Cisco Investments

Check out our latest investments, see how our team is earning industry recognition, and look back at our RSAC reception in our latest quarterly newsletter. #CiscoInvests

One of the things I look forward to most at Cisco Live: introducing customers to startups that genuinely move the needle for them. If you're attending, my team and I want to make that happen for you. Pick the startups from our Cisco Investments portfolio you're curious about, and we'll set up introductions. • Aliro • AppOmni • Aviz Networks • Cohesity • Cogniac Corporation • Fleak • GetReal Security • Gruve • Island • LangChain • Lightning AI • Opanga Networks • SpecterOps • Theta Lake Click the link below and we'll get you set up before the event. https://lnkd.in/g_tsafVg CC Amy Gerrie Chris Dallmar #CiscoInvests #CiscoLive

Congratulations to the team at Ridgeline on the announcement of Fund II. Ridgeline backs early-stage founders building AI, advanced computing, and automation for the industries that underpin our economy. Looking forward to what's ahead with Ben Walker, Ryan Clinton, Andrew McMahon, and the founders they back. #CiscoInvests

Cisco Investments and Corporate Development joined Jeetu Patel in welcoming the Galileo team...at Galileo in Burlingame! Jeetu Patel and Vikram Chatterji led rich, wide-ranging conversations with the team...spanning innovation at scale, evangelism, how to win in the market, embracing megatrends, branding, staying curious, having clarity of thought and expressing that in words, leadership lessons, mentoring.... The questions were thoughtful, and the dialogue pushed well beyond the surface. I came to welcome and congratulate my Galileo friends...and left having learned a great deal from the discussions!

Year six and the Cisco Investments Cocktail Reception at RSAC keeps getting better. Grateful for everyone who showed up: security startup founders, Cisco customers, our Cisco leaders, and VCs. A special thank you to Jeetu Patel, Tom Gillis, Peter Bailey, and John Morgan for speaking at the event and connecting with our founders. ⚡AppOmni | BigID | Binalyze | Corelight | Deepwatch | Elotl | Expel | Fleak | GetReal Security | Gruve | Halcyon | Harness | Island | JupiterOne | Mitiga | NetFoundry | Orca Security | Panaseer | Query | Secure Code Warrior SpecterOps | TrustCloud | Upstream Security | VISO TRUST⚡ 📸 For more photos from the event: https://lnkd.in/ds8cxijh #CiscoInvests

We're excited to announce our investment in ODC - Building The Network That Thinks, a pioneer in AI-Native Radio Access Networks (AI-RAN). "The successful raise of our Series A allows us to scale our engagement with global partners who recognize that the wireless edge is the ultimate frontier for AI. This is more than a technical deployment; it is a technological odyssey to build a U.S.-based nervous system of the physical world." - Dr. Shaygan Kheradpir, Chairman, ODC “As AI intelligence and decision-making moves to the edge, the mobile network becomes the central fabric of the digital economy. We are excited to invest in ODC as AI-RAN has the potential to drive a critical infrastructure transformation, moving the industry beyond simple connectivity and towards simplified, secure and open platforms that can support AI workloads and unlock new services opportunities.” -  Masum Mir, SVP and GM, Cisco Provider Mobility For more information, read the press release: ODC Secures $45M Series A; Architecting the Global Distributed Compute Grid to Power the AI-Native Era 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g4G6j9Ec #CiscoInvests

A huge congratulations to Rohit Giri on being selected for 2026's Global Corporate Venturing's Top 50 Rising Stars in Corporate Venturing. Rohit came to Cisco Investments through the Splunk acquisition in March 2024 and has since concentrated his focus across the full AI stack – from agentic tooling and AI governance to security-for-AI and AI workload management. Alongside identifying the startups shaping enterprise technology, he is equally committed to mentoring the next generation of corporate venture investors. 💬 "Stay curious. Continuously seek information to form your own opinions – a crucial habit for young investors building their foundation in investing." In this interview, Rohit shares what he's watching in AI, how he spots the founders building for accountability over hype, and what he's learned along the way: https://lnkd.in/giwwUNaX #CiscoInvests

We're thrilled that Cisco Investments Senior Director Rajiv Menon has been recognized as one of Global Corporate Venturing's top 50 Emerging Leaders for 2026. Rajiv leads Cisco Investments' Asia Pacific, China, and Japan team and serves as our Global Lead for investments and acquisitions across Enterprise Networking, Wireless, IoT, and Mobility. Based in Singapore, he has been at the forefront of Cisco's $1 billion AI fund, actively evaluating AI investments across the region and globally. 💬 "Singapore punches way above its weight in the startup investing world." In this interview, Rajiv reflects on Southeast Asia's rise as a technology powerhouse, Cisco's AI investment thesis, and how Singapore became one of the world's most important startup ecosystems. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gQs4nxF8 #CiscoInvests

RSAC starts this week in San Francisco. If you're going, this is your chance to meet with our cybersecurity portfolio companies. We're proud to back the teams building products that catch threats before they become headlines: identity-aware SaaS, AI-driven detection, enterprise ransomware defense, and more. #CiscoInvests #RSAC2026

We’re thrilled to announce our investment in WideField Security, an innovative platform focused on protecting the complete identity security lifecycle. "Authentication was never the finish line, but that’s where most tools stop. AI agents operate continuously, with broad permissions. We built WideField to close that gap and give security teams control over every identity lifecycle, human or machine, from the moment credentials are provisioned." – Abhay Kulkarni, CEO and Co-founder, WideField Security "This investment reinforces Cisco’s commitment to building a unified Identity Intelligence layer that secures the rapidly expanding frontier of non-human and agentic AI identities across the entire security lifecycle.” – Janey Hoe, Vice President, Cisco Investments For more information, read the press release: WideField Announces Participation from Cisco Investments in Series A Round, as Company Launches AI Agent Identity Monitoring 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gV4xdWWx #CiscoInvests