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title: "AI funding rounds led by Salesforce Ventures"
description: "Salesforce Ventures led or co-led 2 funding rounds at 2 AI companies on Presspool's record, announced between September 22, 2025 and November 12, 2026. The most recent: Q-CTRL and Rocket. The record also names it as an investor in 2 rounds it did not lead."
canonical: "https://presspool.ai/investors/salesforce-ventures"
last-updated: "2026-11-14"
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# AI funding rounds led by Salesforce Ventures

Salesforce Ventures led or co-led 2 funding rounds at 2 AI companies on Presspool's record, announced between September 22, 2025 and November 12, 2026. The most recent: Q-CTRL and Rocket. The record also names it as an investor in 2 rounds it did not lead.

Lead investor · Latest round November 12, 2026 · Updated November 14, 2026 · Presspool · https://presspool.ai/investors/salesforce-ventures

| Company | Amount | Round | Announced | Co-leads |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Q-CTRL](https://presspool.ai/companies/q-ctrl-com) | US$290 million | Series C | November 12, 2026 | None named |
| [Rocket](https://presspool.ai/companies/rocket-new) | $15 million | Seed | September 22, 2025 | None named |

## Rounds by year

| Year | Rounds led | Rounds joined | Total led, in dollars | Round types led |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | $290 million | Series C |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $15 million | Seed |

## Rounds it joined without leading

Rounds whose entry on the record names Salesforce Ventures as an investor, newest first.

- [LMArena](https://presspool.ai/companies/arena-ai): $200 million Series B, announced October 8, 2026. Named as an investor. Led by [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://presspool.ai/investors/lightspeed-venture-partners) and [Khosla Ventures](https://presspool.ai/investors/khosla-ventures). Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for October 5–10, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-10-05). Sources: [Arena announcement](https://arena.ai/blog/series-b), [Unite.AI](https://www.unite.ai/arena-secures-200m-series-b-at-3-1b-valuation-to-advance-ai-evaluation/).
- [Numeral](https://presspool.ai/companies/numeral-com): $100 million Series C, announced September 23, 2026. Named as an investor. Led by [Insight Partners](https://presspool.ai/investors/insight-partners). Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for September 21–26, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-09-21). Sources: [Numeral](https://www.numeral.com/blog/series-c), [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/numeral-100m-series-c-insight-partners-ai-sales-tax).

## Maps its companies are on

- On the [AI app builders map](https://presspool.ai/niches/ai-app-builders): [Rocket](https://presspool.ai/companies/rocket-new).
- On the [AI coding map](https://presspool.ai/niches/ai-coding) in the weekly sample of November 9, 2026: [Rocket](https://presspool.ai/companies/rocket-new), named or cited in 1 of 46 answers.
- On the [AI evaluation map](https://presspool.ai/niches/ai-evaluation): [LMArena](https://presspool.ai/companies/arena-ai).
- On the [AI infrastructure map](https://presspool.ai/niches/ai-infrastructure) in the weekly sample of November 9, 2026: [LMArena](https://presspool.ai/companies/arena-ai), named or cited in 0 of 46 answers.

## Co-investors

Investors named with Salesforce Ventures on the rounds above: [Benchmark](https://presspool.ai/investors/benchmark), Bullhound Capital, [Insight Partners](https://presspool.ai/investors/insight-partners), [Khosla Ventures](https://presspool.ai/investors/khosla-ventures) and [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://presspool.ai/investors/lightspeed-venture-partners).

## Each round and its sources

### 1. Q-CTRL: US$290 million Series C

Bullhound Capital and Affinity Partners also participated significantly; the round was oversubscribed.

- Announced: November 12, 2026
- Company record: [Q-CTRL on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/q-ctrl-com)
- Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for November 8–14, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-11-09)
- Sources: [Q-CTRL announcement](https://q-ctrl.com/blog/q-ctrl-secures-us-290-million-series-c-funding-led-by-salesforce-ventures-to-accelerate-the-convergence-of-quantum-and-ai), [Quantum Zeitgeist](https://quantumzeitgeist.com/q-ctrl-funding-quantum-290mn)

### 2. Rocket: $15 million Seed

- Announced: September 22, 2025
- Company record: [Rocket on Presspool](https://presspool.ai/companies/rocket-new)
- Sources: [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/22/rocket-new-one-of-indias-first-vibe-coding-startups-snags-15m-from-accel-salesforce-ventures/)

## What this page covers

Presspool records the lead investors of each round, as the company's announcement or the confirming outlets name them, and the other investors the round's entry names. This page lists the rounds this investor led on Presspool's record: every weekly AI startup funding roster, and the latest round of each company on a niche map. A round it joined without leading is listed when the round's entry names it, matched only to firms the record names as some round's lead. It is not the investor's full portfolio: rounds its sources did not name it in are not listed.

All lead investors: [Investors](https://presspool.ai/investors)

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