Cresta

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Acquired by SSalesforce on November 3, 2026 for $2.7B · The Information.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Cresta | 140 days from X account to first raise on record

@cresta·Raised $196M in 3 sourced rounds·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

1. November 3, 2026
   Acquired by SSalesforce · $2.7B
   Source: The Information
2. November 19, 2024
   Series B+ · $125M
   QQatar Investment Authority (lead), WWorld Innovation Lab (lead), JJPMorgan Chase & Co., LLG Technology Ventures, QQualcomm Ventures, SSAV (Scale Asia Ventures), SSCAN Group, SSequoia, TTiger Global Management, WWorkday Ventures
   Source: PR Newswire
3. March 17, 2022
   Series B+ · amount undisclosed
   TTiger Global Management (lead), CCarMax, FFive9, GGenesys, GGreylock, JJPMorgan Chase & Co., PPorsche, RRoosh Ventures, SSequoia, ZZoom
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
4. March 31, 2021
   Series B+ · $50M
   SSequoia (lead), AAllen & Company, AAndreessen Horowitz, GGreylock, PPorsche
   Source: finsmes.com
5. February 3, 2020
   Series A · $21M
   GGreylock (lead), AAndreessen Horowitz, AAndy Bechtolsheim, BBBQ Capital, JJacob Seid, MMark Leslie, TTech Square Ventures, VVivi Nevo
   Source: finsmes.com
6. September 16, 2019
   X account created
7. July 28, 1994
   Website created

Founders and team

• AE
  Andre Esteva Founder

  LinkedIn
• SZ
  S. Zayd Enam Founder

  @zaydenam · LinkedIn
• ST
  Sebastian Thrun Founder

  @SebastianThrun · LinkedIn
• SH
  Shan Huang Founder

  LinkedIn
• TS
  Tim Shi Founder
• PW
  Ping Wu CEO
• AT
  Akhil Talwar Head of Product, Cresta Agent Products
• AT
  Alyse Tognotti Chief of Staff
• HS
  Hao Sheng Software Engineer
• JL
  Jared Lucas Vice President of People
• SS
  Sachin Soni Customer Success

Investors

• AAllen & Company
• AAndreessen Horowitz
• AAndy Bechtolsheim
• BBBQ Capital
• CCarMax
• CComcast Ventures
• EEnvisionX Capital
• FFive9
• GGenesys
• GGreylocklead investor
• JJacob Seid
• JJPMorgan Chase & Co.
• LLG Technology Ventures
• MMark Leslie
• PPorsche
• QQatar Investment Authoritylead investor
• QQualcomm Ventures
• RRoosh Ventures
• SSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
• SSCAN Group
• SSequoialead investor
• TTech Square Ventures
• TTiger Global Managementlead investor
• VVivi Nevo
• WWorkday Ventures
• WWorld Innovation Lablead investor
• ZZoom

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