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Paul Drews

Managing Partner

Based in San Francisco, CA

Paul is Managing Partner at Salesforce Ventures. Paul focuses on application and infrastructure software investments across all stages. He is currently a board observer or actively involved with our investments in Airbyte, Anthropic, Astronomer, Databricks, Lyra, Runway, Starburst, Vercel, Vivun and VNDLY (acquired by Workday)

Prior to joining Salesforce Ventures, Paul was a partner at Tenaya Capital, where he led investments in companies including Concord and Streamsets (acquired by Software AG). He was formerly a vice president at Battery Ventures, where he was actively involved with the firm’s investments in companies including Collibra, Jfrog (NASDAQ: FROG), Opsgenie (acquired by Atlassian), and Streamsets. Paul holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in economics from Duke University.


Perspectives
Paul Drews How Can Startups Sell to Enterprises in 2024?

Insights

How Can Startups Sell to Enterprises in 2024?

A data-driven analysis of how startups are selling to enterprises.

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Paul Drews Elevate 2024: Revolutionary Leadership – Lessons From CEOs

Events

Elevate 2024: Revolutionary Leadership – Lessons From CEOs

Takeaways from our leadership panel at Salesforce Ventures’ annual CEO summit.

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