Salesforce

Salesforce is a leading cloud-based software company, founded in 1999, specializing in customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. It offers a range of enterprise applications, including Sales Cloud for sales automation, Service Cloud for customer service, Marketing Cloud for digital marketing, and Commerce Cloud for e-commerce. Additionally, Salesforce provides a platform for building custom applications and MuleSoft for data integration. Salesforce.org, a division of the company, donates and discounts its technology to nonprofits and educational institutions, fostering a culture of giving back. Salesforce Ventures, the company's venture capital arm, invests in enterprise technology startups globally, providing funding, access to the Salesforce ecosystem, and guidance from its executives.

Samuel Ackah-yensu

Investor

Adrianna Alterman

Principal

Ken Asada

Partner, Head of Japan

Marc Benioff

Co-Founder, Co-CEO and Chairman

Arundhati Bhattacharya

Chairperson and CEO

Craig Butters

Director, Customer Success

Kevin Chen

Investor

Robert DeSisto

SVP, GM B2B and B2C Commerce

Christopher J. Dean

GM and Vice President, Media Cloud, Salesforce Industries

Paul Drews

Managing Director, Salesforce Ventures

Dan Farber

SVP Strategic Communications

Caroline Fiegel

Investor, Slack Fund

Kartikeya Gupta

Principal

Takuya Hosomura

Principal

Achyut Jajoo

SVP and GM, Manufacturing and Automotive

Nowi Kallen

Managing Director

Zak Kokosa

Investor

Rohit Mahna

SVP and General Manager

Fatima Paruk MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Health Officer

Bill Patterson

EVP and GM, CRM Applications

Lauryn Poyser

Investor, Impact Fund

Dom Pusateri

Investor

Alexandra Quie

Principal

Laura Rowson

Principal

Katie Schwartz

Principal, Salesforce Ventures

John Somorjai

Executive Vice President, Corporate Development

Jason Spinell

Partner, Slack Fund

Jim Steele

President, Global Strategic Customers

Kevin Wu

Investor

Emily Zhao

Principal

Past deals in Open Source

Endor Labs

Series B in 2025
Endor Labs specializes in enhancing application security by managing open-source software dependencies. The company provides a Dependency Lifecycle Management Platform designed to tackle vulnerabilities within the software supply chain, particularly the unmanaged proliferation of open-source software in enterprises. By streamlining the selection, security, and maintenance of software dependencies, Endor Labs aids developers in adopting safe open-source solutions, thereby accelerating development processes and reducing the time spent on security issues. The platform supports clients in maximizing code reuse and implementing microservices architectures, ultimately simplifying the complexities associated with software engineering.

Chainguard

Series D in 2025
Chainguard specializes in supply chain security by providing hardened, minimal container images that are continuously rebuilt from source in secure environments. These images are designed to eliminate known vulnerabilities and ensure end-to-end integrity, featuring built-in cryptographic signatures, Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs), and Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) provenance. In addition to its container images, Chainguard offers a catalog of guarded Java dependencies through its Chainguard Libraries, which are also built securely from source in SLSA-certified infrastructure. The company emphasizes its commitment to the open source community by contributing to and maintaining several widely used open source projects. By applying zero-trust principles and utilizing compliant-build systems, Chainguard enables businesses to effectively manage their supply chain security risks throughout the software lifecycle.

Together AI

Series B in 2025
Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models. The company contributes cutting-edge open-source research, models, and datasets to push the boundaries of AI forward. Through its decentralized cloud services, developers and researchers at organizations of various scales are empowered to train, refine, and deploy generative AI models.

Odigos

Series A in 2024
Odigos is a technology company that specializes in enhancing application performance through its innovative eBPF technology. This open-source service allows for the generation of distributed traces, metrics, and logs without requiring extensive engineering effort. By providing tools for monitoring and an observability control plane, Odigos enables developers to gain insights into their applications more effectively. In addition to its core focus on performance monitoring, the company also offers a range of creative services, including audio jingles, recruitment, visual effects, 2D and 3D graphics and animation, and broadcasting. This diverse portfolio positions Odigos as a valuable partner for both developers seeking to optimize their applications and businesses looking for creative solutions.

Hugging Face

Venture Round in 2024
Hugging Face, established in 2016 and based in New York, specializes in open-source machine learning technologies. It operates a platform that facilitates collaboration on machine learning projects, including models, datasets, and applications. The company aims to democratize machine learning by providing tools and services that support and advance the field, while also offering paid computing and enterprise systems to accelerate development.

Together AI

Series A in 2024
Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models. The company contributes cutting-edge open-source research, models, and datasets to push the boundaries of AI forward. Through its decentralized cloud services, developers and researchers at organizations of various scales are empowered to train, refine, and deploy generative AI models.

Mistral AI_

Convertible Note in 2023
Mistral AI is a company focused on developing advanced artificial intelligence solutions, particularly in the realm of open-source models. It specializes in creating customizable and compute-efficient large language models that facilitate a range of applications, including natural language processing and complex problem-solving. Mistral AI aims to foster safe artificial general intelligence that benefits all users, allowing businesses and organizations to harness AI technology without the burden of building and maintaining their own models. Through a community-driven development approach, Mistral AI seeks to enhance efficiency, innovation, and decision-making for its clients.

