Vin Lingathoti has left his position with Cisco to join Cambridge Innovation Capital as partner focused on enterprise and deep tech companies.

Vin (Praveen) Lingathoti, former regional head of venture investments at network equipment maker Cisco in the UK and California since 2015, has joined university-focused Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) as a partner specialising in software investments.
At CIC, which has raised £275m ($300m) since 2013, Lingathoti will make early-stage investments in enterprise and deep-tech companies affiliated with University of Cambridge and the local ecosystem.
At Cisco, his fund commitments included Idinvest, Partech Ventures and Evolution Equity Partners, while his…

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