Cisco Investments

Cisco Investments serves as the corporate investment arm of Cisco Systems, focusing on direct and fund of funds investments primarily within the technology sector. Founded in 1993 and based in San Jose, California, with an additional office in Moscow, the firm targets a diverse range of areas including big data and analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud technologies, cybersecurity, and data center solutions. Cisco Investments actively participates in venture capital, investing in start-ups, early-stage, later-stage, and pre-IPO companies, particularly in key markets such as China, India, Israel, and various regions in Europe. In India, the firm emphasizes early-stage and growth-stage investments in next-generation technologies, including smart city initiatives and financial services. The firm typically invests between $0.5 million and $15 million, aiming for ownership stakes of 5 percent to 20 percent in its portfolio companies. Cisco Investments has a robust portfolio, with over 80 direct investments and substantial Limited Partner positions in various funds globally.

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Past deals in Cloud Services

oak9

Series A in 2022
Developer of a cloud security platform designed to accelerate delivery and provide comprehensive security. The company's platform has the unique ability to analyze infrastructure-as-code and build security into cloud-native applications for security and compliant design, enabling businesses to simplify application security with pre-built building blocks that support any architecture on any cloud provider.

HYCU

Series B in 2022
HYCU specializes in application-focused data protection and monitoring software designed for hyperconverged data centers and multi-cloud environments. The company offers cloud data backup and recovery solutions that ensure robust data protection, migration, and disaster recovery for both on-premises and cloud-native applications. By simplifying the data monitoring and protection process, HYCU enables organizations to achieve reliable recovery of their applications and data across various cloud infrastructures.

WEKA

Series C in 2022
WekaIO has built the world's fastest parallel file system, designed to solve the performance challenges in AI deep learning and technical computing. Matrix, WekaIO’s flagship product, leapfrogs legacy storage infrastructures by delivering the highest performance, lowest latency storage at a fraction of the cost or traditional NAS. WekaIO's software provides a seamless hybrid cloud solution between on-premises data centers and the public cloud. WekaIO has customers in several high performance markets including autonomous vehicle AI training, genomics, financial modeling, EDA, software development, satellite imaging and media and entertainment.

Wabbi

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a development operations infrastructure platform designed to make security scalable across development pipelines. The company's platform offers various services such as policy management, project analysis, and automated governance to achieve control of security issues as part of development workflows to prevent bottlenecks and drag on the backlog, enabling clients to reduce risk and improve developer productivity.

Qwilt

Series E in 2021
Qwilt Inc. specializes in online video delivery and open video caching solutions designed for cable, telecom, and mobile service providers. The company offers an Edge Cloud Platform that addresses the increasing demand for streaming media, enabling low-latency content delivery within service provider networks. Its Open Edge Cloud and Open Caching solutions facilitate a seamless streaming experience for consumers by integrating content delivery infrastructure into a global content delivery network while maintaining compatibility with existing network setups. Qwilt's products are designed to enhance video quality and user experience for fixed and mobile operators, as well as educational institutions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Qwilt is supported by a team of industry veterans and has garnered backing from notable investors.

TriggerMesh

Seed Round in 2021
Triggermesh Inc. is a software company that specializes in serverless solutions, enabling developers to deploy and manage functions-as-a-service (FaaS) and serverless infrastructure. The company's offerings include EveryBridge, a serverless event bus that integrates applications through events from various sources, and TriggerMesh, a cloud and on-premise serverless platform based on Knative. Additionally, Triggermesh provides TriggerMesh Aktion, an open-source project that allows users to run GitHub Actions within Kubernetes clusters using Tekton pipelines and Knative. The company also offers TriggerMesh Knative Lambda Sources and Runtimes, which facilitate the migration of AWS Lambda functions to Knative-enabled clusters without requiring code modifications. Beyond its core products, Triggermesh provides open-source development services and expertise in Kubernetes and Knative projects. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, Triggermesh aims to simplify the deployment and orchestration of serverless workloads across multiple cloud environments.

