Founder and CEO, Salesforce · angel in 2 deals

Marc Benioff

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	TIME Ventures	Startup Daily (14 Feb 2023), Forbes Australia, Startup Daily (24 May 2022)
Founder and CEO	Salesforce	techbuzz.ai, Rampersand, Startup Daily (24 Oct 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (30 Jan 2023), Forbes Australia (11 Dec 2022), Forbes Australia (30 Nov 2022)

Disclosed deals

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	Canaan Partners AIX Ventures Bloomberg Beta Zetta Nat Friedman Square Peg Capital	Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Square Peg Capital portfolio
Loam Bio	Unnamed stage	Oct 2021	$40m	Participant	-	Forbes Australia (11 Dec 2022), Forbes Australia (30 Nov 2022), Cut Through Venture

Portfolio

Companies Marc Benioff has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Loam Bio	Agtech company developing microbial soil-carbon technology and farmer carbon projects	Oct 2021	1	0
Sumble	Sales intelligence startup	24 Oct 2025, Series A	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Marc Benioff, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Marc Benioff yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Marc Benioff has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Marc Benioff did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Marc Benioff is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming Marc Benioff. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

12 deals

Brandon Capital's $60m taypayer-funded biotech bets

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

Series D+ $950m

Bret Taylor's Sierra raises nearly $1 billion months after last capital push

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 Australia·aivy.com.au·cmswire.com·theaiworld.org·faq.com.tw·groundy.com

Pre-seed $2m

💫 Ramplify: December Details

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.

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily

5 deals

Two Aussie startups that raised $8.2 million this week

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

Key hire

Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar steps down as co-CEO

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.

Forbes Australia 26 Apr 2024 Airwallex ANU Atlassian Australian Tech Council Blackbird Ventures Canva Culture Amp Domino's Pledge 1%Salesforce Skip Capital Kim Jackson Marc Benioff Mike Cannon-Brookes Nick Crocker Scott Farquhar

2 deals

Climate change agtech startup Loam raises $105 million Series B

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.

Startup Daily 14 Feb 2023 Loam Macquarie Capital Acre Venture Partners Clean Energy Finance Corporation Grok Ventures Horizons Ventures Lowercarbon Capital Main Sequence Ventures TIME Ventures Wollemi Capital Guy Hudson Guy Webb Marc Benioff Mike Cannon-Brookes Tegan Nock Tim Bishop

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

3 deals

Salesforce sheds its Australian VC arm amid swingeing job cuts

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.

Startup Daily 30 Jan 2023 Airwallex Go1 Salesforce Ventures Culture Amp Databricks Docusign Goldman Sachs In-Q-Tel Monday.com Reejig Salesforce Stripe US Marine Corps CIA Marc Benioff Mike Ferrari

2 deals

These farmers raised $50 million to fight climate change with fungi

Forbes Australia 30 Nov 2022 Loam Bio Impossible Foods Salesforce University of Sydney Grok Ventures Horizon Ventures Marc Benioff Guy Hudson Guy Webb Mike Cannon-Brookes Peter McGee Tegan Nock

Also Forbes Australia

2 deals

Agriculture carbon reduction startup Regrow Ag plants $50 million Series B

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.

Startup Daily 24 May 2022 Regrow Ag General Mills Kellogg's Sydney University Ajax Strategies Cargill Galvanise Climate Solutions M12 Main Sequence Ventures Neglected Climate Opportunities Rethink Impact TIME Ventures Dr Anastasia Volkova Katie Hall Marc Benioff Tom Steyer

Also Forbes Australia·Startup Daily

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