Microsoft Ventures

Microsoft promises not to bully startup founders

2 months

Most of the startups raise capital from a VC or a corporate venture capitalist (CVC). CVCs particularly have a poor reputation among the startup community because of the terms and conditions like “Rights-of-first” (ROF). These...

Microsoft’s M12 invests in Skedulo, a scheduling platform for the enterprise

by Pradeep

2 months

Skedulo is a scheduling platform for the enterprise. Skedulo can be used to resolve scheduling conflicts, assign jobs, optimize travel routes, track productivity, and communicate in real-time. It streamlines scheduling of jobs, an...

Microsoft’s venture fund M12 invests in fintech-security startup nsKnox

by Pradeep

3 months

nsKnox is a fintech-security startup that focuses on protecting corporate payment systems against insider threats, cyber-fraud, and data manipulation attempts. nsKnox offers real-time verified payment protection and fraud detectio...

Microsoft’s venture fund M12 to start investing in India

by Pradeep

4 months

M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures) is Microsoft’s strategic venture capital investment arm whose mission is to be an active partner at key stages of a startup’s growth, typically investing between Series A and D. M12 is distinc...

Microsoft’s M12 announces the global Female Founders Competition

by Pradeep

10 months

M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, in partnership with the EQT Ventures fund and SVB Financial Group, today announced the Female Founders Competition, to accelerate funding for women-led startups focused on enterprise technology sol...

Microsoft’s M12 invests in Tact.ai, a conversational AI sales platform

by Pradeep

11 months

Tact.ai is a conversational AI sales platform that is used by sales teams at Dell, Honeywell, GE, Cisco Systems, Kelly Services and other Fortune 500 companies to drive revenue growth. M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures) was already...

‘M12’ is the new name of Microsoft’s venture fund

by Pradeep

1 year

Microsoft today announced a big change regarding its venture fund. Microsoft Ventures will be now known as M12. Microsoft is making this name change to clear the confusion in the market. Actually, Microsoft Ventures name came from...

Microsoft Ventures invests in Translation as a Service startup Unbabel

by Pradeep

1 year

Unbabel is a Translation as a Service startup that develops state-of-the-art technology in improving translation quality, the selection of translators and in predictive translation. It allows enterprises to reach their customers i...

Microsoft and Google invest in biomedical informatics startup DNAnexus

by Pradeep

1 year

Microsoft Ventures, the VC arm of Microsoft Microsoft has now invested in DNAnexus, a leading biomedical informatics and data management startup. The DNAnexus platform powers genomics by allowing organizations to address these ch...

Microsoft Ventures invests in Workboard, a leader in active strategy management software

by Pradeep

1 year

Workboard is a leader in active strategy management software. Their solution helps organizations iterate, measure and achieve their strategy at market speed by enabling them to quickly iterate strategic priorities quarterly, measu...

Microsoft invests in Pixvana, a Seattle-based startup that makes it easy to create mixed-reality video experie...

by Pradeep

2 years

Pixvana is a Seattle-based startup that makes it easy to create next-generation video experiences for XR (VR/AR/MR). Pixvana’s cloud platform SPIN Studio is an end-to-end solution for authoring and delivering virtual, augmen...

Microsoft, Seimens, and others invests in 3D Printer manufacturer Markforged

by Greg Jordan

2 years

Microsoft Ventures, Porsche SE, and Siemens have invested $30 million in series C funding to 3D printing startup Markforged, bringing the capital raised for the company to a total of $57 million. This is particularity huge for Mic...