Mistral AI_

Series A in 2023
Mistral AI is a company focused on developing advanced artificial intelligence solutions, particularly in the realm of open-source models. It specializes in creating customizable and compute-efficient large language models that facilitate a range of applications, including natural language processing and complex problem-solving. Mistral AI aims to foster safe artificial general intelligence that benefits all users, allowing businesses and organizations to harness AI technology without the burden of building and maintaining their own models. Through a community-driven development approach, Mistral AI seeks to enhance efficiency, innovation, and decision-making for its clients.

Hugging Face

Series D in 2023
Hugging Face, established in 2016 and based in New York, specializes in open-source machine learning technologies. It operates a platform that facilitates collaboration on machine learning projects, including models, datasets, and applications. The company aims to democratize machine learning by providing tools and services that support and advance the field, while also offering paid computing and enterprise systems to accelerate development.

NetBox Labs

Series A in 2023
NetBox Labs specializes in simplifying the management of complex networks through its innovative cloud-based platform, NetBox Cloud. This enterprise-grade, software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering is built on open-source technology and aims to enhance network automation for operators. The platform features a central database that enables users to query data consistently and accurately, facilitating quick and efficient network automation. By providing a comprehensive suite of tools and expertise, NetBox Labs helps clients avoid manual errors and the complications associated with traditional spreadsheet methods, while enforcing both physical and logical rules within their networks.

Aiven

Series D in 2022
Aiven, established in 2016 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, specializes in hosting and managing open-source database and messaging systems on major cloud platforms for global businesses. Its portfolio includes managed services for PostgreSQL, Redis, InfluxDB, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Cassandra, catering to diverse data infrastructure needs. With offices in Berlin, Sydney, Toronto, and Boston, Aiven empowers clients to drive business results from open-source technologies, simplifying data management and enabling them to focus on core application development.

dbt Labs

Series D in 2022
Dbt Labs is a developer of an open-source analytics engineering tool founded in 2016 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company focuses on empowering data analysts to create and disseminate organizational knowledge through its innovative platform. By enabling users with SQL knowledge to build data transformation workflows, Dbt Labs provides a transformation workflow tool that facilitates quick and collaborative deployment of analytics code. This tool emphasizes software engineering practices such as modularity, portability, and documentation, thereby allowing teams to streamline their analytics processes and enhance their ability to derive insights from data.

Airbyte

Series B in 2021
Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that facilitates the synchronization of data from various applications, APIs, and databases to data warehouses. The platform automates the creation of data pipelines through the use of pre-built or custom connectors, allowing businesses to efficiently collect and analyze data from a diverse range of sources. This capability is particularly beneficial for organizations seeking to obtain insights from users employing ad-blocking tools. With a focus on improving data accessibility and integration, Airbyte aims to streamline the data management process for businesses across various industries.

Salto

Series B in 2021
Salto Labs Inc. specializes in business application configuration, providing a comprehensive dashboard for companies to manage their applications and services. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Salto offers a unique solution that employs an Open Source and an Enterprise SaaS product to facilitate multi-application configuration. At the core of its technology is NaCl (Not Another Configuration Language), which allows for the automatic extraction and declarative representation of configurations from various business applications, including Salesforce, NetSuite, and HubSpot. This innovative approach enables collaborative editing and deployment of configurations, with capabilities for testing, tracking, and rolling back changes as needed. Salto's structured language enhances usability by allowing text searches, re-use of configurations, inline documentation, and easy auditing of changes, ultimately streamlining business operations and reducing errors. The company is backed by notable investors and has expanded its presence with offices in both Tel Aviv and San Francisco.

Aiven

Series C in 2021
Aiven, established in 2016 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, specializes in hosting and managing open-source database and messaging systems on major cloud platforms for global businesses. Its portfolio includes managed services for PostgreSQL, Redis, InfluxDB, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Cassandra, catering to diverse data infrastructure needs. With offices in Berlin, Sydney, Toronto, and Boston, Aiven empowers clients to drive business results from open-source technologies, simplifying data management and enabling them to focus on core application development.

Salto

Series A in 2020
Salto Labs Inc. specializes in business application configuration, providing a comprehensive dashboard for companies to manage their applications and services. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Salto offers a unique solution that employs an Open Source and an Enterprise SaaS product to facilitate multi-application configuration. At the core of its technology is NaCl (Not Another Configuration Language), which allows for the automatic extraction and declarative representation of configurations from various business applications, including Salesforce, NetSuite, and HubSpot. This innovative approach enables collaborative editing and deployment of configurations, with capabilities for testing, tracking, and rolling back changes as needed. Salto's structured language enhances usability by allowing text searches, re-use of configurations, inline documentation, and easy auditing of changes, ultimately streamlining business operations and reducing errors. The company is backed by notable investors and has expanded its presence with offices in both Tel Aviv and San Francisco.

