Adrianna Alterman
Principal
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Bio
Professional summary
Sam Ackah-Yensu is a London-based investor at Salesforce Ventures investing across multiple stages in EMEA, with a focus on AI infrastructure, AI applications and cybersecurity. His firm bio says he has been directly involved with Salesforce investments including Black Forest Labs, Lovable, Legora, ElevenLabs, Hugging Face, Mistral, Covecta, Protex AI, PointFive, AutogenAI, Convergence and Wiz. Before Salesforce Ventures, he worked in Deutsche Bank’s M&A TMT team in London.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Black Forest LabsLovableLegoraElevenLabsWiz
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Salesforce VenturesInvestor
- Deutsche BankM&A TMT
Education
- ESCP Business SchoolMaster in Energy Management
- Warwick Business SchoolBachelor in International Business with Spanish
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