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Cisco

“Can Cisco extend its networking hardware dominance into recurring software and services revenue while using Cisco Capital as a sales-acceleration tool for enterprise customers?”

Founded1984
HQSan Jose, California, United States
Total raisedPublic company (NASDAQ: CSCO)
IndustryInfrastructure / Networking & Technology
The story

Cisco is a publicly traded global technology company primarily known for networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and software. Its embedded finance activity is limited to Cisco Capital, the company's in-house financing arm that provides flexible payment and lending programs to enterprise technology customers. Cisco Capital is a vendor-financing model, not a third-party embedded finance product.

Last 12 months
2023-05
Product timeline
1984
Cisco Systems founded; develops networking hardware and routing infrastructure.· pivot
1990
Cisco Systems IPO on NASDAQ.· ipo
2020
Cisco Capital launches $2.5B Business Resiliency Program offering deferred payment financing to customers during COVID-19.· lending
2023
Cisco Capital launches Business Acceleration Program allowing customers to defer payments until 2024.· lending
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Cisco’s embedded-finance stack
Lending
Cisco Capital — Total Solutions bundle financingCisco Capital — Hardware lifecycle financingCisco Capital — Software license financingCisco Capital — Multi-year services financingCisco Capital Business Resiliency Program ($2.5B, 2020)Cisco Capital Business Acceleration Program (2023)
Accounting gap: none

Cisco — frequently asked

Where is Cisco headquartered?

Cisco is founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States.

How much funding has Cisco raised?

Cisco has raised Public company (NASDAQ: CSCO) in total.

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