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Metrics Matter: Three Ways to Leverage Impact Metrics to Drive Business Value
Executives from FutureFuel, Sama, and ConsejoSano share how they and other companies can harness the power and potential of impact measurement.
STORD Delivers the Goods
Our investment in STORD, a cloud-based platform that helps bring visibility and resilience to corporate supply chains.
Hopin and The Coming of Age of European Tech
Earlier today, Hopin announced its $400M Series C at a $5.65BN valuation, just over a year after closing its Series A, bringing its total funding to over $550M.
The Coach is In.
Salesforce Ventures invests in BetterUp, a coaching and mobile learning platform that helps companies support their employees’ personal and professional growth via online sessions.
Hindsight in 2020: The Unexpected Urgency of Adopting Cloud Technology
Looking back on a watershed year for enterprise technology companies that enable digital transformation, and considering what the future might hold.
When COVID-19 Forced the World to Go Remote, it Put the Agility and Resiliency of Global Supply Chains to the Test
Propel helped product leaders remain in control by making it possible to roll out product updates, enforce quality controls — and even onboard new suppliers — entirely in the cloud.
Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, Founder & CEO of Flutterwave, on his Quest to Unite Africa through Payments
Transforming Tomorrow is a series where we share lessons learned from the leaders of the enterprise technology companies shaping the future. Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, shares his plans for transforming payments in Africa, and the rest of the world.
Carry Your Own Torch — and Then Light the Way for Others
Navigating the workplace as a manager is challenging as it is, and even more so in a year where we all find ourselves interacting through screens. The complexity of that experience is even further compounded when you don’t look like, or have a similar background to colleagues or others in the industry. We created the
Transforming Tomorrow by Salesforce Ventures: Co-founder and President of Snyk, Guy Podjarny
Transforming Tomorrow is a series where we share lessons learned from the leaders of the enterprise technology companies shaping the future. Co-founder and President of Snyk, Guy Podjarny, shares lessons on his journey as a second-time founder, most recently at Snyk, a $2.6BN security company.
Renewed Optimism in Enterprise Tech: The Latest Enterprise Technology Pulse Survey
This year, with so many things being upended, disrupted, and redefined, cloud companies are answering the call for accelerated digital transformation.
Guild Education: Getting a Degree in “Resilience”
Digital Transformation is making it possible for organizations of all sizes to reinvent themselves to meet the changing times. Guild Education is helping companies staff up to meet the moment, while also doing the same for workers.
Expanding Our Focus on Impact Investing with a New $100M Fund
I’m excited to announce that this morning Salesforce Ventures launched a new $100M Impact Fund to support innovative companies driving positive social change. In 2017, we launched our first $50M Impact Fund and today we’re expanding our commitment. Since our founding, Salesforce has been committed to doing good as part of its business model. Over the last decade, Salesforce