Climate Grants and Investments

Cisco and the Cisco Foundation invest in innovations that businesses and communities need to thrive into the future – including those that build resilience to a changing climate and foster energy security.

Our funding streams

Cisco Foundation Regenerative Future Fund

Investments in climate venture funds and early-stage start-ups, with a focus on Seed and Series A

Focus areas:

  • Clean energy access and innovation
  • Carbon solutions
  • Regenerative agriculture
  • Adaptation and resilience technologies
  • Early-stage climate funds

Cisco Foundation Grant Funding

Funding for nonprofits developing and delivering resilient, climate-smart solutions

Focus areas:

  • Nature preservation and restoration
  • Regenerative and resilient agriculture
  • Climate finance
  • Education and action

Cisco Investments

Corporate venture capital aimed to scale solutions that address both Cisco’s and our customers’ sustainability needs.

Focus areas:

  • Clean energy
  • Circular economy

Read recent examples of our impact

Using technology for land management

Cisco Foundation support enables effective community decision making through more precise landscape mapping.

Building resilience to extreme weather

Innovative solutions are enabling local leaders to improve flood monitoring, wildfire management and more

Financing regenerative agriculture

Cisco Foundation supports nonprofits building a pathway to healthier soil, cleaner water, and climate resilience.

Featured start-ups and funds

Highlights of Cisco Foundation Regenerative Future Fund investments

Aikido Technologies

Helping to make clean energy more efficient, affordable, and scalable to meet growing demands.

Chloris Geospatial

Providing real-time monitoring and consistent data updates to assess climate impact of carbon projects.

Mitti Labs

Combining satellite technology, AI, and operations to permanently reduce methane emissions from rice farming.

Superorganism

Investing in early-stage startups working to prevent biodiversity loss and protect nature.

Terradot

Using technology to scale a solution to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Vibrant Planet

Enhancing wildfire risk reduction strategies, benefiting communities, wildlands, and utilities through improved protection and healthier ecosystems.

Featured nonprofits

Highlights of the nonprofits funded through the Cisco Foundation $100 million climate commitment

Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance

Aiming to protect 86 million acres of rainforest by improving living conditions, halting deforestation, and restoring ecosystems.

Digital Green

Collaborating with farmers and agencies to promote climate-smart agriculture, helping to lower the cost of adopting resilient practices.

Digital Opportunity Trust

Empowering young social innovators with digital tools, knowledge, and networks to create positive climate action within their communities.

Kara Solar

Creating solar technologies to provide Amazon communities with clean energy autonomy, strengthen cultural resilience, and contribute to the defense of rainforest ecosystems.

Terraso

Providing local landscape leaders with the knowledge, tools, and funding they need to successfully regenerate their land.

Vibrant Data Labs

Combining machine learning, natural language processing, and computational statistics with evidence-based inquiry to increase the collective impact of climate funders.

Power an Inclusive Future for All

Cisco Purpose Reporting Hub

Find in-depth reporting on our latest impact, goals, and progress.