Starcloud$250M · Aug 2026Eliyan$145M · Jul 2026Zafran Security$60M · Jul 2026

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Cisco Investments in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Cisco Investments

What does Cisco Investments invest in?

Cisco Investments invests most often at Venture and Series A (51% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Silicon & Optics, Services & Cx and Cloud.

How active is Cisco Investments?

128 investments on record, 17 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Cisco Investments invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: FuriosaAI (Series D, Oct 2026), Island (Series F, Sept 2026) and Positron (Series C, Sept 2026).

How big are Cisco Investments's cheques?

The median round it joins is $30M. It says it writes cheques of $10K to $500K.

Does Cisco Investments lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 128 investments on record (1%).

Where does Cisco Investments invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (85%) and Sweden (5%).

Is Cisco Investments investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 17 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Cisco Investments invest alongside?

Most often Lightspeed Venture Partners (12 rounds together), Salesforce Ventures (12 rounds together) and Sequoia Capital (12 rounds together).

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