Overview
Emily Zhao is a Managing Director at Salesforce Ventures [1][3], a venture fund with $6B+ in assets under management that invests between $10M and $100M+ across seed to growth stage enterprise technology companies [2]. Zhao joined Salesforce Ventures as an Investor in May 2022 [5], was promoted to Principal in January 2024 [4], and advanced to Managing Director in January 2026 [3]. Prior to Salesforce Ventures, Zhao worked as an Investor at Avenir Growth Capital from September 2020 to May 2022 [6]. Zhao's earlier career included roles as a Private Equity Associate at The Blackstone Group [7], an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan [8], and a Research Intern at McKinsey & Company [10]. Zhao holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Art History from Dartmouth College [11].
Profile introduction
Salesforce Ventures is a $6B+ AUM venture fund that partners with the most promising founders in enterprise technology to help them create outlier results. SFV Scope: - $6B AUM - We are financially driven - We lead investments from seed to growth - We write checks between $10M and $100M+ - 15+ years of experience investing in the enterprise - Notable investments include Anthropic, Box, Cohere, Databricks, DocuSign, fal, LiveKit, Lovable, Runway, Snowflake, Twilio, Vercel, Wiz, and Zoom
Career history
- Managing DirectorJan 2026 to presentSalesforce Ventures
- PrincipalJan 2024 to Jan 2026Salesforce Ventures
- InvestorMay 2022 to Jan 2024Salesforce Ventures
- InvestorSep 2020 to May 2022Avenir Growth Capital
- Private Equity AssociateAug 2018 to Jul 2020The Blackstone Group
- Investment Banking AnalystJun 2016 to Aug 2018J.P. Morgan
- Investment Banking Summer AnalystJun 2015 to Jul 2015J.P. Morgan
- Research InternJun 2013 to Jul 2013McKinsey & Company
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Art History2012 - 2016Dartmouth College
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