Styra

Series B in 2021
Styra, Inc. develops a clod tool for security and compliance. It offers Styra Declarative Authorization Service, a solution that provides context-based admission control policy to mitigate risks, reduce human errors, and accelerate Kubernetes deployments. The company’s solution is also used for policy design and validation, policy distribution, policy monitoring and auditing, Compliance-as-Code, and shift security. Its solutions include applications, multi-cloud, micro services, containers, databases, and servers. Styra, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Redwood City, California.

SafeGuard Cyber

Funding Round in 2021
SafeGuard Cyber is a cloud-based technology company that specializes in protecting organizations' social assets from security threats and compliance risks. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, the company offers a comprehensive platform designed to detect, prevent, and respond to various digital threats, including malware, spam, and inappropriate conduct. SafeGuard Cyber automates the identification, remediation, and archiving of risky content across social media and internal collaboration tools, ensuring compliance with corporate governance standards and industry regulations. By leveraging machine learning, the platform provides real-time threat analytics, allowing enterprises to manage their digital risks effectively while embracing social media's potential. SafeGuard Cyber empowers businesses to innovate without fear of negative publicity or legal repercussions associated with social media use.

Cohesity

Series E in 2020
Cohesity, Inc. specializes in hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that help large organizations consolidate, protect, and manage non-mission-critical data. The company offers a web-scale platform known as DataPlatform, which eliminates secondary storage silos and streamlines data workflows. Its DataProtect solution integrates various data protection functions, including backup, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, Cohesity provides Cohesity Orion 5.0, a platform for end-to-end data protection and big data storage, alongside management tools like Cohesity Helios, which allows users to monitor and manage their secondary data efficiently. The company's offerings also encompass a range of services, including backup and recovery, long-term retention, and support for various data types and applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Cohesity operates globally, serving a diverse clientele that includes many Global 1000 companies.

PubNub

Series D in 2019
PubNub, Inc. is a provider of a Data Stream Network that enables developers to create real-time applications efficiently and at scale. Established in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a suite of solutions, including a Realtime Communication Platform and PubNub Chat, which allows users to manage chat functionalities. PubNub's technology supports various industries such as healthcare, gaming, social and entertainment, rideshare, taxi and food delivery, fleet tracking, e-learning, IoT, IT/DevOps, and marketplaces. With over 70 software development kits (SDKs) and rapid data transfer times, PubNub's infrastructure allows for seamless connectivity and management of real-time applications and IoT devices across the globe.

Deskera

Series A in 2018
Deskera Cloud ERP is a fully integrated Cloud ERP Suite designed to run your business on the cloud. Its solutions allow SMEs to track finances, manage customers, and hire and manage employees. Its modules include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Manufacture Resource Planning (MRP), Project Management (PM) and Human Capital Management (HCM). The application is a complete business suite that has all the features you will ever need to run your business. Deskera was founded in 2008 and is based in San Jose, California with offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India.

CloudCherry

Series A in 2018
CloudCherry is the next generation Experience Management platform that is disrupting the way organizations listen to the Voice of Customer. Through CloudCherry’s flexible, customizable, self-serve solution, businesses today can be present at every step of today’s complex customer journeys, and listen to customers through a variety of ways. Today, leading global organizations deploy and scale their experience management program with CloudCherry quicker than any other solution. The product offers out-of-the-box integrations with existing business applications, delivers predictive, prescriptive insights that enable business leaders to better understand customer needs, and derive tangible business outcomes that can help drive true ROI. CloudCherry is based out of Salt Lake City, with offices in Singapore, India & Dubai. The company is backed by Vertex Ventures, CISCO Investments & IDG Ventures India, The Chennai Angels & Capillary Technologies.

Cohesity

Series D in 2018
Cohesity, Inc. specializes in hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that help large organizations consolidate, protect, and manage non-mission-critical data. The company offers a web-scale platform known as DataPlatform, which eliminates secondary storage silos and streamlines data workflows. Its DataProtect solution integrates various data protection functions, including backup, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, Cohesity provides Cohesity Orion 5.0, a platform for end-to-end data protection and big data storage, alongside management tools like Cohesity Helios, which allows users to monitor and manage their secondary data efficiently. The company's offerings also encompass a range of services, including backup and recovery, long-term retention, and support for various data types and applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Cohesity operates globally, serving a diverse clientele that includes many Global 1000 companies.

