Cisco Investments

Thank you to all of the Cisco leaders, security startup founders, VCs, and customers who joined us for our 6th Security Leaders Cocktail Reception at RSAC! You truly made it an unforgettable evening! 📸 For more photos from the event: na2.hubs.ly/H04xn0H0 See you next year!

We're excited to announce our investment in ODC , a pioneer in AI-Native Radio Access Networks (AI-RAN)! Learn more about their Series A: na2.hubs.ly/H04wZ8q0 #CiscoInvests

We’re excited that Rajiv Menon has been recognized as one of @GCVenturing's top 50 Emerging Leaders. 🎉 na2.hubs.ly/H04t2520

A huge congrats to Rohit Giri on being selected as one of @GCVenturing's Top 50 Rising Stars in Corporate Venturing! 🎉 🔗na2.hubs.ly/H04t2610

2025 was a year of defining moments for Cisco Investments. 🚀✨ Check out our 2025 Year in Review👇 na2.hubs.ly/H03MQhv0 #CiscoInvests

Big news to share today! Aliro just raised $15M in an oversubscribed round. This milestone reflects growing recognition that the cybersecurity landscape is changing. Adversaries are already harvesting encrypted data today with the intent to decrypt it tomorrow. Classical cryptography (whether RSA, ECC, or even post-quantum cryptography - PQC) is ultimately rooted in mathematical hardness assumptions. At Aliro, we believe the future of security must be grounded in something stronger: the fundamental laws of physics. Read the full announcement here: hubs.la/Q043yJ930 #QuantumNetworking #SecureNetworks

In our latest Innovation Unleashed session we discussed why identity has become the "invisible" attack surface. Watch "Future-Proof Identity Security for the AI Era" vimeo.com/1157331313 #CiscoInvests

Organizations are increasingly grappling with identity-related incidents. The pattern: attackers chaining privileges in AD and Entra ID. Most tools miss the full path. Join us LIVE tomorrow for a webinar on finding and fixing these attack paths. ➡️na2.hubs.ly/H02WSgP0

"We're still very much in the early innings of this." On the latest episode of CTRL+ALT+AI with @bigidsecure @dimitrisirota, our VP Noah Yago breaks down the AI landscape and what we’re watching next. 📺 Watch the full conversation here: na2.hubs.ly/H034Ch40

[LIVE WEBINAR] We're a hosting a session on identity attack paths w/@Cisco and @SpecterOps. • Why AD/Entra ID attack paths work • Choke point remediation • Privilege Zones for hybrid environments Join LIVE on Jan 22 → na2.hubs.ly/H02WSgP0

We are thrilled to share that Mentee has signed an agreement to be acquired by @Mobileye. Together, we will work to unlock the next era of Physical AI. Read more -mobileye.com/news/mobileye-…

🔎 Check out the December Startup Snapshot to learn how Cisco Investments' portfolio companies are advancing the technologies shaping tomorrow’s enterprise. @AliroQuantum @AvizNews @Dremio @GroqInc @langchain @UpstreamAuto #CiscoInvests

Where AI Goes From Here: What @Cisco_Invests Is Seeing From SEA - Rajiv Menon "Often with these big technology shifts…folks tend to overestimate in the short term and underestimate in the long term." 📺 Watch the interview w/@tinmencapital: na2.hubs.ly/H02vpL-0

🔎 Explore the November Startup Snapshot to learn how our portfolio companies are advancing the technologies shaping tomorrow’s enterprise. Featured this month: @AliroQuantum @Descycle_Tech @NetFoundry @SGNL_ai @theworldlabs #CiscoInvests

We're thrilled to announce our investment in @NetFoundry! For a deeper dive, read our blog post "Secure Networks of One: Embedding Identity in the Fabric of Network." 🔗na2.hubs.ly/H028W3T0 #CiscoInvests

Learn more about our investment in @theworldlabs, groundbreaking spatial intelligence AI startup led by Dr. Fei-Fei Li!🚀 🔗na2.hubs.ly/H028wmz0 #CiscoInvests

🔎 Explore the October Startup Snapshot to learn how our portfolio companies are advancing the technologies shaping tomorrow’s enterprise. na2.hubs.ly/H01TlzK0

📺Learn why the challenges of managing privileged access have grown from a niche IT problem to a company-wide security imperative in our latest Innovation Unleashed webinar: na2.hubs.ly/H01yvW80

We raised $125M to build the platform for agent engineering. Thank you to our investors (@IVP, @sequoia, @benchmark, @AmplifyPartners, @SapphireVC, @CapitalG, and more) for their belief in us, and to our customers like @Replit, @clay, @TrustVanta, @Cloudflare, @Rippling, @Cisco, @Workday, and many more for their trust. Read more here about what this means for the future of building agents: blog.langchain.com/series-b/?utm_…

The evolution of privileged identities is crucial in today’s IT and security landscape. Explore how organizations are adapting and keeping pace with these changes during "Innovation Unleashed: Securing Privileged Access in the AI Era." 📺na2.hubs.ly/H01yvW80