Cisco Investments

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Cisco Investments is a corporate venture capital arm of Cisco that offers direct and fund of funds investments.

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Date closing: -
Amount: -
Industry focus: All
Total budget: 70M $
Entity type: Venture Capital
Vertical focus: Security, Mass Scale Infrastructure, ITOps, Services & CX, Cloud, Data Center Networking, Emerging Technologies & Incubation, Enterprise Networking, Internet of Things, Silicon & Optics,
Website: http://www.ciscoinvestments.com/

Status:
Open
Funding type: Equity investment;
Geographic focus:
Public/Private: Private
Stage focus:
Applicant target: Startup;

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Overview

Cisco's domain expertise is simply a focus on the same specialties that have made Cisco a global leader in enterprise technology.

Cisco Investments has raised a total of $220M across 2 funds, their latest being Cisco India Startups Fund. This fund was announced on Jun 28, 2017 and raised a total of $70M.

With an initial commitment of $50 million over five years, they’re investing the fund in two distinct ways. First, direct investment in startups led by women founders and founders of color.

The second way is financing venture funds led by diverse leaders. These firms have established a track record of investing in underrepresented founders, and it often makes sense for us to support their efforts in addition to building out their own.

They are committed to helping create a more diverse, inclusive, global technology community focused on developing the next generation of innovation.

Portfolio: Seeq, Gong, Hycu, Nobl9.

Last updated on 2023-03-27 14:08