Category Archives: Philanthropy

Salesforce Ventures launches $100M Impact Fund to invest in cloud startups with social mission

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When Salesforce Ventures launched the first $50 million Impact Fund in 2017, it wanted to invest not only in promising cloud businesses, but startups with a socially positive mission. Today, the company launched the second Impact Fund, this time doubling its initial investment with a new $100 million fund The latest fund is also designed […] Continue reading Salesforce Ventures launches $100M Impact Fund to invest in cloud startups with social mission→

Salesforce is building an app to gauge a company’s sustainability progress

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Salesforce has always tried to be a socially responsible company, encouraging employees to work in the community, giving 1% of its profits to different causes and building and productizing the 1-1-1 philanthropic model. The company now wants to help other organizations be more sustainable to reduce their carbon footprint, and today it announced it is […] Continue reading Salesforce is building an app to gauge a company’s sustainability progress→

Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?

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In this section of my exploration into innovation in inclusive housing, I am digging into the 200+ companies impacting the key phases of developing and managing housing. Continue reading Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?→

CEO Howard Lerman on building a public company and the future of Yext

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It’s just over two years since Yext debuted on the New York Stock Exchange, and to mark the occasion, I sat down with co-founder and CEO Howard Lerman for an interview. As Lerman noted, Yext — which allows businesses to manage their profiles and information across a wide variety of online services — actually presented […] Continue reading CEO Howard Lerman on building a public company and the future of Yext→

Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing

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How founders are taking on housing costs worldwide. Continue reading Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing→

Innovations in inclusive housing

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A look at hundreds of startups rebuilding affordable housing from the ground up. Continue reading Innovations in inclusive housing→

Salesforce ‘acquires’ Salesforce.org for $300M in a wider refocus on the non-profit sector

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Salesforce yesterday announced a move to reposition how it provides software to and works with non-profits like educational institutions and charities: the company announced that it would integrate Salesforce.org — which had been a reseller of Salesforce software and services to the nonprofit sector — into Salesforce itself as part of a larger, new nonprofit and […] Continue reading Salesforce ‘acquires’ Salesforce.org for $300M in a wider refocus on the non-profit sector→

Has the fight over privacy changed at all in 2019?

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Few issues divide the tech community quite like privacy. Much of Silicon Valley’s wealth has been built on data-driven advertising platforms, and yet, there remain constant concerns about the invasiveness of those platforms. Such concerns have intensified in just the last few weeks as France’s privacy regulator placed a record fine on Google under Europe’s […] Continue reading Has the fight over privacy changed at all in 2019?→

Rebuilding employee philanthropy from the bottom up

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In tech circles, it would be easy to assume that the world of high-impact charitable giving is a rich man’s game where deals are inked at exclusive black tie galas over fancy hors d’oeuvre. Both Mark Zuckerberg and Marc Benioff have donated to SF hospitals that now bear their names. Gordon Moore has given away $5B […] Continue reading Rebuilding employee philanthropy from the bottom up→

Dell Foundation pledges $36 million to Harvey relief effort

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 Michael and Susan Dell have doubled down on the tech industry’s commitment to bail out Texas as it recovers from Hurricane Harvey. The couple pledged a whopping $36 million to the effort through their foundation today. The money, which represents the largest single contribution to date for the disaster, comes in the form of an $18 million seed contribution, followed by a dollar… Read More Continue reading Dell Foundation pledges $36 million to Harvey relief effort→