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How Enterprise Tech Startups are Adapting Go-to-Market Plans in the Face of COVID-19
We surveyed our portfolio companies to ask about the state of their business and the changes they’re making across their organizations to prepare for both short- and long-term market shifts.
How to Reach Out and Help Those in Need: Virtual Volunteer Opportunities
Even though we can’t all get together in person right now, we can still pitch in to support our communities.
Lessons in SaaS from the 2008 downturn — what can we expect?
We are all facing the same existential threat right now — and it’s profoundly more challenging than anything else most of us have experienced. At Salesforce, our priority has been on making sure our employees, families, and communities are safe and healthy. We’ve also maintained our focus on customer success and Salesforce has shared a number
Investing in Clarity: Our Investment in Snowflake
The cloud boom has led to an explosion in productivity, but many potential gains remain untapped due to challenges in managing all the resulting data. Salesforce Ventures announces its intention to support companies that make sense of it all, including a new investment in Snowflake.
Samasource: A Tribute to Leila Janah, and Why We Invested
On Friday, January 24 I received the devastating news that Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, had died after a brief but hard-fought battle with a rare cancer. In the last week and a half, I’ve talked with many people who knew Leila, and I’ve uncovered a common thread of not only grief but also
Seeing is Believing? More Like Seeing is Buying.
Why Salesforce Ventures just invested in the Threekit Series A
Improving the Search Box: Our Investment in Algolia
Today we are thrilled to announce our investment and partnership with Algolia as part of its Series C round together with Accel. With more than 8,000 customers worldwide — including Stripe, Twitch, Slack, Intuit, Sephora, LVMH, and Birchbox — Algolia quickly has become one of the most exciting businesses emerging out of Europe. We’ve known co-founders Nicolas
Is Your Data an Asset or a Liability? Introducing Our Newest Investment: BigID
Why Salesforce Ventures Invested in BigID
Our Investment in Qualified: A Conversational Marketing Platform
As sales and marketing teams evolve, we continue to look for partners who share our interest in making the pipeline more efficient. To that end, we’re excited to announce our investment in Qualified.
Our Investment in Blend: Transforming the Lending Experience
The mortgage industry is going through a period of rapid transition and change. The drivers of this have been present for quite some time, stemming back to the previous housing boom that contributed to the 2008 financial meltdown. After the financial crisis, many of the mortgage lenders that sprung up in the boom closed their