Salesforce and Adobe are both strategic investors in Demandbase
Chris Golec · 817: SaaS: DemandBase Raises $65m More, $90m+ ARR, Leading ABM Space, IPO Next? · Oct 19, 2017 · at 7:14
Demandbase founder and CEO Chris Golec discusses strategic corporate backers in Demandbase's funding rounds.
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“Yeah, Adobe participated in this round and both Salesforce and Adobe are Our investors in the company.”
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