M12 (Microsoft)

m12.vc

Formerly Microsoft Ventures

Foreign Corporate VC

Tech Verticals Preferences

Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud, Communications, Computer Vision, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Data Centers, Deep Tech, Development Tools, Edge Computing, Enterprise Applications, Gaming, Infrastructure, Machine Learning, Productivity, SaaS, Security, Software Technologies, Web3

General Data

Established	2016
Current Active Portfolio Companies:	21

DESCRIPTION

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

AFFILIATION

Account ID	Affiliation Type	Name	Parent Name	Status
		Microsoft Corp.
9BD07EBE-6091-E711-80D7-00155D0B832C	Accelerator	Microsoft TLV PRECEDE Accelerator	Microsoft Corp.
EE95093E-207A-E111-AC59-00155D32A403	R&D Center	Microsoft Israel Research & Development Ltd.	Microsoft Corp.
A3CC9F09-D199-E111-AD2F-00155D32A403	Subsidiary	Microsoft ScaleUp Tel Aviv	Microsoft Corp.
B78005C4-17DF-E211-BF14-00155D32A40A	Investment Arm	Microsoft Accelerator	Microsoft Corp.
7DCE97C6-7C23-ED11-B80E-00505695CD29	Investment Arm	Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund (CIF)	Microsoft Corp.
	Accelerator	Microsoft Reactor Tel-Aviv	Microsoft Corp.
	Division	Microsoft for Startups	Microsoft Corp.
70D0A31D-6263-EA11-810A-0050569A1018	Accelerator	Microsoft AI for Good Tel Aviv	Microsoft Corp.
01AF9E4D-0028-E611-BD22-80C16E7D3630	Investment Arm	M12 (Microsoft)	Microsoft Corp.
	Division	Microsoft Ventures Accelerator Seattle	Microsoft Accelerator

REMARKS

Date	Remark
05/01/2023	M12 developed a more focused investment strategy tightly aligned to Microsoft.

CONTACT INFO

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Main Address: San Francisco, United States

Address	1355 Market St., Suite 300
City	San Francisco
State/Province	CA
Country	United States
Zip	94103

Contact Person	abC Defghij
Contact E-Mail	abC Defghij
Company E-mail	abC Defghij
Telephone	abC Defghij
Fax	abC Defghij

Branch Address: Herzliya, Israel

Address	3rd Alan Turing St.
City	Herzliya
Country	Israel
Zip	4672415

Contact Person	abC Defghij
Contact E-Mail	abC Defghij
Company E-mail	abC Defghij
Telephone	abC Defghij
Fax	abC Defghij

	MANAGEMENT

Key Executive

Name	Title
Ms. Michelle Gonzalez	CVP & Global Head
Mr. Todd Graham	Managing Partner

Preferences

Type of Financing	Equity
Stage Preferences	Initial Revenues,R&D

SECTOR SEGMENTATION (By Number Of Companies)

Enterprise Software & Infrastructure

80%

Consumer-Oriented Software

10%

Network Infrastructure

Semiconductors

	PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

Current Portfolio Companies (21)

Company Name

Sector

Round/Deal Type

Date Announced

Investor Amount

Total Deal Amount

Remarks

Aqua Security

Ent. SW

Fifth Round - Extended	06/12/2023	N/A	$60m
Fifth Round	10/03/2021	N/A	$135m
Third Round	03/04/2019	N/A	$62m
Second Round	19/09/2017	N/A	$25m
First Round	27/09/2016	N/A	$9m

At-Bay

Ent. SW

Fourth Round	27/07/2021	N/A	$185m
Third Round	08/12/2020	N/A	$34m

Bluevine

Ent. SW

Fifth Round	19/11/2019	N/A	$102.5m
Fourth Round - Extended	31/07/2018	N/A	$12m

Bright Machines

Ent. SW

Third Round

25/06/2023

N/A

$106m

Code Ocean

Ent. SW

Second Round

18/05/2022

N/A

$16.5m

Env0

Network Infra.

