Claudine Emeott
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Claudine Emeott

Partner, Impact Fund

Based in San Francisco, CA

Claudine works at the intersection of tech, investing, and impact. She leads the $150 million Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund, which invests in mission-driven enterprise technology companies in education, workforce development, sustainability, and financial inclusion. Prior to Salesforce, Claudine led social enterprise investments at Kiva, where she also spearheaded a new impact measurement framework. Claudine spent the first half of her career in economic development consulting and has worked in Beijing and Kathmandu.

Claudine serves on the board of Impact Capital Managers. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Katherine Delmar Burke School and is Co-Chair of the San Francisco Harvard Schools Committee. She holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies (magna cum laude) from Harvard and a Master’s in Urban Planning with a focus on economic development from MIT.


Insights from Claudine Emeott

Salesforce Ventures at Climate Week NYC: Top Takeaways

Insights from the Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund team.

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by Claudine Emeott, Enki Toto, Adrianna Alterman, and Lauryn Poyser
The first dynamic, intelligent, universal map of the global supply chain.

Welcome, Altana!

The first dynamic, intelligent, universal map of the global supply chain. 

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by Claudine Emeott, Adrianna Alterman, Enki Toto, and Lauryn Poyser

Welcome, Uplimit!

The end-to-end AI-powered learning platform.

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by Claudine Emeott, Adrianna Alterman, and Lauryn Poyser

A Year of Resilience: Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund in 2023

Takeaways from Salesforce Ventures’ 2023 Stakeholder Impact Report.

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by Claudine Emeott, Adrianna Alterman, Lauryn Poyser, and Enki Toto

Welcome, Amini!

The single source of truth for environmental data in Africa.

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by Claudine Emeott, Adrianna Alterman, and Lauryn Poyser

Welcome, Pano!

Welcome Pano, a leader in early wildfire detection and intelligence, providing government, utilities, insurers, and private landowners with advanced tools and up-to-the-minute intelligence to quickly mitigate wildfire threats while protecting lives, property, and the environment.

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by Claudine Emeott and Adrianna Alterman

Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund Report: Annual Results and Outlook

A retrospective on what our impact team and portfolio experienced in 2022 & encouraging results from our annual impact report.

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by Claudine Emeott, Adrianna Alterman, Enki Toto, Lauryn Poyser, and Channing Nesbitt

Welcome, WeaveGrid!

Our investment in WeaveGrid, the ecosystem enabler for an electric mobility future.

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by Claudine Emeott and Enki Toto

Metrics Matter: Three Ways to Leverage Impact Metrics to Drive Business Value

Executives from FutureFuel, Sama, and ConsejoSano share how they and other companies can harness the power and potential of impact measurement.

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Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, Founder & CEO of Flutterwave, on his Quest to Unite Africa through Payments

Transforming Tomorrow is a series where we share lessons learned from the leaders of the enterprise technology companies shaping the future. Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, shares his plans for transforming payments in Africa, and the rest of the world.

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Expanding Our Focus on Impact Investing with a New $100M Fund

I’m excited to announce that this morning Salesforce Ventures launched a new $100M Impact Fund to support innovative companies driving positive social change. In 2017, we launched our first $50M Impact Fund and today we’re expanding our commitment. Since our founding, Salesforce has been committed to doing good as part of its business model. Over the last decade, Salesforce

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by Claudine Emeott

Samasource: A Tribute to Leila Janah, and Why We Invested

On Friday, January 24 I received the devastating news that Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, had died after a brief but hard-fought battle with a rare cancer. In the last week and a half, I’ve talked with many people who knew Leila, and I’ve uncovered a common thread of not only grief but also

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by Claudine Emeott