Cisco Investments took part in the customer relationship platform developer's series C round, which increased its total funding to approximately $74m.

Cisco Investments, a corporate venturing vehicle for networking technology producer Cisco, has invested in US-based customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Kustomer as part of a $35m series C round.

Venture capital firm Battery Ventures led the round, which included Canaan Partners, Boldstart Ventures and Social Leverage. Neeraj Agrawal, a general partner at Battery Ventures, will join the company’s board of directors in conjunction with the funding.

Kustomer has built a platform that enables businesses to communicate with their customers…