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Announcing our investment in @upwindsecurity🤝 Upwind uses eBPF for runtime-first cloud security — proving which vulnerabilities are actually exploitable in production and filtering out 95% of alert noise. Proud to partner on their Series B. salesforceventures.com/perspectives/t…

Our 2025 Year in Review is live 🚀 ✅ 44 new investments ✅ 30 follow-on investments ✅ 20+ M&A exits ✅ $1B AI Fund fully deployed ✅ New focus areas in robotics, defense, & energy Explore our full Year in Review: salesforceventures.com/sfv-2025/

X turned into a blogging platform and I caved. In my defense, @AnthropicAI 's Series G and crossing $14B in run-rate revenue felt worth more than 280 characters, so it's for a good cause 😎 A lot of people don’t know this but @SalesforceVC has been an investor in Anthropic

Announcing our investment in Fundamental 🚀 Most enterprise data lives in spreadsheets — a format AI couldn't crack. Until now. Fundamental built Large Tabular Models: accurate predictions with one line of code. 🔗Read more about our investment: salesforceventures.com/perspectives/b…

“SFV has been amazing in helping us navigate scaling our team, figuring out which roles to fill, who would be good candidates for particular positions … you were also instrumental in helping collaborate with Salesforce as a customer.” – Russ d'Sa, CEO, @livekit

We’ve invested in @livekit 🚀 The next generation of AI doesn’t just read and write — it sees, hears, speaks, & acts in real time. LiveKit is building the nervous system for multimodal AI, enabling devs to build and operate real-time agents at scale. salesforceventures.com/perspectives/w…

This #GivingTuesday, we’re spotlighting @G2dotcom, a company turning values into impact 🤝 After joining @PledgeOne, G2 committed 1% of company equity to expand STEM education. To date they've raised $1M+ & contributed thousands of volunteer hours. salesforceventures.com/perspectives/b…

We’re thrilled to back @CrusoeAI, tackling one of AI’s biggest challenges: the energy bottleneck ⚡️ By securing stranded energy and building compute infrastructure around it, Crusoe is redefining sustainable AI infra. Cheers @ChaseLochmiller and team 🙌 salesforceventures.com/perspectives/w…

The final day of #DF25 promises to be our busiest yet 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ You can find our team all day at the Agentic Theater in Moscone West for the following portfolio company sessions: 🤖 "How Generative AI is Transforming Work" with @RichardSocher of You.com alongside

That's a wrap on #DF25 Day 2️⃣ Today our portfolio leaders hosted engaging sessions on the future of robotics, CEO leadership, and enterprise AI. Some threads that connected it all: ♾️𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 — Whether you're @thygesen_allan reimagining how @Docusign works, @DarioAmodei building AI that transforms code production, or @Lindon_Gao and @pathak2206 scaling robotic intelligence, the message is the same: Groundbreaking companies are rethinking how work gets done with the help of AI. ❤️ 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 — Every conversation today touched on building trust with customers. While AI disrupts business models, it's pivotal for companies to stay true to their identity so they can effectively guide their customers into the future. Innovation without trust simply doesn't last. ⚙️ 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 — AI is here to handle routine work to help workers focus on tougher challenges that can only be understood through subject-matter expertise, first-hand experience, and nuance. We're poised for a future where AI makes workers more valuable, not less, by enabling them to focus on what they do best. After a long day of conferencing, we ended in grand fashion at the Chase Center, where Benson Boone and Metallica lit up the stage at this year's Dreamfest 🎶 Always nice to be able to put our pens down and connect with the team. See you tomorrow for Day 3 👋

Day 2 of #DF25 loading 📊 Here's where you can find our team today: 🤖 "Scaling Towards General Intelligence in Robotics" with portfolio founders @Lindon_Gao (@DynaRobotics) and @pathak2206 (@SkildAI) at the Agentic Theater. 🗣️ "TIME 100 Talks: The Modern CEO Playbook" with

#DF25 is live 🙌 Excited to be on-site for the next three days with our portfolio companies sharing the latest goings-on. Here's where you can find us today: 🌍 "Powering the Next AI Frontier" with CEOs @vsiv (Emerald AI), @ChaseLochmiller (@CrusoeAI), and @JLopas (Base Power)

Follow @Spyzguyz this week for all things SFV at #dreamforce2025 🚀 To know where to find Matt, download our 2025 Dreamforce Guide: salesforceventures.com/perspectives/s…

We’re thrilled to back @UseCentralize_ — AI agents for relationship selling 🤝 Their first agent, Centra, helps enterprise teams map stakeholders, identify champions & orchestrate complex deals with accuracy. Congrats Rachit, Will, and the entire team! salesforceventures.com/perspectives/w…

2⃣1⃣5⃣ That's the number of SFVC portfolio companies that've taken the @PledgeOne, donating their time, product, profit, or equity for social good. We talked to our portfolio company @airwallex about why they took the pledge & the impact they've driven. salesforceventures.com/perspectives/b…

We’ve invested in @vercel’s $300M Series F 🚀 Vercel is powering the next wave of AI-native apps with AI Cloud — enabling devs to go from idea → production in minutes. 10M+ developers already trust Vercel. Thrilled to deepen our partnership w/ @rauchg. salesforceventures.com/perspectives/d…

RT @SalesforceVC: 🚀 How do you build great boards in the age of AI? Our own @ClaudineEmeott will moderate a conversation on this important…

We've invested in @rocketdotnew 🚀 First-gen AI coding tools are great for quick prototypes — but they struggle with “Day 2” realities like iteration, maintenance, and deployment. Rocket was built from the ground up to solve this gap. With a proprietary multi-agent system,

🌍 As #ClimateWeekNYC kicks off, some of the most important convos are happening offstage — between the innovators + investors shaping climate tech. Our @enkitoto sat down with @Rick_Zullo (@EqualVentures) to explore where the market’s headed 👇 newsletter.equal.vc/p/investing-at…