Perspectives / Impact Fund

The realities of entrepreneurship and the unique challenges low-income families face 

Thank you Jimmy for spending some time with Salesforce Ventures. I’m excited to dive into how you built Propel, the unique challenges low-income families face, and your advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. We have a lot to cover, so let’s get started!  Enki: To kick us off, what inspired you to create Propel?  Jimmy:  At the

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Perspectives / Impact Fund

How Oyster HR Drives Success by Leading With Impact 

What happens when two business leaders motivated by providing opportunities for others, come together to create a company? An industry-leading technology business, centering impact is born. Oyster is a global employment platform that allows it easy for companies to hire, pay, and take care of a globally distributed team. Their goal is to empower and enable

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Perspectives / Portfolio

Welcome, WeaveGrid!

Today we are excited to announce our investment in WeaveGrid, the ecosystem enabler for an electric mobility future.

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Perspectives / Impact Fund

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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Perspectives / Portfolio

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

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