Salesforce Ventures Launches $100 Million Fund For Japanese Startups

Dawn Kawamoto, Biz Journals
Tue, 12/04/2018 - 9:06pm

Salesforce Ventures is launching a $100 million fund to invest in Japanese startups, a move that comes as the company kicks off its Salesforce World Tour Tokyo, the company announced late Tuesday afternoon. The Japan Trailblazer Fund aims to support startups that are part of the Salesforce ecosystem. According to IDC, the country’s public cloud services market is expected to double to $13 billion by 2022 from its 2018 level. “There is incredible innovation happening in Japan today, and the…

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Salesforce Ventures Launches $100 Million Fund For Japanese Startups

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