First Round - Extended	29/03/2023	N/A	$18.1m
First Round	24/06/2021	N/A	$17m
Seed - Extended	16/07/2020	N/A	$3.5m

Evinced

Ent. SW

Second Round	23/06/2022	N/A	$38m
First Round	03/02/2021	N/A	$17m

Fordefi

Ent. SW

First Round	13/02/2024	N/A	$10m
Seed	08/11/2022	N/A	$18m

GrowthSpace

Ent. SW

Second Round	16/08/2022	N/A	$25m
First Round	22/09/2021	N/A	$15m

Hunters

Ent. SW

Second Round - Extended	25/01/2022	N/A	$68m
Second Round	24/08/2021	N/A	$30m
First Round - Extended	10/12/2020	N/A	N/A
First Round	30/06/2020	N/A	$15m

Kooply

CO SW

Seed

03/10/2021

N/A

$18m

Mend.io

Ent. SW

Fifth Round	01/10/2022	N/A	N/A
Fourth Round	07/04/2021	N/A	$75m
Third Round	17/10/2018	N/A	$35m
Second Round	14/06/2017	N/A	$10m

nsKnox

Ent. SW

First Round - Extended	29/03/2022	N/A	$17m
First Round	19/02/2019	N/A	$15m

OX Security

Ent. SW

Second Round	07/05/2025	N/A	$60m
First Round - Extended	29/09/2022	N/A	$30m

Sola

Ent. SW

First Round

04/09/2025

N/A

$35m

Trusona

Ent. SW

Third Round	14/01/2020	N/A	$20m
Second Round	13/01/2017	N/A	$10m

Valence Security

Valence enables security teams to find and fix SaaS risks. As SaaS complexity and distributed management present security challenges, the Valence SaaS security platform provides unparalleled and actionable insights into configuration, identity, data, SaaS-to-SaaS integration, and GenAI risks. The Valence platform offers comprehensive SaaS security posture management (SSPM), risk remediation, and identity threat detection and response (ITDR). Valence’s unique remediation by choice capabilities allow security teams to leverage manual remediation, automated workflows and business user collaboration to scale their risk reduction and proactively secure their SaaS. Leading organizations leverage Valence to empower their business to securely adopt SaaS.

Ent. SW

First Round

26/10/2022

N/A

$25m

Voiceitt

CO SW

Second Round	02/12/2022	N/A	$4.7m
First Round - Extended	05/08/2020	N/A	$2.5m
First Round	27/03/2019	$0.5m	$7.5m

Xsight Labs

Semicon.

Third Round	04/03/2021	N/A	$104m
Second Round	12/05/2020	N/A	$80m
First Round	01/06/2019	N/A	$31m

ZenCity

Ent. SW

Third Round	18/06/2024	N/A	$40m
Second Round - Extended	29/06/2021	N/A	$30m
Second Round	30/03/2020	N/A	$13.5m
First Round	06/09/2018	N/A	$6m	Investment is part of the prize for winning the Innovate.AI competition

Zenity

Ent. SW

Second Round

29/10/2024

N/A

$38m

Current VC Fund Portfolio (4)

Fund Name

Fund Type

Date Announced

Amount

Remarks

i3 Equity Partners...

Venture Capital Fund

09/11/2016

N/A

Team8 Enterprise...

Venture Capital Fund

01/09/2022

N/A

Team8 Partners I

Venture Capital Fund

09/01/2017

N/A

Team8 Partners II

Venture Capital Fund

01/03/2018

N/A

Exits (8)

Company Name	Exit Type	Date Announced	Amount	Remarks
abC Defghij	Acquired	18/12/2022	abCDe	The deal was carried out through a reverse triangular merger, where all shares of Aerobotics were transferred to Ondas's subsidiary, Telos Sub Ltd. Telos Sub was then dissolved and AiRobotics became a wholly owned subsidiary of Ondas.
abC Defghij	IPO	09/09/2021	abCDe	Raised NIS 21.4m, Valuation NIS 121m; 01/2023: Delisted from TASE following acquisition by Onads.
abC Defghij	Acquired	09/01/2024	abCDe
abC Defghij	Acquired	27/02/2024	abCDe
abC Defghij	Acquired	12/12/2022	abCDe	The acquisition is expected to close by January 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
abC Defghij	Acquired	28/04/2021	abCDe
abC Defghij	Holdings Sold		abCDe
abC Defghij	Acquired	13/11/2024	abCDe

Last Updated:	abCDe
IVC Number:	abCDe