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Drews joined Salesforce Ventures in 2020 with a focus on application and infrastructure software investments across all stages. He has backed companies across the US and EMEA, and his investments span from seed to IPO-rounds \u2014 including Astronomer, Databricks, Lyra, Monte Carlo, Starburst, Vercel, Vivun and VNDLY (acquired by Workday). Currently, he is a board observer at Airbyte, Astronomer, and Vivun.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Salesforce Ventures, Drews was a partner at Tenaya Capital, where he led investments in companies including Concord and Streamsets (acquired by Software AG). 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