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Cisco Investments
Corporate venture · Founded 1993 · Active in 2026
Cisco Investments is a corporate venture based in USA, founded in 1993. The page below shows 37 Power Law outcomes from Cisco Investments's portfolio — 32 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 3 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in AI · Cybersecurity · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA · China · Taiwan. Cisco ranks #492 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 37 Cisco Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA30
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China1
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Taiwan1
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India1
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Israel1
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Canada1
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Russia1
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Switzerland1
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AI10
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Cybersecurity10
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Other B2B Software6
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Other5
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Fintech4
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Marketing2
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Series B+31
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Series A3
Cisco's 37 Power Law outcomes.
Where Cisco's founders come from — and where they study.
107 founders across the 37 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Cisco.
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How does Cisco stack up?
Cisco in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsSentiment on X
What X is saying about Cisco Investments
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Cisco on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about Cisco Investments
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Cisco — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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