Claudine Emeott
Partner at Salesforce Ventures
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner, Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund
2021 - Current
Leads the Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund, investing in best-in-class enterprise software companies working in climate tech, education and workforce development, financial inclusion, and digital health. More than 30 active investments including: Guild Education, Flutterwave, Unite Us, Paper, Crehana, Andela, Urbint, Measurabl, BlocPower, Ellevest, FutureFuel, and Sama, among others.
Salesforce Ventures invests in enterprise tech to help companies connect with their customers in entirely new ways.
Board Observer
2022
Board Observer
2020
Candidly is an AI-driven platform for student debt and savings optimization.
Raised $46,275,000.00 from Cercano Management and Altos Ventures.
Senior Director, Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund
2019 - 2021
Following the success of $50M Fund I, launched $100M Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund II in 2020.
Director, Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund
2017 - 2019
Launched Salesforce's first dedicated corporate venture impact investing initiative with initial $50M fund in the Salesforce Ventures portfolio. This fund seeks investments with market returns, demonstrable social or environmental impact, and opportunities to grow the Salesforce ecosystem through strategic partnerships.
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.
Raised $65,375,124.00 from Starboard Value.
Director, Strategic Initiatives
2014 - 2017
Led Kiva’s strategy to measure and maximize social impact of $150M annual loan portfolio on Kiva’s crowdfunding platform. Developed and implemented Kiva's first impact measurement framework and tools to inform partnership and product decisions in a data-driven manner.
Portfolio Manager, Strategic Initiatives
2012 - 2014
Expanded Kiva's partnerships with non-financial institutions working in high impact sectors including clean energy, water and sanitation, agriculture, mobile/ICT, and higher education. Managed end-to-end deal flow, including prospecting, due diligence, contract negotiation, and onboarding.
Kiva is an international non-profit organization that enables families to make small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Raised $11,800,000.00 from Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative and The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation.
Consultant
2011 - 2011
Examined international best practices and executed field-based focus groups to author comprehensive recommendations for reforming Nepal's social welfare benefits, focusing on market solutions for delivery and monitoring of $800 million in annual cash benefits.
Kiva Fellow
2011 - 2011
Served directly with Kiva’s microfinance partner in Nepal, BPW Patan, to build capacity and increase efficiency for this women-only cooperative.
Kiva is an international non-profit organization that enables families to make small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Raised $11,800,000.00 from Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative and The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation.
Associate
2008 - 2010
Performed financial and economic modeling for urban development projects in underinvested communities.
Intern
2007 - 2007
Researched Vanke’s pilot affordable housing project in Guangzhou, analyzing its financial and organizational structures to assess its potential replicability across China.
Project Associate
2005 - 2006
Provided financial and contractual compliance oversight to a $32 million portfolio of USAID, DFID, and World Bank projects to promote enterprise development in Croatia, access to finance in Russia, and bank privatization in Mongolia and Tanzania.
DAI is a global development company that tackles fundamental social and economic development problems.