UK-based venture capital firm Notion Capital has achieved the final close of its £107m ($140m) third fund with the support of Cisco Investments, the strategic investment division of networking equipment manufacturer Cisco.

The respective endowment funds of Emory and Texas A&M universities also provided capital, as did private equity firm Key Capital.

The Notion Capital III fund was launched in 2015 to focus on series A-stage startups based in Europe that are operating in the software-as-a-service and cloud sectors.

The…