Focus

M12 is Microsoft’s corporate venture capital fund. We invest across key focus areas in the most promising early-stage companies that are disrupting markets in the business of today and tomorrow.

Our focus areas

Why work with M12?

The M12 Advantage: Create Value. Accelerate Growth.

We are founders and experienced investors who build and nurture startups.
We create value and help our companies accelerate growth by providing access, benefits, and connections that matter.

Connections to
Microsoft

Advice from subject matter experts
Strategic partnerships
Technical enablement
Product integrations
Co-selling support

Access to
Customers

Direct customer and partner introductions
Microsoft and industry event placement
Executive briefings
Founder network
Marketing

Product
Benefits

LinkedIn Sales Navigator Discount
LinkedIn Recruiter Discount
Microsoft Advertising
GitHub credits
Azure credits
O365 E3

Our work in action

At-Bay Leadership Team

New product capabilities and acquisition channels

“Working with Microsoft enables us to educate customers on the powerful security controls that exist within Microsoft 365 and reward them for adopting those controls.”

See how At-Bay partners with Microsoft to strengthen the cyber security posture of its customers

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

Kevin Gosschalk Co-Founder and CEO Arkose Labs

Your next big customer

“Microsoft and their venture capital fund M12 are incredible partners, as they recognize the major opportunity we have to eliminate fraud, rather than contain it.”

– Kevin Gosschalk, CEO of Arkose Labs

See how Microsoft Outlook.com tackles fraud and abuse globally using Arkose Labs