People Type: Our Team
Kristi King
Kristi supports Salesforce Ventures’ global events program, hosting 20+ events annually for the Salesforce Ventures brand and portfolio, including Elevate, Cloud 100, Cloud Gives Back, Founder Summit, and Salesforce Ventures’ presence at Dreamforce. Throughout her career, Kristi has executed events for up to 18,000 attendees in over 15 US states and internationally in Canada, England,
Lara Mouritsen
Lara Mouritsen is Head of Legal for Salesforce Ventures. She has a dynamic role advising on investments and portfolio matters. She also counsels the Salesforce Foundation, a non-profit private foundation, in corporate and governance issues. Prior to Salesforce, she was a corporate associate at Cooley where she represented investors, start-ups, and public tech companies in
Adrianna Alterman
Adrianna Alterman is a Principal on the Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund, a portfolio fund within Salesforce Ventures that focuses on climate tech, edtech, workforce development, financial inclusion, and digital health. Adrianna was previously a Senior Associate at Amplify Capital, an early-stage impact VC fund, and was on the impact investing team at MaRS, Canada’s largest
Jessica Bartos
Jess is a Principal with Salesforce Ventures in London covering our investments in EMEA. She specializes in infrastructure & developer tools, AI/ML infrastructure and AI-enabled apps, and vertical software. Prior to joining Salesforce Ventures, she was an investor with AlbionVC investing in early-stage software businesses in the UK. Jess spent five years as an investment
Jason Spinell
Jason currently leads Slack Fund, a $100-million early-stage investment fund focused on supporting startups that are building and enhancing the future of work. Previously Jason was the ventures director at Undercurrent, an organizational design and strategic consultancy located in NYC, LA, and the UK. He led Undercurrent’s investment efforts, focusing opportunistically on early-stage companies seeking
Enki Toto
Enki invests in leading technology companies that have a demonstrable impact on their communities and customers. She invests across education technology companies that reduce inequalities in education and lifelong learning; financial technology companies that further financial inclusion, and climate technology companies aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change. Prior to Salesforce, Enki worked in
Claudine Emeott
Claudine works at the intersection of tech, investing, and impact. She leads the $150 million Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund, which invests in mission-driven enterprise technology companies in education, workforce development, sustainability, and financial inclusion. Prior to Salesforce, Claudine led social enterprise investments at Kiva, where she also spearheaded a new impact measurement framework. Claudine spent
Caroline Fiegel
Caroline invests in Pre-Seed & Seed companies building critical infrastructure & delightful products across AI/ML and B2B SaaS. Since joining the team in 2022, Caroline helped launch the $500M Generative AI Fund and led several of its initial early-stage investments including Hearth, Tribble, Ensemble and others. She is passionate about diversifying the pool of founders
Brian James Murphy
Brian joined Salesforce Ventures in 2022. He supports the broader Ventures team by enabling data-driven investing and portfolio development. Brian enjoys the science and art of representing a complex world in numbers. Before joining Salesforce Ventures, he worked at Two Sigma Investments and Harvard Business School. Brian holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and
Alexandra Quie
Alexandra joined the Salesforce Ventures London office in 2021 and works across all stages and sectors to find the best cloud software companies in EMEA. She has worked on investments including Algolia, Contentful, Gong, Monday.com, and Zencity, among others. Prior to Salesforce Ventures, Alexandra lived in Los Angeles for five years, where she worked as
Alex Haskell
Alex Haskell is a legal director for Salesforce Ventures, based in London and operating across EMEA, APAC, LATAM, and India. He supports Salesforce Ventures with its investments and also works with portfolio companies with various legal issues. He has experience advising on and structuring deals in 15+ jurisdictions. Alex was previously part of Salesforce’s M&A