Series-B round props Automation Anywhere's valuation three-fold to $6.8 bn

Salesforce Ventures leads $290 mn funding with participation from SoftBank, Goldman Sachs. Firm plans to double India headcount to 1,900 in next few years

Automation Anywhere, a robotic process automation (RPA) and chatbot company founded by four Indian entrepreneurs has seen its valuation jumping by close to three-fold just within a year with the company raising its $290 million in series B funding led by Salesforce Ventures and participated by SoftBank and Goldman Sachs at a valuation of $6.8 billion. In November last year, the San Jose, California-based company had raised $300 million from SoftBank Vision Fund, valuing the RPA firm at $2.6 billion.

Automation Anywhere was founded by Ankur Kothari, Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta, and Rushabh Parmani in 2003 and provides its technology