{"id":1303623,"date":"2025-12-13T09:53:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T04:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1303623"},"modified":"2025-12-20T13:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:16:51","slug":"tcs-spends-rs-6000-crore-to-buy-salesforce-consulting-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/tcs-spends-rs-6000-crore-to-buy-salesforce-consulting-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"TCS Spends Rs 6000 Crore To Buy SalesForce Consulting Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian IT major, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has recently announced that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% stake in Coastal Cloud &#8211; a leading Salesforce Summit partner that specializes in Salesforce Consulting for an all cash consideration of $700 Million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-13-at-9.52.46-AM-1024x486.png\" alt=\"TCS Spends Rs 6000 Crore To Buy SalesForce Consulting Firm\" class=\"wp-image-1303630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-13-at-9.52.46-AM-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-13-at-9.52.46-AM-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-13-at-9.52.46-AM-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-13-at-9.52.46-AM-1536x730.png 1536w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-13-at-9.52.46-AM-2048x973.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leading US Salesforce Consulting Firm Acquired By TCS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coastal Cloud was founded in 2012 and is a leading multi-cloud Salesforce consulting firm which specializes in enterprise-scale transformations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company brings AI-led advisory and business consulting capabilities in helping customers reimagine Sales, Service, Marketing, Revenue, CPQ, Commerce and Salesforce Data Cloud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coastal Cloud excels in building deep customer relationships and partnerships being a Salesforce Summit Partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcs.com\/who-we-are\/newsroom\/press-release\/tcs-acquires-coastal-cloud-a-leading-us-salesforce-consulting-firm\">reportedly<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides this, Coastal Cloud also gained nominations on the Salesforce Partner Advisory Board further enabling them to shape product innovations and develop the services required to support new launches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is led by Eric Berridge, a proven Salesforce veteran who has built and scaled category-leading Salesforce services ventures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, Salesforce Ventures has been a strategic investor in this firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time as earlier TCS strengthened its Salesforce practice during October 2025 with its ListEngage acquisition, a Summit Partner recognized for its Agentforce, Marketing and Commerce Cloud expertise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Coastal Cloud, TCS has further strengthened its Salesforce advisory and business consulting capabilities across verticals globally by adding over 400 seasoned professionals with more than 3,000 multi-cloud certifications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TCS Stands At Top 5 Salesforce Advisory and Consulting Firms Globally<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to the Coastal Cloud\u2019s customer portfolio, it&nbsp; includes enterprises across industry verticals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here TCS can reap benefits from getting access to mid-market customer segments and it can drive synergies across Coastal and TCS\u2019s customer base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After this acquisition of ListEngage and Coastal Cloud, TCS now stand among top 5 Salesforce advisory and consulting firms, globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis acquisition marks a pivotal milestone in advancing our global Salesforce capabilities and accelerating our AI-led transformation agenda. It is another significant step towards realizing TCS\u2019s vision of becoming the world&#8217;s largest AI-led Technology Services company. By adding over 400 multi-cloud specialists with deep industry expertise, we are strengthening our advisory and business consulting capabilities and enhancing our AI and data offerings. We are delighted to welcome the Coastal Cloud team to the TCS family. Eric, together with Altaf Shaikh from ListEngage will strengthen our leadership in propelling the next phase of growth for our Salesforce practice,\u201d said Aarthi Subramanian, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Consultancy Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would significantly strengthen TCS\u2019 global salesforce aspirations by bringing together comprehensive, multi-cloud Salesforce expertise across industries globally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constellationr.com\/blog-news\/tcs-acquires-coastal-cloud-filling-critical-gap-salesforce-s-agentic-future\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian IT major, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has recently announced that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% stake in Coastal Cloud &#8211; a leading Salesforce Summit partner that specializes in Salesforce Consulting for an all cash consideration of $700 Million. 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