Investments
222Portfolio Exits
25Funds
7Partners & Customers
3About M12
M12 (fka Microsoft Ventures) is Microsoft's corporate venture unit has a team based in North America, Europe, and Israel.They invest in areas spanning big data and analytics, business SaaS, cloud infrastructure, AI/machine learning, productivity, security, and emerging technologies. M12 typically invests in enterprise software companies from Series A to Series C.M12 aims to connect portfolio companies with Microsoft customers, partners, and internal resources as well as the their enterprise sales team.
M12 Headquarter Location
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington, 98052,
United States
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M12 Investments
222 Investments
M12 has made 222 investments. Their latest investment was in Evinced as part of their Series B on June 6, 2022.
M12 Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/23/2022 | Series B | Evinced | $38M | No | 1 | |
6/6/2022 | Series E | Go1 | $100M | No | AirTree Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Five Sigma, John Curtius, Larsen Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Salesforce Ventures, Scott Shleifer, SEEK, SoftBank Group, TEN13, Undisclosed Investors, and Y Combinator | 3 |
5/24/2022 | Series B | Regrow | $38M | No | Ajax Strategies, Cargill, Galvanize Climate Solutions, Main Sequence Ventures, Neglected Climate Opportunities, Rethink Impact, TIME Ventures, and Undisclosed Investors | 4 |
5/23/2022 | Series B | |||||
5/18/2022 | Series B |
Date | 6/23/2022 | 6/6/2022 | 5/24/2022 | 5/23/2022 | 5/18/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series B | Series E | Series B | Series B | Series B |
Company | Evinced | Go1 | Regrow | ||
Amount | $38M | $100M | $38M | ||
New? | No | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | AirTree Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Five Sigma, John Curtius, Larsen Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Salesforce Ventures, Scott Shleifer, SEEK, SoftBank Group, TEN13, Undisclosed Investors, and Y Combinator | Ajax Strategies, Cargill, Galvanize Climate Solutions, Main Sequence Ventures, Neglected Climate Opportunities, Rethink Impact, TIME Ventures, and Undisclosed Investors | |||
Sources | 1 | 3 | 4 |
M12 Portfolio Exits
25 Portfolio Exits
M12 has 25 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Comtravo on February 07, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/7/2022 | Acquired | 6 | |||
12/22/2021 | Acquired | 8 | |||
10/15/2021 | Reverse Merger | 11 | |||
Date | 2/7/2022 | 12/22/2021 | 10/15/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Reverse Merger | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 6 | 8 | 11 |
M12 Fund History
7 Fund Histories
M12 has 7 funds, including Women Entrepreneurship Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/22/2019 | Women Entrepreneurship Fund | $11.74M | 1 | ||
3/17/2014 | Brasil Aceleradora de Start-ups Fundo de Investimento em Participacoes | ||||
Microsoft Ventures AI Fund | |||||
M12 Europe Fund | |||||
Seed Fund |
Closing Date | 11/22/2019 | 3/17/2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Women Entrepreneurship Fund | Brasil Aceleradora de Start-ups Fundo de Investimento em Participacoes | Microsoft Ventures AI Fund | M12 Europe Fund | Seed Fund |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $11.74M | ||||
Sources | 1 |
M12 Partners & Customers
3 Partners and customers
M12 has 3 strategic partners and customers. M12 recently partnered with Incentive on April 4, 2015.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/21/2015 | Vendor | United States | LOS ANGELES -- April 21 , 2015 -- Incentive , a leading provider of a complete , socially powered enterprise collaboration platform for mid-market organizations and enterprise teams , today announced it has joined Microsoft , a global initiative empowering entrepreneurs around the world on their journey to build great companies . | 1 | |
11/3/2013 | Partner | ||||
Partner |
Date | 4/21/2015 | 11/3/2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Type | Vendor | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||
Country | United States | ||
News Snippet | LOS ANGELES -- April 21 , 2015 -- Incentive , a leading provider of a complete , socially powered enterprise collaboration platform for mid-market organizations and enterprise teams , today announced it has joined Microsoft , a global initiative empowering entrepreneurs around the world on their journey to build great companies . | ||
Sources | 1 |
M12 Team
7 Team Members
M12 has 7 team members, including current Managing Director, Leo De Luna.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Nagraj Kashyap | Founder | Current | |
Leo De Luna | Managing Director | Current | |
Matthew Goldstein | Trinity Ventures, Next Autoworks, and Accenture | Managing Director | Current |
Samir Kumar | Managing Director | Current | |
Rashmi Gopinath | Couchbase, BlueData Software, WMG Capital, Intel Capital, Galen Partners, GE Healthcare, and Oracle | Managing Director | Former |
Name | Nagraj Kashyap | Leo De Luna | Matthew Goldstein | Samir Kumar | Rashmi Gopinath |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Trinity Ventures, Next Autoworks, and Accenture | Couchbase, BlueData Software, WMG Capital, Intel Capital, Galen Partners, GE Healthcare, and Oracle | |||
Title | Founder | Managing Director | Managing Director | Managing Director | Managing Director |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Current | Former |
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