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Who invested in Salesforce?
Salesforce's investors include Sunbridge Partners, Minor Ventures, MF Capital, Igor Sill and John Friedenrich, and 4 more on record.
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$4.0MSeed$17MSeries A$47MSeries D$79MGrowthUnited States · Growth startup
Who invested in Salesforce
4 rounds we have observed, with the 9 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$147Mraised across 4 rounds since 1999, from 4 sources
$4.0MSeed$17MSeries A$47MSeries D$79MGrowth
- Latest round
- Growth, $79MJun 2013
- Step-upi
- 1.7×
- Investors
- 9
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $4.0M Jan 1999
- Biggest round
- $79M Growth · Jun 2013
- Usual gap between rounds
- 11 months the median of 3
The rounds
- Jun 2013
- Oct 2000
- Dec 1999Series A$17M4 new
Reported by redherring.com
- Jan 1999
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Seed1999Series A1999Series D2000Growth2013
Sunbridge Partners
Minor VenturesMF CapitalIgor SillJohn FriedenrichMagdalena YesilPatrick McGovernWilliam HambrechtLarry Ellison
Sunbridge PartnersMinor VenturesMF CapitalIgor SillJohn FriedenrichMagdalena YesilPatrick McGovernWilliam HambrechtLarry EllisonThe exit
ExitListingPriceWhen
IPONYSE:CRMundisclosedJul 2004
From historical deal records. Wrong? Tell us.
Everyone who backed them
MF CapitalVC firm1round
Igor SillAngel1round
John FriedenrichAngel1round
Magdalena YesilAngel1round
Patrick McGovernAngel1round
William HambrechtAngel1round
Larry Ellisonno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 17 firms list Salesforce as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Daniel DebowAngelPer its own site
Quick answers about Salesforce
How much has Salesforce raised?
Salesforce has raised $147M across 4 rounds since 1999.
When did Salesforce last raise?
Salesforce's most recent round was a Growth of $79M in Jun 2013.
What was Salesforce's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $79M in Jun 2013, is also its largest on record.
Who backed Salesforce first?
Salesforce's first round on record, in Jan 1999, was backed by Minor Ventures, Magdalena Yesil and Larry Ellison.
What stage is Salesforce at?
Salesforce's latest named round is a Growth, in Jun 2013.
Where is Salesforce based?
Salesforce is based in the United States.
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