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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.

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by Salesforce Ventures

Empowering Black Founders and Investors Through Education and Access: Black Venture Institute

Salesforce Ventures, in partnership with BLCK VC, Operator Collective, and Berkeley Haas School of Business, introduces Black Venture Institute.

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by Salesforce Ventures

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. At Salesforce we’ve been committed to doing good as part of our business model since our founding. Over the last decade,

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by Claudine Emeott

Ureeka Empowers Minority-Owned Businesses to Accelerate COVID-19 Recovery

Established in 2018, the Ureeka platform connects and strengthens a community of entrepreneurs, mentors, coaches, corporate partners, and investors to help small businesses grow.

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by Salesforce Ventures

Behind the Scenes of Cloud 100: Lessons Learned for Virtual Events

Like many planners and agencies over the last six months, our team has learned so much about producing, marketing, and hosting virtual events. Invites, hosting options, production standards, and best practices have evolved so much since we made the quick pivot in March. Not to mention, audiences are more distracted than ever before, and the

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by Trista Myers

Data is the Linchpin of Digital Transformation 2.0

Salesforce Ventures is doubling down on its position in Snowflake with another $250 million investment while continuing to invest in data-centric companies that are fueling the next generation of digital transformation.

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by Salesforce Ventures

The Rise of the Cloud: The 2020 Forbes Cloud 100

This morning, for the fifth year in a row, in partnership with Forbes and Bessemer Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures is excited to reveal the 2020 Cloud 100, the definitive list of the world’s top 100 private cloud companies and the 20 rising stars poised to join their ranks.

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by Salesforce Ventures