# Ankur Saxena

> Ankur Saxena is a startup investor at Cisco (San Francisco). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cisco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saxenaankur/

Ankur Saxena is a startup investor at Cisco in San Francisco. Ankur is an Investment Manager at Cisco Investments, Cisco’s $2B global VC arm. He looks at investments and acquisitions in Industrial IoT, connected cars, IoT edge/ fog analytics, IoT security, AI, and machine learning. Prior to Cisco, Ankur worked in a variety of roles in venture capital and investment banking in Amazon’s CorporateDevelopment team, The Carlyle Group, Helion Venture Partners and Avendus Capital in the US and India. Ankur earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago and also holds a B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

## About Cisco

VC Fund · San Jose, United States

Cisco is a technology company specializing in networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment. The company continues to offer a wide range of networking solutions, including routers, switches, network security products, wireless and mobility solutions, collaboration tools, data center technologies, and more. Cisco's productsand services are still used by businesses, organizations, service providers, and individuals to build and manage networks, facilitate communication, and enhance connectivity across various industries.

5 contacts available at Cisco.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Chaturvedy | Global Head - Enterprise Technology, Cisco Investments and Corporate Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-chaturvedy |
| Ankur Saxena | Senior Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankur-saxena-0231 |
| Aruna Ravichandran | SVP, Chief Marketing and Customer Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aruna-ravichandran |
| Brian Halla | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-halla |
| Carol Bartz | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carol-bartz |

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