Salesforce - About the company
Salesforce is a public company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 1999 by Marc Benioff, Dave Moellenhoff, Brian Dunphy, Frank Dominguez, Sabrina An, Joel De La Fuente and Ann Gaudard Weeby. It operates as a Provider of a platform delivering customer relationship management and cloud solutions. Salesforce has raised $52M in funding from investors like New Enterprise Associates, UBS and Emergence Capital. The company has 2656 active competitors, including 107 funded and 68 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like HubSpot, Freshworks and Zoho.
Company Details
Provider of a platform delivering customer relationship management and cloud solutions. The platform offers applications and tools for sales, service, marketing, commerce, and information technology. It enables businesses to automate tasks, analyze data, and personalize customer interactions. The platform’s features include artificial intelligence, data integration, and application development capabilities.
- Website
- www.salesforce.com/?bc=OTH
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@salesforce.com
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- San Francisco, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1999
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$52M in 15 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
1st among 2656 active competitors
Annual Revenue
$1B+ as on Jan 31, 2026
Employee Count
76,453 as on Jan 31, 2025
Exit Details
Public
Legal entities associated with Salesforce
Salesforce is associated with 9 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Business Field Management, s.r.o. CIN: 26026678 , Czech Republic, Active | Aug 11, 2000 | - | 409 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | |
Powerful advantage s.r.o. CIN: 07755996 , Czech Republic, Active | Jan 02, 2019 | - | - | |
ThinkCloud s.r.o. CIN: 06553371 , Czech Republic, Active | Oct 25, 2017 | - | - | |
Sales management CIN: 40103499166 , Latvia, Active | Jan 09, 2012 | €0 - €1M (As on Dec 31, 2024) | 2 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | - |
CRM FINANCIAL CONSULTING LTD CIN: 11680157 , United Kingdom, Active | Nov 14, 2018 | £0 - £1M (As on Nov 30, 2019) | 1 (As on Dec 01, 2021) | |
Salesforce, Inc. CIN: 943320693 , United States, Active | $1B+ (As on Jan 31, 2026) | 36537 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - | |
VLOCITY CLOUD APPLICATIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72200KA2015FTC079354 , India, Dissolved under section 59(8) | Mar 19, 2015 | ₹10 - ₹50 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2020) | - | |
SteelBrick Inc CIN: 464397210 , United States, Active | Dec 26, 999 | - | 26 (As on Dec 31, 2016) | - |
SALESFORCE.COM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72200KA2005PTC037330 , India, Active | Sep 26, 2005 | ₹1,000+ Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 18277 (As on Dec 31, 2017) |
Salesforce's IPO details
Salesforce got listed on Jun 23, 2004.
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Salesforce's funding and investors
Salesforce has raised a total funding of $52M over 15 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 06, 1999. Salesforce has 37 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Salesforce:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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May 23, 2023 | 3631428 | Post IPO | 2266157 | 1757388 | 7537654 | 9163169 |
Mar 08, 2020 | 2500678 | Post IPO | 8350936 | 3258632 | 6065586 | |
Aug 20, 2018 | 7630731 | Post IPO | 3405209 | 3823042 | 8317283 | 3260314 |
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Salesforce's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Salesforce are Marc Benioff, Dave Moellenhoff, Brian Dunphy, Frank Dominguez, Sabrina An, Joel De La Fuente and Ann Gaudard Weeby. Marc Benioff, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Bob Vanstraelen and Marco Hernansanz are the CEOs of Salesforce.
Here are the details of Salesforce's key team members:
- Marc Benioff: Co-Founder & CEO of Salesforce and founder of 6 other companies, including Efficient Capacity, TIME Ventures and SalesForce. They are also an angel investor in 102 startups.Contact Info: 6 email addresses
- Dave Moellenhoff: Former Co-Founder of Salesforce. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
- Brian Dunphy: Co-founder / User Experience Team Lead of Salesforce and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Frank Dominguez: Former Co-Founder of Salesforce.
- Sabrina An: Vice President & Co-founder of the Salesforce Student User Group at Berkeley of Salesforce.
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Salesforce's employee count trend
Salesforce has 76,453 employees as of Jan 25. The total employee count is 5.0% more than what it was in Jan 24. Here is Salesforce's employee count trend over the years:
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Salesforce's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Salesforce include HubSpot, Freshworks and Zoho. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Salesforce, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Salesforce 1999, San Francisco (United States), Public | Provider of a platform delivering customer relationship management and cloud solutions | $52M | 87/100 | |
2nd |  HubSpot 2005, Cambridge (United States), Public | Provider of a platform offering marketing, sales, and customer service software | $101M | 87/100 | |
3rd |  Freshworks 2010, Chennai (India), Public | Provider of IT service management and customer support solutions | $400M | 84/100 | |
4th | Provider of cloud-based business software suite for diverse operational requirements | - | - | 76/100 | |
5th |  SugarCRM 2004, Cupertino (United States), Acquired | AI-based open-source CRM software | $152M | 72/100 | |
6th |  Attio 2017, London (United Kingdom), Series B | Cloud based platform offering CRM software to enterprises | $141M | 71/100 | |
7th | Provider of an customer engagement and marketing automation | $780M | 67/100 | ||
8th | _1583137235482.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} Creatio 2002, Boston (United States), Series D | Developer of enterprise automation software featuring no-code platform capabilities | $278M | 67/100 | |
9th |  ChapsVision 2019, Suresnes (France), Series C | Provider of data processing and artificial intelligence solutions for various sectors | $284M | 65/100 | |
10th | Easyrewardz 2011, Gurugram (India), Series B | Cloud-based CRM and loyalty platform solutions for managing customer relationships, loyalty programs, and sales interactions | $14.3M | 65/100 |
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Salesforce's Investments and acquisitions
Salesforce has made 81 investments in companies including Wonderful and Bob. Salesforce has also acquired 79 companies including Fin and m3ter.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Sep 02, 2026 | Investments | 2025 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) | |
Sep 01, 2026 | Investments | 2015 | London (United Kingdom) | |
Jul 27, 2026 | Investments | 2024 | Milan (Italy) |
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Reports related to Salesforce
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News related to Salesforce
Filter this listMedia has covered Salesforce for a total of 613 events in the last 1 year, 363 of them have been about company updates and 65 about partnerships.
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DataGroomr Honored with Salesforce Partner of the Year Award for Data Quality ExcellencePR Newswire•Sep 25, 2026•Salesforce, DataGroomr
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Numeral Raises $100 Million Series C FundingMassinvestor•Sep 24, 2026•Numeral, Insight Partners, Numeral One, Salesforce and 1 other
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Salesforce's India Operations: Driving Global Innovation and AI AdoptionDataquest•Sep 18, 2026•Salesforce
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Stensul Brings Governed Creation to Salesforce Marketing Cloud NextBusiness Wire•Sep 18, 2026•Stensul, Salesforce
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Salesforce Projects $63 Billion Revenue by FY2030, Exceeding EstimatesMoneycontrol•Sep 17, 2026•Salesforce, Informatica
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Khazna Data Centres and Siemens sign MoU to advance AI data centre infrastructureTelecompaper•Sep 16, 2026•Siemens, Salesforce
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