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Salesforce Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$5.0M Checks)

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Salesforce Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Enterprise, SaaS, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 9 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$5.0M
Portfolio
9 companies on record
Partners
15 listed
AUM
$6B
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Enterprise, SaaS, Developer Tools, Other
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

AUM

$6.0B

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

15 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Strategic CVC investing in enterprise cloud software aligned with the Salesforce ecosystem.

How Salesforce Ventures invests

Salesforce Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Enterprise, SaaS, Developer Tools, Other.

Salesforce Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $6B in assets under management.

Salesforce Ventures has backed 9 companies in our records, including Snowflake, MuleSoft, Wiz.

Partners & Team

KT

Katie Thiry

Managing Director

KA

Ken Asada

Head of Japan, Salesforce Ventures

WC

Willy Chu

Director of Portfolio Development

AH

Alex Haskell

Director of Legal

NK

Nowi Kallen

Managing Director

ET

Enki T

Director of Impact Investing

TM

Trista Myers

Head of Global Events

CR

Chanel Roberson

Chief Marketing Officer

RK

Robert Keith

Partner

KP

Khushboo Patel

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

EZ

Emily Zhao

Managing Partner

AI infrastructure
robotics
developer tooling
cybersecurity
PD

Paul Drews

Managing Partner

application software
infrastructure
multi-stage investments
AI
cloud
CN

Claudi ne Emeott

Partner

Impact Fund
enterprise software
cloud
RK

Rob Keith

Partner

Vertical SaaS
Security
AI / ML
early to growth stage
KS

Katie Schwartz Thiry

Managing Partner

SaaS
healthcare
fintech
industry-transforming companies

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
SaaS
Developer Tools
Other

Portfolio Companies (9)

Other

SN

Snowflake

Data cloud
MU

MuleSoft

Integration platform
WI

Wiz

Cybersecurity / cloud security·Series B first investment; later follow-ons through Series E

Cloud security platform for identifying and mitigating cloud risks.

CO

Cohere

Generative AI / enterprise AI·2023 investment; stage not specified in source·Salesforce Ventures AI fund

Enterprise-focused large language model company.

PA

Pano AI

Climate tech / AI / public safety·2023 investment; stage not specified in source

AI-enabled wildfire detection and response platform.

DO

DocuSign

SaaS / productivity software·Early portfolio / first wave of Salesforce1 Fund investments·Salesforce1 Fund

E-signature and agreement workflow software company.

I.

i.am+

Consumer tech / connected devices·First wave of Salesforce1 Fund investments·Salesforce1 Fund

Consumer/technology company associated with connected products and devices.

IN

InsideSales.com

Sales software / SaaS·First wave of Salesforce1 Fund investments·Salesforce1 Fund

Sales engagement and lead-generation software company, now known as XANT.

SK

Skuid

Enterprise software / low-code·First wave of Salesforce1 Fund investments·Salesforce1 Fund

Low-code platform for building enterprise applications and user interfaces.

How to pitch Salesforce Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, SaaS, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Katie Thiry, Managing Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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