At Cisco, we continuously seek out innovative startups with revolutionary solutions. These companies introduce cutting-edge technology that enhances our products, ensuring our customers have access to top-tier tools that maintain their competitive edge and uncover new business opportunities.
New Investments
Lightning AI delivers powerful tools for accelerating AI development, with a focus on efficiency and scalability. By harnessing advanced technology, Lightning AI enables organizations to rapidly deploy AI solutions, driving innovation and performance. Explore more in their press release.
VISO TRUST offers robust solutions for cybersecurity, emphasizing the importance of trust and compliance in digital interactions. By employing state-of-the-art technology, VISO Trust empowers organizations to secure their digital environments, ensuring data integrity and protection. Learn more about their pioneering efforts in cybersecurity in our blog, Transforming Third-Party Risk Management with AI: Insights from VISO TRUST’s CEO.
Fiddler AI provides advanced solutions for explainable AI, focusing on transparency and accountability in machine learning models. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, Fiddler AI helps organizations understand and trust their AI decisions, ensuring fair and unbiased outcomes. Discover more about their innovative approach to AI transparency in our blog, Navigating the AI Landscape: Fiddler AI's Vision for Observability.
Cloud & Data Center
HYCU delivered DORA-compliant offsite backups for SaaS and cloud applications, ensuring secure storage for mission-critical apps like Jira, Salesforce, and GitHub. The solution, available in public cloud or on-premises, meets regulatory requirements for the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and NIS2 with ransomware-proof storage.
Collaboration
Aisera was recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Artificial Intelligence Applications in IT Service Management, achieving the highest position for Ability to Execute. This evaluation reflects Aisera's comprehensive vision and execution capabilities.
Theta Lake introduced over 100 new features to its Digital Communications Governance and Archiving Platform, including industry-first innovations in record-keeping reconciliation, AI coverage, mobile voice and messaging, language code-switching, false positive reduction, and custom detection implementation.
Uniphore announced a strategic partnership with Konecta, integrating its comprehensive Enterprise AI cloud with Konecta's digital transformation expertise. Together, Uniphore and Konecta are already powering digital transformation for several global enterprises through Generative AI.
Networking
Aliro was selected as a finalist for a Tech Trailblazers Award for quantum networking. The award recognizes and celebrates innovation in enterprise technology startups.
Aviz Networks has secured $17 million in Series A funding, led by Alter Venture Partners with participation from Cisco Investments, Qualcomm Ventures, and others. Cisco Investments first announced this investment into Aviz in November 2023, in our blog “Cisco Investments Bets on “the Linux of Networking.”
Lightbit Labs integrated its software-defined storage with Kubernetes and OpenStack, enabling organizations to modernize applications, optimize infrastructure resources, and retain control over their data. This approach delivered scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency, ideal for managing complex workloads across diverse environments.
Security
AppOmni partnered with Cisco to integrate its Zero Trust Posture Management solution with Cisco's Security Service Edge technology, extending zero trust principles to SaaS applications. This collaboration provided end-to-end zero trust from endpoint to application, enhancing security in complex SaaS environments by improving visibility and monitoring configurations and user behaviors.
Binarly secured a patent for its innovative process that generates Cryptography Bills of Materials (CBOM) from binary executables, enhancing software supply chain security by identifying embedded cryptographic primitives without requiring source code access.
Corellium was named to Deloitte's 2024 Technology Fast 500 list, recognizing its rapid revenue growth and innovation in mobile security solutions. This accolade coincided with the launch of Corellium's new product lines—Solo™, Viper™, and Falcon™—designed to enhance mobile security testing and research capabilities.
JupiterOne published "The Ultimate CAASM Guide for 2025," detailing how Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) solutions provide comprehensive visibility into internal and external assets through API integrations, enabling security teams to query consolidated data, identify vulnerabilities, and address security control gaps.
Securiti launched Gencore AI, a solution that integrates with Amazon Bedrock to enable enterprises to build AI applications using proprietary data securely. This integration ensures data privacy and compliance, allowing organizations to leverage generative AI capabilities while maintaining control over their sensitive information.
SGNL recounted some key takeaways from the Authenticate Conference which recently brought together Identity and Access Management industry leaders (including Duo). Topics included the four components of modern identity, as a framework for understanding the architecture of modern IAM systems.
Upstream expanded its AI-powered cybersecurity and data management platform with a new solution that enabled early detection of vehicle quality issues and accelerated field investigations by 30%, reducing costs for OEMs and enhancing customer experience.
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