Celebrating the Black and Latinx female founders of Tech Equity Hub’s inaugural cohort
This blog was co-authored by Market Development Lead Elisa Garcia Anzano. In 2020, our initial partnership project with Davis Wright Tremaine’s Project W came to life: SaaS Launch Lab—a series of virtual workshops for pre-seed, women-led companies developing enterprise SaaS solutions. Just weeks after the wrap of SaaS Launch Lab, the Project W team approached us with another opportunity. Reflecting on their years of important work to help women […]
M12 Manufacturing Summit: Futureproofing the Enterprise
From the COVID pandemic to the Ever Given’s mishap in the Suez Canal, recent shocks to the global supply chain have demonstrated that the need for resilience is greater than ever. The turmoil and uncertainty of the last year-plus exposed serious risks and vulnerabilities, with automakers like Ford and GM warning of complete shutdowns and […]
Welcoming BVCC Venture Fellow Damian Murray
We’re thrilled to welcome Black Venture Capital Consortium (BVCC) Venture Fellow Damian Murray to M12 for a summer internship. Damian’s professional background includes working with early-stage startups and developing innovation and entrepreneurship programs for students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). His partnership with Black founders and experience supporting startup crowdfunding efforts motivated Damian […]
M12 portfolio companies empower developers at Microsoft Build
Microsoft Build 2021 is a digital, three-day event to help developers expand their skillsets, find technical solutions, and better understand challenges on the horizon. Attendees have access to over 250 sessions on everything from building cloud-native applications, to data and AI capabilities, to collaborative apps for the hybrid workplace. Featured speakers including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, CTO Kevin Scott, and EVP of Cloud + […]
Welcoming NextBillion.ai to the M12 portfolio
We’re thrilled to welcome NextBillion.ai—a leading geospatial data platform—to the M12 portfolio with their latest funding milestone. Location intelligence is core to an increasing number of customer scenarios—whether you’re providing an ETA for a rideshare car, tracking the location of a package on an 18-wheeler, or routing a pizza delivery in dense city traffic on […]
Welcoming Artificial to the M12 portfolio
We’re thrilled to welcome Artificial—a software company building a first-of-its-kind lab automation platform—to the M12 portfolio as lead of their Series A round. Biology research labs have yet to have their Industrial and Digital Revolutions. When I started my academic research career at the National Institutes of Health 21 years ago and my biopharmaceutical career at Novartis 15 […]
A founder’s role in recruiting
“At Swing, we say founders are always recruiting: recruiting customers, investors and talent.”– Debbie Wissel, VP of Growth at SwingSearch I joined M12 from Microsoft’s HR organization, where I held roles in strategy and learning & development. With this background, I’ve been naturally curious about talent opportunities and challenges in the startup ecosystem. In my […]
Welcoming Databook to the M12 portfolio
We’re thrilled to welcome Databook—a leading platform in enterprise customer intelligence—to the M12 portfolio as lead of their Series A round. With fewer opportunities to meet with customers in-person over the past year due to remote work mandates, enterprise sellers needed to make limited interactions with customers really count. Customer intelligence solutions—designed to help sellers […]
Welcoming Dr. Charlie Miller to the M12 Advisory Board
In November 2020, we announced the creation of the M12 Advisory Board, a group of industry-leading experts who are helping our team understand the technology trends on the horizon—shaping our investment theses in their respective focus areas and mentoring the founders in our portfolio. Today, I’m proud to share that Dr. Charlie Miller, Vice President […]
Announcing the M12 CISO Network
In November 2020, we announced the creation of the M12 Advisory Board, a group of world-class authorities in their respective fields, assembled to forecast what’s on the horizon, provide guidance on investment opportunities, and coach portfolio companies on strategic direction. In addition to that important mentorship, we’ve had ambitions to collaborate more deeply with our advisors. […]
