— Zillow’s VP of Partner Success Racquel Russell joined the board of micro-mobility company Bird, known for its scooter sharing platform. “As a city dweller with a strong public policy… Read More
Nagraj Kashyap, the global head of Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, has taken a new job at SoftBank’s Vision Fund as managing partner. Bloomberg first reported on his departure Monday. Kashyap… Read More
F5 Networks announced an agreement to acquire cloud computing startup Volterra Inc. for $440 million in cash up front and $60 million in future consideration, taking the Seattle-based application security… Read More
— M12, Microsoft’s venture capital arm, announced a formal advisory board drawing from industry experts and past mentors. The inaugural advisory board members, all from within the Microsoft organization, include:… Read More
SaaS Launch Lab, a new effort to boost female-led enterprise software companies, announced the 12 companies selected to participate in the program, including two from the Seattle area. SaaS Launch… Read More
Four women-led startups will receive a total of $6 million to scale their innovations from Microsoft’s venture capital arm, Mayfield, and Pivotal Ventures, an organization founded by Melinda Gates. The… Read More
It’s a great time to start a company. That’s the mantra at Venture Out, a Seattle-based 12-week program that aims to help tech workers leave big companies and create their… Read More
Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group and the venture capital arms of Microsoft and Salesforce invested in a $40 million round for online training platform GO1.com. San Francisco-based GO1 serves more than… Read More
In her 14 years in leadership at Microsoft, Lisa Nelson held five different positions. But it was perhaps her favorite job, and one where she marked one of her proudest… Read More
Microsoft is getting behind Evisort, a startup that makes artificial intelligence software to automate processing and tracking of corporate contracts. Microsoft’s investment arm M12 co-led a $15 million Series A… Read More
Microsoft’s venture arm M12 is launching another Female Founders Competition, this time with some help from Melinda Gates and Silicon Valley venture capital fund Mayfield. The competition will award $6… Read More
In just a matter of weeks, Microsoft went from a customer of Directly’s to an investor. The San Francisco-based company finds and compensates expert users of a product to help… Read More
Microsoft is investing in a startup that aims to simplify managing a mobile workforce and scheduling jobs for groups like field technicians and caregivers. Microsoft’s venture capital arm M12 led… Read More
Microsoft has invested in a startup based in Boston and Tel Aviv, Israel, that aims to make corporate payments more secure. M12, the Microsoft’s venture capital arm, led a $15… Read More
Microsoft’s venture capital arm M12 has made its first ever investment in a startup based in India. M12 made an investment of an undisclosed amount in Innovaccer, a healthcare data… Read More
Microsoft’s investment arm M12 on Tuesday announced the winners of its inaugural Female Founders Competition that awarded $4 million to two women-led startups. Acerta, an AI startup based in Waterloo,… Read More
When big companies like Amazon, Boeing and Microsoft invest in startups, is it all about the startup? Or is it all about what the startup can do for the big… Read More
Women-led startups get only a drop of the pool of investment dollars out there, and Microsoft wants to change that. The company’s venture capital arm, M12, unveiled a new startup… Read More
Microsoft Ventures, the tech giant’s venture capital investment arm, is now M12. The “M” in the name stands for Microsoft, and 12 stands for the 12 letters in the word… Read More