Angel investor · Founder and CEO, Salesforce
Every published round Marc Benioff took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumble | Series A | 24 Oct 2025 | $46m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Square Peg Capital portfolio | |
| Pipe | Unnamed stage | 24 May 2021 | $250m | Participant | Startup Daily (Mon 24 May 2021), Startup Daily (Sun 14 Mar 2021) | |
| Loam Bio | Series A | 28 Oct 2021 | $40m | Participant | Forbes Australia (Sun 11 Dec 2022), Forbes Australia (Wed 30 Nov 2022), @AuManufacturing, Cut Through Venture, SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Virescent Ventures portfolio, AgFunderNews, Virescent Ventures portfolio |
Companies Marc Benioff has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
Fund closes reported for Marc Benioff, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Marc Benioff has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Marc Benioff did.
Stories naming Marc Benioff. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of Brett Adcock probing Figure's $39 billion valuation, narrow robot deployments, disputed claims involving BMW and OpenAI, and his habit of raising vast sums for ventures like Hark before products ship.
Also Crunchbase News
Brandon Capital has put roughly $60 million of National Reconstruction Fund money into ten biotech companies and warns R&D tax changes would hurt deep tech; portfolio company Myricx Bio went to Novartis.
Also australiatimes.com
Sierra, the enterprise AI agent firm started by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, has banked a $950 million Series E with Tiger Global and Google Ventures at the helm, plus Benchmark, Sequoia and Greenoaks.
Also TechCrunch Venture·aivy.com.au·cmswire.com·theaiworld.org·faq.com.tw·groundy.com
Rampersand's December newsletter leads with its $2m pre-seed investment in Cor, maker of the Obi AI avatar coach, plus trend retrospectives, tech news, portfolio updates, community events and a job ad.
Roundup of a quiet funding week: Melbourne workforce-platform maker 2cloudnine banked over $7.5m, algae-ingredient maker SeaStock $740,000 from government accelerator FaBA, while San Francisco's Sumble emerged with $59m.
Also Startup Daily
Atlassian's co-founder Scott Farquhar will vacate the co-CEO seat on August 31, staying on in governance and advisory roles, with Mike Cannon-Brookes set to lead alone from September.
Agtech startup Loam has raised a $105 million Series B co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Wollemi Capital, following a $40 million Series A, to commercialise its soil-carbon technology.
Salesforce is shutting its Australian venture arm amid global layoffs. Local head Mike Ferrari has departed, and the unit's Australian investments will now be run from the company's American headquarters.
Also Startup Daily
Agtech carbon platform Regrow Ag, founded by Dr Anastasia Volkova, has closed a Series B led by Galvanize Climate Solutions with prior backers returning, to expand regenerative agriculture programs for food companies.
Also AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·AgFunderNews·Forbes Australia
A roundup of climate-focused startups that secured investment during 2021, led by Loam Bio's $40 million carbon sequestration round, spanning clean energy, waste, lithium, and plant-based protein companies across Australia and New Zealand.
Also SmartCompany
Australian microbial carbon-removal startup Loam Bio raised a $40 million Series A led by TIME Ventures, with CEFC, Main Sequence, Horizons Ventures and others joining; Virescent Ventures says it has invested $5.8 million.
Also Startup Daily·AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·Cut Through Venture·@AuManufacturing·Forbes Australia·Forbes Australia
Weekly roundup by Ignition Lane covering Vend's sale to Lightspeed, Roblox's listing, raises at Pipe, DataGrail, Mastt, Sonnant and Corvus, LaunchVic's new fund for women founders, and Scale Investors' new co-CEOs.
Also Startup Daily·LaunchVic
Weekly roundup reporting Salesforce's Slack acquisition, several ASX listings, multiple Australian startup raises, OneVentures' fund tranche close, and international deals including Facebook buying Kustomer.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Telecom startup Spoke Phone raised a $6.7 million Series A led by Marbruck Investments, with Icehouse Ventures and K1W1 supporting, to improve its product and expand in Australia and the US.
Also SmartCompany