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M12

https://www.m12.vc
Last activity: 19.09.2026
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M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, invests in early-stage enterprise software companies with a focus on applied AI, business applications, infrastructure, security, and vanguard technologies. Since 2016, M12 has invested in over 100 companies, helping startups accelerate growth with unparalleled access to Microsoft. With offices in San Francisco, Seattle, London, Tel Aviv, and Bengaluru, M12 has the team and resources to support entrepreneurs globally. M12 is a return-driven fund investing independently of Microsoft's business units and technology offerings.
News
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Portfolio
112
Persons
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Mentions
320
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2016
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B; Series C; Series D; Series E

Portfolio 112

DateNameWebsiteTotal RaisedLocation
17.09.2026Arcee AIarcee.ai$332MUnited Sta...
17.09.2026Impulse Sp...impulsespace.com$1.33BUnited Sta...
02.09.2026HiddenLaye...hiddenlayer.com$156MUnited Sta...
13.05.2026Vapivapi.ai$70MUnited Sta...
14.04.2026nEyeneye.ai$152.5MUnited Sta...
07.04.2026NewBirdneubird.ai$63.8M-
17.03.2026Knox Syste...knoxsystems.com$31.5M-
11.03.2026Difydify.ai$30MUnited Sta...
13.02.2026Diderodidero.ai$37MUnited Sta...
22.01.2026Neurophosneurophos.com$117.2MUnited Sta...
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Persons 7

DateFirst NameLast NameTitleLinkedInLocation
-CarliSteinInvestorlinkedin.c...-
-JohnVelaDirector o...linkedin.c...-
-HaydenTaylorMarket Dev...linkedin.c...-
-OrionaSpauldingGeneral Ma...linkedin.c...-
-JamesWuPartnerlinkedin.c...-
-IradDorPartner, I...linkedin.c...-
-AndrewTawaststje...Sr. Portfo...linkedin.c...-

News 69

DateTitleDescription
17.12.2020Enterprise Opportunities Abound in 2021-
30.11.2020Welcoming Andor Health to the M12 Portfolio-
10.11.2020Announcing the M12 Advisory Board-
19.08.2020Welcoming Pachyderm to the M12 Portfolio-
04.08.2020Co-leading Syntiant’s Series C-
15.07.2020Announcing Our Female Founders Competition Winners-
30.06.2020Welcoming Hunters to the M12 portfolio-
30.06.2020Committing to Included VC-
15.06.2020Announcing a Sponsorship of Black & Brown Founders-
10.06.2020Opening our office in India-
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Mentions in press and media 320

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19.09.2026Venture Capital Navigates Shifting Tides: Space, AI, and Biotech Secure BillionsVenture capital remains selective. Major funding rounds target critical sectors. Impulse Space secured $308M, valuing orbital logistics at $5.4B. AI innovators Arcee AI, Hang Ten, Noetive, Rune attracted significant capital. Biotech firm Sl...
18.09.2026British AI startup Mantic raises $25M to build ‘superhuman’ AI forecasting after Metaculus winBritish AI startup Mantic has raised $25 million in seed funding after its forecasting system beat every human competitor in the summer 2026 Metaculus Cup, giving the young company a striking proof point for its claim that machines are gett...
18.09.2026Система ИИ Mantic точнее людей спрогнозировала события в политике, экономике и культуреЛондонский стартап Mantic, разрабатывающий системы искусственного интеллекта для прогнозирования событий, привлек $25 млн в рамках начального раунда финансирования. Интерес инвесторов к компании вырос после того, как ее система точнее людей...
16.09.2026Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 16, 2026: Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, M12, Vista Equity & MoreVenture capital is not moving evenly today. It is clustering around businesses that control a scarce input, remove an expensive operational bottleneck, or sit close enough to a measurable economic outcome that investors can underwrite somet...
07.09.2026Американская Gimlet Labs привлекла $300 млн для ИИ-инфраструктуры без привязки к NvidiaАмериканский стартап Gimlet Labs, разрабатывающий технологии для распределения задач искусственного интеллекта между чипами разных производителей, привлек $300 млн в новом инвестиционном раунде. После сделки оценка компании достигла $3 млрд...
04.09.2026Gimlet Labs Scores $300 Million in Series B SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Gimlet Labs, the Applied AI research and product company, announced that it has raised $300 million in Series B funding. >> Click here for more funding data on Gimlet Labs >> To export Gimlet Labs funding dat...
04.09.2026Startup Funding News Today, September 4, 2026: Crusoe, Gimlet Labs, Hivebotics & MoreStartup funding and venture capital are moving decisively toward AI infrastructure, compute efficiency, and physical automation this morning. The defining transaction is Crusoe’s newly finalized $3 billion-plus financing at a roughly $30 bi...
03.09.2026HiddenLayer Raises $100M in Series B FundingHiddenLayer, an Austin, TX-based provider of an AI security platform that secures agentic, generative, and predictive AI applications, raised $100M in Series B funding. The round was led by Delta-v Capital with participation from Ten Eleven...
02.09.2026HiddenLayer Announces $100M Series B Round AUSTIN, TX, HiddenLayer, the leading AI security company that secures agentic, generative, and predictive AI applications, today announced a $100 million Series B funding round. >> Click here for more funding data on HiddenLayer >...
02.09.2026HiddenLayer Raises $100M to Expand AI Security PlatformHiddenLayer Raises $100M Series B Funding AI security company HiddenLayer has raised $100 million in a Series B financing round. Delta-v Capital led the round. Ten Eleven Ventures, Morgan Stanley, M12 and Booz Allen Ventures also participat...
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