CRM

Sources: Cursor maker Anysphere acquired Koala, an AI-powered CRM startup that raised a $15M Series A five months ago; Koala plans to shut down in September

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch :

CRM platform HubSpot plans to acquire B2B data provider Clearbit, which has 400K+ users and 1,500+ business customers, and was valued at $250M in January 2019

over the years, I'm thrilled about this announcement and what it'll mean for HubSpot customers. Mollie Schane : This HUGE and exciting news.  I already loved using Hubspot and this acquisition is a ga...

Meta spins out Kustomer, after acquiring the CRM startup for ~$1B in a deal that closed in 2022; Kustomer raises $60M at a reported $250M valuation

Rattle, which lets sales teams integrate CRM apps like Salesforce inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, raises a $26M Series A led by Insight Partners

Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat :

The EU approves Meta's acquisition of Kustomer, announced in November 2020, after Meta pledged API access and access-parity for rival CRM software providers

Salesforce announces it's buying Slack in a $27.7B deal

Salesforce, the CRM powerhouse that recently surpassed $20 billion in annual revenue, announced today it is wading deeper into enterprise social by acquiring Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal.  —  Eve...

Vista Equity Partners is acquiring a majority stake in CRM startup Gainsight, valuing it at $1.1B; Gainsight says it's on pace to hit $100M in ARR this year

Sources: Salesforce has held talks about acquiring Slack, although a deal is not guaranteed

they've kind of become the tech acquirer of choice. Big enough to buy $20b businesses, small enough to avoid regulatory scrutiny. https://twitter.com/... Will Oremus / @willoremus : just a stray thoug...

Salesforce announces partnership with Alibaba, which will become the sole provider of Salesforce's CRM products in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan

Bloomberg :

Vlocity, which develops cloud solutions built on Salesforce's CRM platform, raises $60M Series C co-led by Sutter Hill Ventures and Salesforce Ventures

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :