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Welcome, WeaveGrid!
Our investment in WeaveGrid, the ecosystem enabler for an electric mobility future.
Transforming Tomorrow: The Business of Belonging with Jasmine Shells of Five to Nine
Employees who work after-hours to build community at their jobs are greatly appreciated by their peers, but rarely well-rewarded by their employers. That’s about to change.
Cloud 100 Values
The most successful cloud companies in the world lead with purpose and align their values with all their stakeholders. On this year’s Cloud 100 list, we are proud to see so many top-performing companies that are intentional about their impact on their customers, their employees and the world, and are leading the way toward a more equitable future.
CEO Survival Guide: Cloud 100 CEO’s on Leading in a Downturn
Cloud 100 leaders share their stories from the trenches as they offer both strategic and tactical advice to founders on building enduring businesses.
Welcome, Balance!
Our investment in Balance, a B2B ecommerce payment platform built for marketplaces and sellers.
Welcome, Medallion!
Our investment in Medallion, a modern provider management platform that enables healthcare companies to fully offload their clinician operations in one management platform
Finally, the Sales Team Behind the Sales Team Gets Some Love
Salesforce Ventures leads the $75 million-Series C round for Vivun, the first software company to help PreSales teams sell more efficiently and inform product development.
WELCOME, BLOCKDAEMON!
Excited to announce our investment in Blockdaemon, which powers the blockchain economy with an easy-to-use, secure, and scalable node management platform.
Modern Treasury: Improving the way businesses move and track money
Today, many companies throw people at the problem. They hire people to handle payments; engineers to build bank integrations; and finance people to send checks and wires, reconcile payments, and close the books each month. This poor experience is primarily driven by the infrastructure that facilitates these transactions, which is arcane, slow, mostly manual, and
A Seemingly Endless Appetite for the Cloud
Today, the shift to the cloud and the adoption of software is not only strategic but absolutely mission-critical.
Moving Healthcare Forward
If you were unfamiliar with telehealth prior to the pandemic, you are likely familiar with it now. 2020 and 2021 saw massive increases in the adoption of telemedicine as the healthcare industry found itself turning to telemedicine to meet patient needs. More consumers than ever have tried telemedicine — a trend that is not going
Welcome to the Miroverse: Unlocking Expression in the Enterprise
We all know “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Yet most software apps for knowledge workers only provide new ways to write and organize words — and little-to-no ability to collaborate visually. This problem is particularly acute in the new era of distributed work. In the past, you gathered around a whiteboard in a