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Jon Koplin

Director, Business Development

Cisco Corporate Development

Jon Koplin joined Cisco Corporate Development in 2017 and leads the EMEAR team responsible for investments, joint ventures, and acquisitions.

Previous to Cisco, Jon worked as an early-stage technology investor with European family offices.

Before moving into the investment arena, Jon held senior operating roles at Google and Samsung in Europe and Asia.

Early in his career, Jon worked in Silicon Valley and in startups and was part of the management team of NetBeans (acquired by Sun Microsystems).

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January 29, 2019

INNOVATION

Meet the Startups Pioneering Enterprise-Level Disruption and Business Growth at Cisco Live! Europe

As one of the world’s most active corporate VC’s, Cisco believes that keeping a pulse on the start-up ecosystem is one of the best ways to understand what’s next in technology. Our goal is to then harness these insights from external innovation and bring them to our customers. That’s why at this yea…