Salesforce has made a strategic investment in the HR software developer, which has increased its total funding to $35m.

Darwinbox, an India-based human resources (HR) software developer, has raised $15m in its series C round from a consortium including Salesforce Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of enterprise software provider Salesforce.

The other investors in this round included venture capital firms Sequoia Capital India, Lightspeed India Partners, Endiya Partners and 3one4 Capital.

Darwinbox markets a software-as-a-service platform which can assist with human capital management processes including recruitment, employee engagement and the management of payroll, expenses and benefits.

Chaitanya Peddi, Darwinbox…