Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Coastal Cloud, a Salesforce consulting firm in the US, for $700m in cash.
The acquisition will provide TCS with full ownership of Coastal Cloud.
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Coastal Cloud, established in 2012, focuses on providing Salesforce consulting services for enterprise-scale transformations across a variety of sectors.
The company delivers advisory and business consulting for areas such as sales, service, marketing, revenue, CPQ, commerce, and salesforce data cloud.
Coastal Cloud’s team includes more than 400 professionals with over 3,000 multi-cloud certifications.
Eric Berridge leads Coastal Cloud as its CEO. The company is a Salesforce Summit Partner and participates in the Salesforce Partner Advisory Board.
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By GlobalDataSalesforce Ventures had invested strategically in the company.
Eric Berridge said: “This is an exciting new chapter for Coastal Cloud, and joining TCS enables us to serve our customers’ evolving needs with even greater depth, speed, and scale.
“Our team’s Salesforce and multi-cloud expertise, combined with TCS’ global reach, advanced AI capabilities and enterprise scale solutions, will allow us to support customers across a broader spectrum of transformation needs.”
TCS said that the acquisition of Coastal Cloud strengthens its global Salesforce advisory and business consulting capabilities and increases access to the mid-market customer segment.
In October 2025, TCS acquired ListEngage, another Salesforce Summit Partner known for its expertise in Agentforce, Marketing and Commerce Cloud.
With both ListEngage and Coastal Cloud joining TCS, the firm reported that it will be among the world’s top five Salesforce advisory and consulting companies.
The company noted that it will continue to pursue acquisitions consistent with its strategic areas of focus, including AI, cloud, cybersecurity, digital engineering, and enterprise solutions.
TCS enterprise solutions global head Vikram Karakoti said: “Coastal Cloud’s multi-cloud capabilities strongly complement TCS’ existing Salesforce strength, and together with ListEngage’s expertise, we are poised to build a world-class Salesforce practice to deliver full-stack, custom solutions globally.
“These two acquisitions expand our geographic presence, deepen our sector capabilities, and significantly strengthen our talent pool, giving us confidence to meet our aspirations and support clients’ agendas in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.”
The completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory reviews and other standard closing requirements.
