Investments
870Portfolio Exits
181Funds
20Partners & Customers
9Service Providers
1About Salesforce Ventures
Salesforce Ventures is an investment firm focused on supporting enterprising founders in the enterprise software industry. The firm provides capital investment and strategic partnership opportunities to innovative companies that are shaping the future of business operations and cloud computing. Salesforce Ventures primarily sells to sectors that include artificial-intelligence (AI) innovation, government software adoption, performance monitoring, generative AI, global supply chain mapping, AI-powered learning platforms, and virtual healthcare solutions. It was founded in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California. Salesforce Ventures operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce.
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Research containing Salesforce Ventures
Get data-driven expert analysis from the CB Insights Intelligence Unit.
CB Insights Intelligence Analysts have mentioned Salesforce Ventures in 12 CB Insights research briefs, most recently on Apr 29, 2025.
Apr 29, 2025 report
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State of Venture Q1’25 Report
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Nov 14, 2024 report
State of Insurtech Q3’24 Report
Oct 11, 2024
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Latest Salesforce Ventures News
Jul 9, 2025
Meet the visionary founders shaping tomorrow — and how Salesforce Ventures helps bring their ideas to life. July 9, 2025 Over 15 years and counting, Salesforce Ventures has made it our mission to provide patient, committed capital to the world’s most enterprising founders across every stage of their growth journey. To reflect on our firm’s impact to date, we interviewed some of our portfolio founders about why they value our partnership and how we’ve been able to support innovative companies with a world-class team, coveted community, and strategic access and support. Watch: The Story of Salesforce Ventures Founders like Adam Evans (Airkit), Apoorv Bhargva (WeavveGrid), Sonia Kastner (Pano AI), Clement Delangue (Hugging Face), and Peter McKay (Snyk), share how Salesforce Ventures’ commitment has helped countless companies achieve extraordinary results. And we’re just getting started. If you’re building across cloud infrastructure, AI, security, horizontal or vertical SaaS, or impact, and are searching for long-term partners to help accelerate your vision, we’d love to connect. To learn more about Salesforce Ventures, visit our website >>>
Salesforce Ventures Investments
870 Investments
Salesforce Ventures has made 870 investments. Their latest investment was in Upward as part of their Series F on July 01, 2025.
Salesforce Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/1/2025 | Series F | Upward | $8.1M | No | J Growth, and Japan Venture Capital | 2 |
6/24/2025 | Series B | Diggle | $12.08M | Yes | Aozora Corporate Investment, Archetype Ventures, DNX Ventures, and JIC Venture Growth Investments | 2 |
6/16/2025 | Series B | Pano AI | $44M | No | 3 | |
6/3/2025 | Series B - II | |||||
5/28/2025 | Series B |
Date | 7/1/2025 | 6/24/2025 | 6/16/2025 | 6/3/2025 | 5/28/2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series F | Series B | Series B | Series B - II | Series B |
Company | Upward | Diggle | Pano AI | ||
Amount | $8.1M | $12.08M | $44M | ||
New? | No | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | J Growth, and Japan Venture Capital | Aozora Corporate Investment, Archetype Ventures, DNX Ventures, and JIC Venture Growth Investments | |||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Salesforce Ventures Portfolio Exits
181 Portfolio Exits
Salesforce Ventures has 181 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Melio on June 24, 2025.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/24/2025 | Acquired | 12 | |||
5/15/2025 | Acquired | 7 | |||
4/28/2025 | Acquired | 4 | |||
Date | 6/24/2025 | 5/15/2025 | 4/28/2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 12 | 7 | 4 |
Salesforce Ventures Acquisitions
2 Acquisitions
Salesforce Ventures acquired 2 companies. Their latest acquisition was The Athene Group on December 06, 2018.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/6/2018 | Acq - Fin | 3 | ||||
4/7/2015 | Series E+ |
Date | 12/6/2018 | 4/7/2015 |
|---|---|---|
Investment Stage | Series E+ | |
Companies | ||
Valuation | ||
Total Funding | ||
Note | Acq - Fin | |
Sources | 3 |
Salesforce Ventures Fund History
20 Fund Histories
Salesforce Ventures has 20 funds, including Salesforce Ventures Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/7/2023 | Salesforce Ventures Fund | $250M | 1 | ||
11/12/2019 | Consultant Trailblazer Fund II | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Open | 1 | |
3/4/2019 | Australia Trailblazer Fund | $50M | 4 | ||
5/3/2018 | Canada Trailblazer Fund | ||||
10/3/2017 | Salesforce Impact Fund |
Closing Date | 3/7/2023 | 11/12/2019 | 3/4/2019 | 5/3/2018 | 10/3/2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Salesforce Ventures Fund | Consultant Trailblazer Fund II | Australia Trailblazer Fund | Canada Trailblazer Fund | Salesforce Impact Fund |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital | ||||
Status | Open | ||||
Amount | $250M | $50M | |||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Salesforce Ventures Partners & Customers
9 Partners and customers
Salesforce Ventures has 9 strategic partners and customers. Salesforce Ventures recently partnered with Claroty, and Bessemer Venture Partners on August 8, 2024.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/7/2024 | Partner | United States | 1 | ||
8/8/2023 | Partner | ||||
9/1/2020 | Partner | ||||
7/3/2019 | Partner | ||||
5/30/2019 | Partner |
Date | 8/7/2024 | 8/8/2023 | 9/1/2020 | 7/3/2019 | 5/30/2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | ||||
News Snippet | |||||
Sources | 1 |
Salesforce Ventures Team
4 Team Members
Salesforce Ventures has 4 team members, including current Chief Operating Officer, Vice President, Khushboo Patel.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Khushboo Patel | Salesforce, and Deloitte | Chief Operating Officer, Vice President | Current |
Name | Khushboo Patel | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Salesforce, and Deloitte | |||
Title | Chief Operating Officer, Vice President | |||
Status | Current |
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