Welcoming Truepic to the M12 portfolio
I’m excited to welcome Truepic—the pioneer of provenance-based media authentication—to the M12 portfolio as lead of their Series B funding round. The rise of deepfakes and democratization of sophisticated image editing software have put both news outlets and technology companies under pressure to address the spread of disinformation and visual deception. A gamut of technologies, ranging […]
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 […]
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. […]
Irad Dor joins M12 as the fund’s newest partner
It is my pleasure to welcome Irad Dor as our newest partner at M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. Based in Tel Aviv, Irad will focus on early-stage investments in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and enterprise software in Israel and the broader EMEA region. “I’m excited to join M12 at the fund’s five-year milestone. The team has built a reputation […]
Congratulating Aqua on their unicorn status
I’m thrilled to congratulate Aqua — the complete cloud native security platform — on their latest funding round and unicorn status. M12’s initial investment in Aqua as lead of their series A round was announced in September 2016, just months after our fund was founded. While their product offering has evolved and expanded greatly since […]
Is Biden’s $10B enough to make US cybersecurity great again?
