UK-based sales software providers Highspot and Cognism both scored funding in late-stage rounds, with Salesforce Ventures, Axa Venture Partners and Swisscom Ventures among the investors.

Funding

UK-based sales enablement software provider Highspot completed a $248m series F round yesterday featuring Salesforce Ventures, the investment arm of enterprise software producer Salesforce. The round was co-led by B Capital Group and D1 Capital Partners and included Iconiq Growth, Madrona Venture Group, Sapphire and Tiger Global Management. It increased Highspot’s valuation from $2.3bn in its $200m series E round in February 2021 to $3.5bn post-money.

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Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.