Partnership on a global scale

M12 is a return-driven fund, with Microsoft as our sole limited partner. We are cloud agnostic and invest in early-stage enterprise software companies globally. Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs with capital, customer connections, and unparalleled access to Microsoft.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella | Outreach CEO Manny Medina

Portfolio company benefits

New product capabilities and acquisition channels

Portfolio companies can reach new customers and unlock functionality through Microsoft product integrations.

See how Pachyderm integrated with GitHub Actions to increase ML model reliability

Zencity Co-founder and CEO, Eyal Feder-Levy, giving a speech

Eyal Feder-Levy | Co-founder and CEO | Zencity

Joint selling with Microsoft

Eligible portfolio companies can sell alongside one of the world’s largest enterprise sales teams.

See how Zencity made the City of Houston a customer

Vasco Pedro | Co-founder and CEO | Unbabel

Your next big customer

Several teams at Microsoft rely on startup innovation to support their businesses.

See how Unbabel is helping Microsoft Customer Service & Support scale smartly

Laptop with Microsoft Teams integration on screen

Increased brand awareness

From product blogs to onstage opportunities, there are several ways to co-market with Microsoft.

See how GO1 partnered with Microsoft Education to promote their Microsoft Teams integration

Julia Liuson | CVP, Developer Division | Microsoft

Curated engagements with Microsoft decision makers

M12 facilitates important introductions to execs across product groups, R&D, and corporate strategy teams.

Erik Horvitz | Chief Scientific Officer | Microsoft

Consultation with best-in-class experts

M12’s Expert Network sources the right Microsoft specialist to advise on portfolio company business priorities.

See how Authomize tapped the M12 Expert Network to emerge from stealth with authority

Christopher Wheeler | VP, Partnerships & Channels | Prevedere

Customer access

M12 hosts events and coordinates meetings with Fortune 500 execs looking to digitally transform with startup tech.

See how Acerta stayed connected to customers during stay-at-home-mandates with support from M12

GitHub, Microsoft Office and Azure animated logos

Microsoft technology

Portfolio companies get access to Azure and GitHub credits, Office apps, and Surface discounts.

Dror Davidoff | Co-founder and CEO | Aqua Security

Global CISO network

We’ve built a network of industry-leading Chief Information Security Officers who assemble quarterly to hear portfolio company pitches and share business priorities.

In your corner

We believe that being fully aligned with founders is the only way to drive value to all stakeholders.

Partnering deliberately

We aim to bring more than capital to the table, and invest only when we can meaningfully contribute to the growth of a startup.

Patient capital

If we choose to invest, we’re with you for the long term—for your company’s lifecycle. We aren’t driven by artificial milestones or deadlines.

Committed to transparency

If we choose not to invest, we'll explain why, and try our best to suggest other ways to get access to funding.

Major milestones

2016

Microsoft Ventures founded with offices in San Francisco, Seattle, and Tel Aviv
First investments include Kahoot!, CloudSimple, and Figure Eight

2017

Innovate.AI competition with Madrona Venture Group, Notion Capital, and Vertex Ventures

2018

Microsoft Ventures becomes M12
Inaugural Female Founders Competition with EQT Ventures and SVB Financial Group
Microsoft acquires Bonsai
Siemens acquires Comfy
Nutanix acquires Frame

2019

Inaugural M12 Summits in Seattle and India
Livongo IPO
Google acquires CloudSimple
Cisco acquires Voicea

2020

London office opens
Bengaluru office opens
Second Female Founders Competition with Mayfield and Melinda Gates' Pivotal Ventures
Epic Games acquires SuperAwesome
ServiceNow acquires Element AI

2021

IPOs: Kahoot!, Markforged, Bakkt, Vertical Aerospace
Twilio acquires Zipwhip
Qualcomm acquires TwentyBN