Founders Feature: CruxOCM
In August 2024, CruxOCM announced their Series A funding round of $17M, proudly led by M12. CruxOCM’s platform automates industrial control rooms, enhancing sustainability, profitability, and safety. This investment was made alongside ONEOK, Raven Indigenous Capital Partners and EIC Rose Rock Fund and with continued support from existing investors Angular Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Root Ventures, […]
Founders Feature: Upscale AI
In May 2025, Upscale AI emerged from stealth and touted a $5.5M seed round, with proud participation from M12. With this announcement, Upscale AI unveiled the first end-to-end AI-native platform built to create, run, and optimize performance TV ads across streaming and connected video channels. This investment was made alongside NVP Capital, Eniac Ventures, SuperAngel.Fund, […]
Founders Feature: Neon
In August 2024, M12 made a strategic investment in Neon, a serverless Postgres database designed for modern developers, to the tune of $25.6M. This investment was made alongside existing investors Abstract Ventures, General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, and Notable Capital. In a feature with TechCrunch, M12 managing partner Andrew Smyth explained, “Postgres is quickly becoming the […]
Founders Feature: Edera
In February 2025, Edera, the pioneer of strong workload isolation technology, announced its Series A round of funding totaling $15M. This round was led by M12 with participation from Mantis VC and In-Q-Tel (IQT). Existing investors Eniac Ventures, 645 Ventures, FPV Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and Rosecliff Ventures also participated in the round. Co-founder and CEO […]
Founders Feature: Relyance
In October 2024, Relyance, the leading AI-powered data governance platform that provides complete visibility and control over enterprise-wide data, announced its Series B round of funding totaling $32M. This round was led by Thomvest with participation from M12, Cheyenne Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures. Founder and CEO Abhi Sharma explained in a recent conversation […]
Founders Feature: d-Matrix
In November of last year, d-Matrix emerged from stealth, announcing a total of $154M raised and backing from more than 25 different companies. Their recent Series B round was led by Singapore’s Temasek, with support from M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. As Karl Freund put it in Forbes, “d-Matrix uses a hybrid approach to memory that […]
Founders Feature: SynthLabs
In March, M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, and Spark Ventures co-led the seed funding round for SynthLabs, a startup that’s developing leading technology for a fully auditable, transparent and robust AI alignment platform. As Michael Stewart, Managing Partner at M12, put it in a post announcing the news, “SynthLabs is poised to create AI that is […]
Founders Feature: Allstacks
In August, Allstacks announced their Series A funding round, raising $10M to equip engineering teams with the data they need in order to make strategic business decisions. This funding round was led by Quadri Ventures, alongside M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, and First Rays Venture Partners. In this edition of Founders Feature, we sat down with […]
Founders Feature: Space and Time
Earlier this year, Space and Time announced their Series A funding round, raising $20M to “bring the verifiability of blockchain to AI applications.” This is in addition to their previous funding round (also $20M), led by M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund. In this edition of Founders Feature, we sat down with Nate Holiday, Co-Founder and CEO […]
Founders Feature: Armada
Recently, Armada announced a $40M funding round, led by M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, that will help the company further its mission to bridge the digital divide and bring connectivity, compute, and AI capabilities to the outermost edges of the world. In this edition of Founders Feature, we sat down with Armada Co-Founder and CEO Dan […]