Automattic

Series D in 2019
Automattic Inc., established in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing and providing web-based solutions. It is renowned for its suite of products, including WordPress.com for website creation and management, WooCommerce for e-commerce, and Jetpack for site performance and security. Automattic serves non-profit and open-source projects globally, with a mission to democratize publishing and commerce through its open-source content management systems.

Griddable

Acquisition in 2019
Griddable Inc., founded in 2017 and based in San Jose, California, develops a SaaS platform known as griddable.io, which facilitates synchronized data integration across various environments, including cloud and data platforms. The platform is designed to allow users to create policies and topologies without the need for coding, making it accessible for organizations looking to streamline their data management processes. Griddable's technology leverages foundational elements from the Databus open-source project, which was initially developed at LinkedIn. The company has secured funding from notable investors such as August Capital and Artiman Ventures. As of early 2019, Griddable operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce. The vision behind griddable.io was conceived by Rajeev Bharadhwaj, who assembled a skilled team, including key figures from the Databus project, to bring this innovative product to market.

Splice Machine

Series B in 2017
Splice Machine, Inc. is a data platform company based in San Francisco, California, that develops a hybrid relational database management system (RDBMS) designed to seamlessly integrate streaming, analytics, and transactions. This platform leverages Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark to execute both operational and analytical workloads, allowing for real-time updates and the development of scalable applications without the need for application rewrites. Splice Machine's RDBMS is particularly beneficial for industries requiring digital marketing, ETL acceleration, operational data lakes, and Internet of Things applications. Additionally, the company offers Livewire, an open-source operational AI platform aimed at enhancing industrial IoT use cases by providing alerts to plant operators regarding outages or performance issues. Founded in 2012, Splice Machine aims to disrupt the traditional database market by enabling clients to reduce latency, costs, and complexity associated with legacy systems.

Appiphony

Venture Round in 2017
Appiphony, LLC is a Chicago-based company that specializes in designing and developing Salesforce ISV applications. Founded in 2006, it has established itself as a key player in the Salesforce ecosystem, leveraging deep expertise to assist technology companies in extending their presence on the Salesforce platform. Appiphony offers a range of services including the development of custom applications, tools, and mentorship for the development community. Notable offerings include Strike, an open-source toolkit for accelerating Salesforce Lightning development, and ISV Quick Start, a workshop aimed at teaching ISV application building. The company also addresses user experience challenges faced by ISVs through its design practice, positioning itself as a comprehensive resource for independent software vendors seeking to launch and support their applications effectively. Appiphony's clientele includes prominent organizations such as Salesforce, Slack, and DocuSign, reflecting its capability to cater to leading technology firms.

PredictionIO

Acquisition in 2016
PredictionIO is an open-source machine learning server designed for software developers and data engineers to create predictive features, including personalization, recommendations, and content discovery. The platform simplifies the integration of these features into web and mobile applications through a straightforward set of APIs. This allows developers to implement functionalities similar to product recommendations seen on platforms like Amazon or news recommendations akin to those on Flipboard with minimal coding effort. By providing these capabilities, PredictionIO enables the development of more intelligent applications that enhance user experience through tailored content.

Sauce Labs

Series B in 2012
Sauce Labs Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based testing solutions for mobile and web applications, headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a data center in Frankfurt, Germany. Founded in 2008, the company offers a comprehensive testing platform that includes automated browser testing, mobile testing, and various testing services for different programming environments. Its flagship product, the Sauce Continuous Testing Cloud, has facilitated over 3 billion tests, enabling businesses to ensure their applications perform optimally across various browsers, operating systems, and devices. By delivering insights into the user experience, Sauce Labs helps organizations enhance software quality, protect their brand reputation, and speed up product delivery. Co-founded by the original creator of Selenium, Sauce Labs maintains strong ties to the open-source community, providing a unique blend of expertise and customer support in the automated testing space.

Flotype

Seed Round in 2012
Flotype Inc. is a venture-backed company building a suite of enterprise technology for real-time messaging. Flotype takes a unique approach by building developer-friendly technologies focused on ease-of-use and simplicity, while still exceeding enterprise-grade performance expectations. Flotype licenses enterprise-grade middleware, Bridge, to customers ranging from social web and software enterprises to financial and fleet management groups. Other offerings include NowJS, a free, open-source framework, for developers seeking real-time interactivity on Node.js and JavaScript browsers. NowCluster is available for companies seeking scalability and reliability for NowJS applications. Established in 2010 and based in Berkeley, California, Flotype is venture-backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Partners, InterWest Partners, and Salesforce.com.

Dimdim

Acquisition in 2011
Dimdim provides a browser-based web conferencing service that enables users to host and attend meetings without the need for software downloads. Built on an open source platform, it allows users to download the code for installation on their own servers. The service facilitates various forms of interaction, including desktop sharing, slide presentations, audio communication, and video broadcasting, as well as chat functionality. Dimdim's offerings include Dimdim Pro and Dimdim Enterprise, which support content sharing and management, web collaboration, and real-time communication among participants.
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