Tech Moves: Zillow exec Racquel Russell joins Bird’s board; new gig for startup vet Rebecca Lovell — Zillow’s VP of Partner Success Racquel Russell joined the board of micro-mobility company Bird, known for its scooter sharing… Read More
Microsoft’s M12 venture fund chief Nagraj Kashyap departs for SoftBank Nagraj Kashyap, the global head of Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, has taken a new job at SoftBank’s Vision Fund as… Read More
F5 Networks will buy Volterra cloud computing startup for $500M in latest major acquisition F5 Networks announced an agreement to acquire cloud computing startup Volterra Inc. for $440 million in cash up front and… Read More
Tech Moves: Microsoft’s M12 creates advisory board; former Integris CEO joins VC firm; and more — M12, Microsoft’s venture capital arm, announced a formal advisory board drawing from industry experts and past mentors. The inaugural… Read More
Microsoft-supported effort to advise female-led software startups unveils new cohort SaaS Launch Lab, a new effort to boost female-led enterprise software companies, announced the 12 companies selected to participate in… Read More
Microsoft and Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures unveil winners of Female Founders Competition Four women-led startups will receive a total of $6 million to scale their innovations from Microsoft’s venture capital arm, Mayfield,… Read More
Microsoft’s VC arm invests in Seattle program that helps corporate workers launch tech startups It’s a great time to start a company. That’s the mantra at Venture Out, a Seattle-based 12-week program that aims… Read More
Madrona, Microsoft, Salesforce invest in $40M round for online professional learning startup GO1.com Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group and the venture capital arms of Microsoft and Salesforce invested in a $40 million round for… Read More
M12 co-founder Lisa Nelson on discovering the excitement of startups from inside Microsoft In her 14 years in leadership at Microsoft, Lisa Nelson held five different positions. But it was perhaps her favorite… Read More
Microsoft’s M12 backs AI-powered contract management startup Evisort in $15M round Microsoft is getting behind Evisort, a startup that makes artificial intelligence software to automate processing and tracking of corporate contracts.… Read More
Microsoft’s venture fund teams up with Melinda Gates for $6M Female Founders Competition Microsoft’s venture arm M12 is launching another Female Founders Competition, this time with some help from Melinda Gates and Silicon… Read More
Microsoft’s M12 lays out investment strategy, aims to make the corporate VC community more ‘founder-friendly’ In just a matter of weeks, Microsoft went from a customer of Directly’s to an investor. The San Francisco-based company… Read More
Microsoft’s investment arm M12 leads $28M round for work scheduling company Skedulo Microsoft is investing in a startup that aims to simplify managing a mobile workforce and scheduling jobs for groups like… Read More
Microsoft’s investment arm M12 leads $15M funding round for corporate payments startup nsKnox Microsoft has invested in a startup based in Boston and Tel Aviv, Israel, that aims to make corporate payments more… Read More
Microsoft venture capital arm M12 expands to India, invests in healthcare data startup Microsoft’s venture capital arm M12 has made its first ever investment in a startup based in India. M12 made an… Read More
Microsoft’s investment arm M12 announces winners of $4M Female Founders Competition Microsoft’s investment arm M12 on Tuesday announced the winners of its inaugural Female Founders Competition that awarded $4 million to… Read More
At Amazon, Boeing and Microsoft, venture funds balance strategy and the bottom line When big companies like Amazon, Boeing and Microsoft invest in startups, is it all about the startup? Or is it… Read More
Microsoft investment arm M12 introduces $4M competition to fund women-led startups Women-led startups get only a drop of the pool of investment dollars out there, and Microsoft wants to change that.… Read More
Microsoft’s venture fund gets a new name: M12 Microsoft Ventures, the tech giant’s venture capital investment arm, is now M12. The “M” in the name stands for Microsoft,… Read More
