Salesforce Ventures

Salesforce began its venture investment activity in 2009. Its 2014 announcement reported investments in more than 100 enterprise cloud startups since that year, and the current Ventures homepage likewise dates the operation’s beginnings to 2009.⁠[3][1]

Salesforce Ventures allocated $100 million to its first dedicated fund, the Salesforce1 Fund, for mobile applications and connected products extending the Salesforce1 platform. Initial investments included DocuSign, i.am+, InsideSales.com and Skuid. Portfolio support also included access to Salesforce’s ecosystem and integrated philanthropy model.⁠[3]

Salesforce Ventures launched a $50 million Impact Fund in 2017. Its 2020 retrospective described investments addressing education and reskilling, climate action, equality, and technology for nonprofits and foundations.⁠[4]

The team announced a new $100 million Impact Fund, extending its 2017 initiative. It highlighted investments such as Andela, Angaza, Ellevest and Measurabl, alongside assistance with market access, pricing, customer success and hiring.⁠[4]

Salesforce Ventures announced a $250 million generative-AI fund to support startups and responsible development of the technology.⁠[5]

The team doubled its generative-AI fund from $250 million to $500 million. The latter figure was the expanded total.⁠[6]

Salesforce Ventures announced that it was leading Hugging Face’s Series D. Its investment rationale emphasized the platform’s open model, dataset and application community, enterprise deployment tools, and the team’s expectation that businesses would combine open and closed models.⁠[7]

A new $500 million AI fund brought Salesforce Ventures’ AI commitments over 18 months to $1 billion. The announcement named portfolio companies including AnthropicAnthropicAnthropic is an artificial intelligence research and product company founded in 2021 that develops the Claude models, assistant, and tools such as Claude Code, and operates as a public benefit corporation. Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei are its co-founders, and its research covers model safety, interpretability, and steerability.Open the full entry, Cohere, Runway, Together AI, Mistral AI and Hugging Face, and stressed trust and responsibility in enterprise deployment.⁠[8]

Salesforce Ventures reported deploying more than $850 million of its $1 billion AI fund across 35 AI-first companies. More than a quarter of its existing AI portfolio had received follow-on investment. Its expectation of full deployment by year-end was subsequently updated in the annual review.⁠[9][2]

The 2025 Year in Review covers the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026. It reports 44 new investments and 30 follow-ons, and confirms full deployment of the $1 billion AI fund. It excludes Salesforce Corporate Investments, so these figures are narrower than the parent’s combined strategic-investment reporting.⁠[2]

Hark announced more than $700 million in Series A funding at a $6 billion post-money valuation, led by Parkway Venture Capital with Salesforce Ventures, AMD VenturesAMD VenturesAMD Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of semiconductor company AMD. It backs AI models, developer tools, cloud infrastructure, silicon and interconnect technologies, and provides portfolio companies with compute, engineering and market support. Its predecessor was the AMD Fusion Fund; AMD used the Ventures name in an official 2012 announcement.Open the full entry, NVIDIA and others participating. Salesforce Ventures’ individual contribution was not disclosed.⁠[10]

The website’s July 31, 2026 snapshot reports over $7 billion invested in more than 700 companies, with 190-plus M&A exits and 35 IPOs. These are self-reported cumulative figures, not a single fund’s size or assets under management.⁠[11]

NVIDIA announced an agreement to acquire Hugging Face for approximately $12.93 billion. Salesforce Ventures had led its 2023 Series D. The announcement established an agreement, not completed closing, and did not disclose Salesforce Ventures’ proceeds.⁠[12][7]

Salesforce is the sole capital provider. An evergreen model allows investment across stages and subsequent rounds. The website says Salesforce has acquired fewer than 5% of its portfolio companies. Support includes customer introductions, product feedback and partnerships.⁠[11][1]

As checked in October 2026, the team page listed John Somorjai as president, Paul Drews as managing partner, and Ken Asada as partner and head of Japan. Public company information identifies San Francisco as headquarters; the website also lists London, New York and Tokyo locations.⁠[13][14][11]

Salesforce Ventures: Official website: https://salesforceventures.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

Salesforce: Official website: https://www.salesforce.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[3]

Salesforce Ventures X: Official website: https://x.com/salesforcevc (opens in a new window).⁠[15]

Salesforce Ventures LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Official website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/salesforce-ventures/ (opens in a new window).⁠[14]

Salesforce Ventures YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: Official website: https://www.youtube.com/@salesforceventures (opens in a new window).⁠[16]