Avi Networks

Series D in 2018
Avi Networks, Inc. specializes in software-defined data center solutions, focusing on enhancing enterprises' digital transformation. Founded in 2012 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company offers the Avi Vantage Platform, which includes a Software Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Elastic Service Mesh. This platform is designed to be deployed across data centers and cloud environments, providing organizations with improved elasticity and intelligence in application delivery. Avi Networks enables customers to achieve significantly faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and reduced costs, thus supporting efficient and scalable operations. As of July 31, 2019, Avi Networks operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

RStor

Series A in 2018
RStor Inc., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Saratoga, California, develops a platform designed to aggregate and automate compute resources from both private data centers and public cloud providers. The RStor Multicloud Platform serves as a hyper-distributed solution that allows organizations to compute, connect, and operate above the cloud. This platform enables users to efficiently combine and manage their computing resources across various environments, including private data centers, public clouds, and trusted supercomputing centers, all while utilizing a next-generation networking fabric. Key features of the platform include secure connectivity and orchestration capabilities. The leadership team at RStor comprises experienced executives with a strong background in cloud computing and enterprise technology, having previously founded Rackable and built infrastructure for major companies such as Facebook, as well as establishing a successful data storage firm, Optical Archive Inc., which was later acquired by Sony.

Elastifile

Series C in 2017
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Cohesity

Series C in 2017
Cohesity, Inc. specializes in hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that help large organizations consolidate, protect, and manage non-mission-critical data. The company offers a web-scale platform known as DataPlatform, which eliminates secondary storage silos and streamlines data workflows. Its DataProtect solution integrates various data protection functions, including backup, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, Cohesity provides Cohesity Orion 5.0, a platform for end-to-end data protection and big data storage, alongside management tools like Cohesity Helios, which allows users to monitor and manage their secondary data efficiently. The company's offerings also encompass a range of services, including backup and recovery, long-term retention, and support for various data types and applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Cohesity operates globally, serving a diverse clientele that includes many Global 1000 companies.

VeloCloud

Series D in 2017
VeloCloud Networks, Inc. delivers cloud-based software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solutions aimed at enhancing connectivity for enterprises. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services, including the Cloud Services Edge appliance for secure connectivity, the VeloCloud Orchestrator for centralized management and real-time monitoring, and the Cloud Service Gateway for optimized access to various applications and data centers. VeloCloud's SD-WAN technology simplifies network deployment and improves performance over private and broadband Internet connections, making it suitable for distributed enterprises. The company's solutions support a variety of sectors, including retail and engineering, and are designed to enable policy-based access to cloud and data center applications. VeloCloud has established partnerships to enhance its offerings and operates as a subsidiary of VMware.

CloudCherry

Series A in 2016
CloudCherry is the next generation Experience Management platform that is disrupting the way organizations listen to the Voice of Customer. Through CloudCherry’s flexible, customizable, self-serve solution, businesses today can be present at every step of today’s complex customer journeys, and listen to customers through a variety of ways. Today, leading global organizations deploy and scale their experience management program with CloudCherry quicker than any other solution. The product offers out-of-the-box integrations with existing business applications, delivers predictive, prescriptive insights that enable business leaders to better understand customer needs, and derive tangible business outcomes that can help drive true ROI. CloudCherry is based out of Salt Lake City, with offices in Singapore, India & Dubai. The company is backed by Vertex Ventures, CISCO Investments & IDG Ventures India, The Chennai Angels & Capillary Technologies.

CTERA

Series C in 2016
CTERA Networks Ltd. specializes in providing a private cloud storage platform that enables organizations to manage their data securely and efficiently. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Petah Tikvah, Israel, the company offers a range of services including branch storage modernization, endpoint backup, cloud transformation, and ransomware recovery. Its Enterprise File Services Platform allows enterprises to store, sync, share, protect, and govern data across various endpoints and remote offices. CTERA's solutions, such as the CTERA Edge Filer and CTERA Drive, facilitate secure file access and collaboration, catering to industries like financial services, healthcare, and media. The company has established strategic partnerships with prominent technology firms, enhancing its service offerings. CTERA is recognized for its role in enabling modern remote work environments and is trusted by Fortune 100 companies and leading service providers worldwide.

