# Aruna Ravichandran

> Aruna Ravichandran is a grant investor at Cisco (San Francisco) backing Lifestyle. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cisco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aruna2u
- Website: https://x.com/aruna13

Aruna Ravichandran is a grant investor at Cisco in San Francisco focused on Lifestyle. Aruna Ravichandran is the SVP, Chief Marketing and Customer Officer at Cisco. She attended Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Play Pits | Play Pits provides children with active lifestyles have a kid-friendly, all-natural hygiene choice. | $20K | Grant | Sep 22, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## 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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## FAQ

### What does Aruna Ravichandran invest in?

Aruna Ravichandran invests primarily in Lifestyle startups, most often at Grant stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Slovakia (Slovak Republic). The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Aruna Ravichandran last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aruna Ravichandran closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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