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Nowi Kallen

Managing Director at Salesforce Ventures

London, England

Overview 

Nowi Kallen is the Managing Director at Salesforce Ventures in London, England, where he specializes in business model development, corporate finance, and growth capital. With a strong background in venture capital, he has successfully invested in notable companies like Wiz, AutogenAI, and Mews, contributing to their growth and success. Kallen's career highlights include leading investments in various sectors such as Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, and FinTech, and his strategic involvement in the acquisition of Avalor Security by Zscaler in March 2024.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director

    2022 - Current

    Investing in the most exciting B2B SaaS companies from Seed through to IPO. Investments include: Avalor, Wiz, Oleria, Charles, Balance, Aiven, Averlon, Miro, monday.com, Mews, Gong, Snyk and Contentful.

  • Principal

    2019 - 2022

Salesforce Ventures invests in enterprise tech to help companies connect with their customers in entirely new ways.

  • Investor

    2024

Sixfold AI is an insurtech startup that leverages generative AI to improve insurance underwriting processes.

Raised $21,500,000.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Crystal Venture Partners.

  • Investor

    2024

ElevenLabs is a research company developing AI voice synthesis software for creators and publishers.

Raised $101,000,000.00 from Disney Accelerator.

  • Investor & Board Observer

    2023

Oleria is an identity security company that offers proactive tools for identifying and mitigating risks to organizations.

Raised $41,100,000.00 from Tapestry VC, Salesforce Ventures, Zscaler and Evolution Equity Partners.

  • Investor

    2021

Wiz is a cybersecurity company developing a cloud security platform to help businesses secure their infrastructure.

Raised $2,000,000,000.00 from SoftBank Vision Fund.

  • Seed Investor

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2019

Snyk is a cloud native application security provider that enables millions of developers to build software securely.

Raised $1,195,500,000.00 from ServiceNow.

  • Investor (Acquired by Zscaler in Mar-24)

    2023 - 2024

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