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Corporate Venture
m12.vc

Investments

257

Portfolio Exits

31

Funds

7

Partners & Customers

3

About 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.

Headquarters Location

One Microsoft Way

Redmond, Washington, 98052,

United States

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CB Insights Intelligence Analysts have mentioned M12 in 2 CB Insights research briefs, most recently on Apr 10, 2023.

Latest M12 News

Hassid moves on from M12

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.

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M12 Investments Activity

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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

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$99M

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10

8/2/2023

Series A - II

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$99M

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10

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

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Amount

$15M

$100M

$49.8M

$99M

$99M

New?

No

Yes

Yes

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Co-Investors

Sources

4

4

1

10

10

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
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Acquirer

Sources

11/24/2023

Acquired

$99M

1

6/29/2023

Merger

$99M

1

1/12/2023

Acquired

$99M

14

12/9/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

12/5/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

Date

11/24/2023

6/29/2023

1/12/2023

12/9/2022

12/5/2022

Exit

Acquired

Merger

Acquired

Acquired

Acquired

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

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Sources

1

1

14

10

10

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

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$99M

10

Microsoft Ventures AI Fund

10

M12 Europe Fund

10

Seed Fund

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10

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

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Amount

$11.74M

$99M

Sources

1

10

10

10

10

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

Incentive, Social Enterprise Collaboration Platform, Selected for Microsoft Ventures’ Customer Access Program.

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

United States

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10

Partner

Israel

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Date

4/21/2015

11/3/2013

Type

Vendor

Partner

Partner

Business Partner

Country

United States

United States

Israel

News Snippet

Incentive, Social Enterprise Collaboration Platform, Selected for Microsoft Ventures’ Customer Access Program.

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 .

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Sources

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10

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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

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Name

Oriona Spaulding

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Work History

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Chief Operating Officer

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Status

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