PubNub

Venture Round in 2016
PubNub, Inc. is a provider of a Data Stream Network that enables developers to create real-time applications efficiently and at scale. Established in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a suite of solutions, including a Realtime Communication Platform and PubNub Chat, which allows users to manage chat functionalities. PubNub's technology supports various industries such as healthcare, gaming, social and entertainment, rideshare, taxi and food delivery, fleet tracking, e-learning, IoT, IT/DevOps, and marketplaces. With over 70 software development kits (SDKs) and rapid data transfer times, PubNub's infrastructure allows for seamless connectivity and management of real-time applications and IoT devices across the globe.
Customer Analytics Technologies Inc. specializes in the development of Cloudcherry, a cloud-based customer experience management and feedback software designed for both large enterprises and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The platform aims to enhance customer engagement by effectively mapping the customer journey across various touchpoints. It offers a suite of features, including customer delight measurement, omnichannel feedback capabilities, real-time notifications, Net Promoter Score (NPS) measurement, and an analytics dashboard. Users can create customizable questionnaires and access actionable insights, all while benefiting from role-based user management. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, financial services, retail, hospitality, healthcare, and education. Founded in 2014, Customer Analytics Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with additional offices in Bengaluru, India; Singapore; and Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

Ayla Networks

Series C in 2016
Ayla Networks Inc. offers an Internet of Things (IoT) platform designed for manufacturers and service providers. Its flagship product, the Agile IoT Platform, is a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that facilitates device connectivity to cloud applications, allowing for the rapid adaptation of various devices and environments. The company also provides the Agile Mobile Application Platform (AMAP), which accelerates the development of mobile applications for managing IoT devices, as well as Ayla Insights, a business intelligence tool that delivers valuable insights into the usage of connected products. By simplifying the complexities of IoT, Ayla Networks enables manufacturers to enhance their products, transforming them into smart connected systems. The company has established strategic partnerships with entities such as Smartvue Corporation and Tata Elxsi, and it has a cooperation agreement with China Unicom. Founded in 2010, Ayla Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Japan.

Skyport Systems

Series C in 2016
Skyport Systems specializes in developing Hyper-Secured Infrastructure (HSI) designed to protect mission-critical IT and corporate assets. The company offers an integrated solution known as the SkySecure System, which combines engineered hardware, software, and service components into a single turn-key system. This platform ensures continuous protection and integrity verification for application workloads, consolidating compute, virtualization, networking, and storage without compromising security or performance. By simplifying and securing enterprise IT infrastructure, Skyport Systems enables organizations to streamline operations, saving time and resources while empowering application owners with greater control over their infrastructure.

Kii

Series B in 2016
Kii Corporation, established in July 2010 through the merger of Servo Software and Synclore Corporation, specializes in providing Internet of Things (IoT) platforms and solutions for various sectors, including Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Smart Logistics, and healthcare. The company offers a mobile backend-as-a-service platform that simplifies the development of IoT and mobile applications by managing multiple vendors and providing essential backend functionalities, such as user management and push notifications. This approach allows businesses to reduce both development and operational costs by eliminating the need to manage or operate servers, thereby streamlining the application development process.

VeloCloud

Series C in 2016
VeloCloud Networks, Inc. delivers cloud-based software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solutions aimed at enhancing connectivity for enterprises. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services, including the Cloud Services Edge appliance for secure connectivity, the VeloCloud Orchestrator for centralized management and real-time monitoring, and the Cloud Service Gateway for optimized access to various applications and data centers. VeloCloud's SD-WAN technology simplifies network deployment and improves performance over private and broadband Internet connections, making it suitable for distributed enterprises. The company's solutions support a variety of sectors, including retail and engineering, and are designed to enable policy-based access to cloud and data center applications. VeloCloud has established partnerships to enhance its offerings and operates as a subsidiary of VMware.

Springpath

Series C in 2016
Springpath is a provider of a hyperconverged software platform designed for enterprise storage and data management. It introduces a software-defined data platform that caters to both virtualized and emerging container environments. Utilizing its patented Hardware Agnostic Log-structure Objects (HALO) architecture, the platform offers features such as elastic scaling and autonomous management, while operating on standard servers. This approach allows enterprises to maintain an independent IT infrastructure, fostering silo-free data center environments that enhance agility and responsiveness to market demands. By eliminating the need for traditional network storage and seamlessly integrating with existing management tools, Springpath maximizes operational efficiency, enabling customers to adapt their compute, caching, or capacity resources according to evolving business requirements.

