Salesforce Ventures returned for a round that will be used to develop CME and Citi-backed Privitar's data management software products.

UK-based data protection software provider Privitar landed $40m yesterday in a series B round that included Salesforce Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of enterprise software producer Salesforce.

Venture capital firm Accel led the round, while Partech Ventures, IQ Capital and 24Haymarket also contributed capital.

Founded in 2014, Privitar has developed software that helps companies and public sector organisations protect their data from attacks in compliance with laws such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and California’s Consumer Privacy…