Zoom Video Communications, Inc. leader in video communication announced that it ranks third on the Forbes 2018 Cloud 100, published by Forbes in collaboration with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. Zoom Rooms, the leading software-based conference room solution, features video and audio conferencing, wireless content sharing, and integrated calendaring running on off-the-shelf hardware.
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CEO of Zoom, Eric S. Yuan said “It is a pleasure to again be recognized by Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes, and Salesforce Ventures as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. Zoom is riding the wave of adoption of cloud and SaaS services by providing the world’s best cloud video communications platform. We got here by focusing on delivering happiness via a customer-first mentality and an innovative product suite, and we don’t plan on changing that anytime soon.”
Forbes editor of The Cloud 100, Alex Konrad said that for the past three years, the Cloud 100 list has identified the top cloud companies that are reshaping their respective industries. He is consistently impressed by the caliber of companies honored on the Cloud 100 list. It is an exciting time to be a cloud company and founder.
Byron Deeter, a top cloud investor, and partner at Bessemer Venture Partners said that all of the twenty-five cloud IPOs and major cloud acquisitions over the past three years have been prior members of the Cloud 100, and they absolutely expect that the dominant public cloud companies of the future will also come from this list. The 2018 Cloud 100 represents well over $135B in private shareholder value an astonishing figure that reminds them yet again of the power of the cloud. The way they do business will be dramatically different as a result of these companies and he is honored to celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of the founders and teams behind each company on the 2018 Cloud 100.
“The business opportunity for cloud companies is tremendous today as capital investment, customer demand and rate of adoption continues to grow. We’re excited to see the potential of these companies and look forward to seeing what innovative technology they deliver around the world,” said Matt Garratt, Managing Partner, Salesforce Ventures.