Qwilt

Series D in 2015
Qwilt Inc. specializes in online video delivery and open video caching solutions designed for cable, telecom, and mobile service providers. The company offers an Edge Cloud Platform that addresses the increasing demand for streaming media, enabling low-latency content delivery within service provider networks. Its Open Edge Cloud and Open Caching solutions facilitate a seamless streaming experience for consumers by integrating content delivery infrastructure into a global content delivery network while maintaining compatibility with existing network setups. Qwilt's products are designed to enhance video quality and user experience for fixed and mobile operators, as well as educational institutions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Qwilt is supported by a team of industry veterans and has garnered backing from notable investors.

CloudVelox

Series C in 2015
Cloud Velox (Formerly CloudVelocity) was founded by a team with extensive expertise in operating systems, distributed systems, virtualization, cloud, networking and storage technologies. The team has developed software that enables new and existing Linux and Windows multi-tier applications to run in the cloud without modification, automatically extending the enterprise data center to the cloud so that applications can access any necessary services residing back in the enterprise.

Stratoscale

Series B in 2014
Stratoscale is a cloud infrastructure company that offers cloud data center software solutions tailored for enterprise IT, development teams, and service providers. Its flagship product, Stratoscale Symphony, can be rapidly deployed on standard x86 servers, delivering an experience similar to Amazon Web Services while enhancing existing VMware infrastructure. Stratoscale's technology focuses on virtualization, enabling IT teams to optimize their current infrastructures and create a hyper-converged operating system that utilizes a rack-based design. This innovative approach allows clients to develop a new software foundation for managing and scaling data center operations more efficiently. The company has received substantial investment from notable firms, highlighting its industry significance and potential for growth.

CTERA

Series C in 2014
CTERA Networks Ltd. specializes in providing a private cloud storage platform that enables organizations to manage their data securely and efficiently. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Petah Tikvah, Israel, the company offers a range of services including branch storage modernization, endpoint backup, cloud transformation, and ransomware recovery. Its Enterprise File Services Platform allows enterprises to store, sync, share, protect, and govern data across various endpoints and remote offices. CTERA's solutions, such as the CTERA Edge Filer and CTERA Drive, facilitate secure file access and collaboration, catering to industries like financial services, healthcare, and media. The company has established strategic partnerships with prominent technology firms, enhancing its service offerings. CTERA is recognized for its role in enabling modern remote work environments and is trusted by Fortune 100 companies and leading service providers worldwide.

CTERA

Series B in 2012
CTERA Networks Ltd. specializes in providing a private cloud storage platform that enables organizations to manage their data securely and efficiently. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Petah Tikvah, Israel, the company offers a range of services including branch storage modernization, endpoint backup, cloud transformation, and ransomware recovery. Its Enterprise File Services Platform allows enterprises to store, sync, share, protect, and govern data across various endpoints and remote offices. CTERA's solutions, such as the CTERA Edge Filer and CTERA Drive, facilitate secure file access and collaboration, catering to industries like financial services, healthcare, and media. The company has established strategic partnerships with prominent technology firms, enhancing its service offerings. CTERA is recognized for its role in enabling modern remote work environments and is trusted by Fortune 100 companies and leading service providers worldwide.

China Communications Services

Private Equity Round in 2006
China Communications Services Corporation Limited is a global provider of telecommunications support services, specializing in network construction and management. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including consultation, planning, design, engineering, and construction for fixed-line, mobile, and broadband networks. It also delivers business process outsourcing services, which encompass network maintenance, logistics, facilities management, and supply chain solutions for both telecommunications operators and non-telecom clients such as government agencies, financial institutions, and transportation sectors. Additionally, the company provides integrated solutions for informatization and intelligent industry applications, along with submarine cable installation services. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Beijing, China Communications Services is a subsidiary of China Telecommunications Corporation and is recognized as a pioneer in the communication service industry, being the first productive service enterprise in its sector to go public internationally.
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