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Paul Drews

Paul Drews

Managing Partner atSalesforce VenturesFirm active Oct 9San Francisco, CA
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Paul Drews is Managing Partner at Salesforce Ventures, focusing on application and infrastructure software investments. He previously held roles at Tenaya Capital and Battery Ventures.

What Paul can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Salesforce Ventures writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Battery Ventures · vice president
  2. Tenaya Capital · partner
  3. Salesforce Ventures · Managing Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

AirbyteAnthropicAstronomerDatabricksLyraRunwayStarburstVercelVivunVNDLYConcordStreamsetsCollibraJfrogOpsgenieMonte Carlo

Focus

application softwareinfrastructure softwareinvestments

Education

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, MBADuke University, BS in economics

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Questions

Who is Paul Drews?

Paul Drews is Managing Partner at Salesforce Ventures, focusing on application and infrastructure software investments. He previously held roles at Tenaya Capital and Battery Ventures.

How much does Paul Drews invest?

Paul Drews invests through Salesforce Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Paul Drews?

A warm intro from a founder Salesforce Ventures backed works best.

What did Paul Drews do before Salesforce Ventures?

vice president at Battery Ventures; partner at Tenaya Capital.

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