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Unlock the Hidden Value of Competitive Data with Klue

Would you say your business is more, or less competitive now than a few years ago? Do you feel confident that everyone on your sales team has the most up-to-date information that will allow them to win out against the competition? In today’s highly competitive environment, chances are, you feel less confident and less prepared

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by David Kellenberger and Zak Kokosa

Your Compliance Robot: Salesforce Ventures Invests in Drata

Salesforce Ventures announces its investment in Drata, a company that automates and eases the burden of security and compliance and helps companies prove they’re trustworthy.

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by Rob Keith

Data Engineering is Making Relying on Gut Decisions A Thing of the Past

Salesforce Ventures places another bet on the continued, massive growth of data and invests in data observability startup Monte Carlo.

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by Paul Drews

The Secret to Creating the Next Big Thing on the Web, Fast: Vercel

Salesforce Ventures announces its investment in Vercel, a platform that makes it easier for front-end developers to build better, faster, more flexible online experiences.

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by Paul Drews

Always Be Connecting: Five Lessons on Building Sales Teams

Five lessons on building high-performance sales teams from Michael Corr, AVP of Sales at Salesforce.

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by Salesforce Ventures

Monday is our Favorite Day: Salesforce Ventures Invests in the New, More Flexible Workspace

As part of its strategy to support companies reinventing the future of work and help them scale, Salesforce Ventures has made a $75 million private placement investment concurrent with monday.com's IPO.

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by Alex Kayyal, Nowi Kallen, and Alexandra Quie

Class is in Session

Announcing our investment in Class Technologies which provides much-needed solutions for teachers and students in virtual and hybrid classrooms.

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by Paul Drews and Laura Rowson

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.

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by Claudine Emeott

STORD Delivers the Goods

Our investment in STORD, a cloud-based platform that helps bring visibility and resilience to corporate supply chains.

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by Katie Schwartz Thiry

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.

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by Alex Kayyal and Nowi Kallen

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.

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by Katie Schwartz Thiry

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.

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by Salesforce Ventures