Spencer Chavez, a GCV Rising Stars 2020 winner, has stepped down from his position as principal at Salesforce Ventures to join KKR.

Spencer Chavez, a principal at Salesforce Ventures, the corporate venture capital subsidiary of enterprise software producer Salesforce who ranked sixth as a GCV Rising Stars winner in January 2020, has joined alternatives asset manager KKR as a principal in its technology, media and telecoms growth team.

KKR has been building its tech growth team under Dave Welsh as traditional private equity firms move down towards growth equity deals for opportunities and as a window on disruptive trends that might…

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.