Investments
257Portfolio Exits
31Funds
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.
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Latest M12 News
Nov 20, 2023
Hassid moves on from M12 Nov 20, 2023 • Roshini Bains After serving seven years as the general partner and EMEA lead at Microsoft's corporate fund M12, Hassid has announced he is leaving the venturing unit to focus on other investment opportunities. Mony Hassid has announced that he is departing Microsoft’s corporate venture unit, M12, after serving seven years as the general manager and EMEA lead. Hassid has not disclosed his future position or company he will move to. He is one of several people who have recently left M12. Listed as GCVs Powerlist of 2021, Hassid worked for three years as the managing director and Israel lead of Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venture arm of US-based semiconductor company Qualcomm. He also spent nine years as the managing director and lead for Israel and Europe for Motorola Ventures, the investment unit of US-based consumer electronics corporation Motorola. Founded in 2016, M12 invests in IT-based companies operating in Europe, North America, Israel and India focusing on cloud infrastructure, AI and cybersecurity. The firm has 124 companies in its portfolio and has invested in 271 startups. Roshini Bains
M12 Investments
257 Investments
M12 has made 257 investments. Their latest investment was in Blackshark.ai as part of their Series A - II on November 11, 2023.
M12 Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/16/2023 | Series A - II | Blackshark.ai | $15M | No | 4 | |
11/8/2023 | Series A | Photonic | $100M | Yes | 4 | |
9/28/2023 | Series B - IV | Recode Therapeutics | $49.8M | Yes | 1 | |
9/26/2023 | Series A | |||||
8/2/2023 | Series A - II |
Date | 11/16/2023 | 11/8/2023 | 9/28/2023 | 9/26/2023 | 8/2/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series A - II | Series A | Series B - IV | Series A | Series A - II |
Company | Blackshark.ai | Photonic | Recode Therapeutics | ||
Amount | $15M | $100M | $49.8M | ||
New? | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 4 | 4 | 1 |
M12 Portfolio Exits
31 Portfolio Exits
M12 has 31 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Nautilus Labs on November 24, 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/24/2023 | Acquired | 1 | |||
6/29/2023 | Merger | 1 | |||
1/12/2023 | Acquired | 14 | |||
Date | 11/24/2023 | 6/29/2023 | 1/12/2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Merger | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 14 |
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
11 Team Members
M12 has 11 team members, including current Chief Operating Officer, Oriona Spaulding.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Oriona Spaulding | Chief Operating Officer | Current | |
Name | Oriona Spaulding | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Operating Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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