CI

Cisco Investments

VC
San Jose, CAWebsite

Cisco Investments is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Jose, CA investing in Enterprise, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$10.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$10.0M
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
AUM
$1B
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Enterprise, Other, Developer Tools, Security
HQ
San Jose, CA

Last verified: 2026-04-02

Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $10.0M

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Corporate venture arm investing in enterprise networking, security, and cloud/infrastructure ecosystem.

How Cisco Investments invests

Cisco Investments is a vc firm based in San Jose, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Enterprise, Other, Developer Tools, Security.

Cisco Investments typically writes checks of $500K–$10.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1B in assets under management.

Cisco Investments has backed 7 companies in our records, including ThousandEyes, AppDynamics, Meraki.

Partners & Team

CG

Christen Gentile

Director of Communications

SC

Stefano Colombo

Director of Technical Marketing

DM

Destiny Marie

Director

RR

Roy Ramakers

Director of Competitive Intelligence

WS

Will Sternberg

Business Development Manager

HK

Hossam Kotb

Director of Customer Experience

KW

Kevin Wiley

Director of Software Development

GB

George Bulmer

Executive

DK

Devinder Kathuria

Director of Product Management

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
Other
Developer Tools
Security

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

TH

ThousandEyes

Network Observability
AP

AppDynamics

APM/Observability
ME

Meraki

Cloud Networking
AG

AgenticOps

NE

Nestlé

MC

McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team

TR

Tripadvisor

How to pitch Cisco Investments
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $10.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Christen Gentile, Director of Communications.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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