At Cisco, we seek out innovative technology startups that revolutionize industries with their cutting-edge solutions. Our dynamic investment portfolio adapts to the evolving needs of the digital era, ensuring our customers have the latest and most impactful solutions for maintaining a competitive advantage in the tech landscape.
New Investments
Upstream’s detection and response platform is a cybersecurity stalwart of choice for the automotive industry and is expanding into a variety of IoT-driven segments in the transportation ecosystem. Check out our investment announcement blog featuring Essential Insights into Revolutionizing Vehicle Cybersecurity.
Cloud and Data Center
HYCU was awarded the 5-Star Partner Program rating by CRN for the fourth year in a row. The company has introduced innovative tools like R-Cloud and R-Graph, offering partners new revenue streams through comprehensive visualization of data estates, including SaaS applications.
Collaboration
Whatfix emphasized the importance of effectively training employees on new software, including strategies such as creating customized learning paths and utilizing interactive modules. It suggests that comprehensive training not only enhances productivity but also fosters a culture of continuous learning within the organization.
Uniphore emphasized the potential of generative AI for enterprises, calling attention to its ability to create synthetic data and improve natural language understanding. It suggests that leveraging generative AI can enhance various business processes, from customer service to product development, by generating realistic data and insights.
Observability
LiveAction highlighted their work in the Cisco partner ecosystem, helping our mutual customers deliver better user experiences, while simplifying network performance management and troubleshooting. Today, LiveNX is deeply integrated into Cisco SD-WAN and most Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls.
DataRobot and NVIDIA partnered to provide organizations with accelerated AI computing capabilities, aiming to enable rapid development and effective operation of AI solutions at scale. DataRobot underscored the collaboration's focus on delivering tangible, real-world value through the integration of their AI lifecycle platform and NVIDIA's optimization technology.
Security
Expel was honored with the Gold Award at the 2024 Globee Awards, recognized as the top cybersecurity vendor of the year. This achievement underscores Expel's excellence and leadership in the cybersecurity industry.
Island broke down desktop virtualization (VDI), describing it as a mature strategy that can solve important IT and security needs, but also comes with high complexity, steep costs, and — it’s greatest weakness — a dreadful user experience. They position Enterprise Browsers as a logical, more user-friendly, replacement.
Secure Code Warrior focused on the importance of starting with secure code to fully leverage the benefits of AI innovation in software development. It emphasizes that prioritizing secure coding practices lays a strong foundation for AI integration, enabling organizations to build robust and resilient systems.
Securiti stressed the importance of AI governance for managing "shadow AI," AI systems that operate outside traditional IT oversight. It emphasizes the need for robust governance frameworks to ensure accountability, transparency, and compliance with regulations in the deployment and usage of AI technologies.
Looking to connect with a startup or delve deeper into our portfolio of more than 100+ startups, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at work-with-cisco-investments@cisco.com. Our dedicated team is eager to assist you by providing additional information, addressing your specific interests, and ensuring that you have a comprehensive understanding of our portfolio.