🎉 A HUGE congratulations to Carli Stein and Michael Stewart for being recognized as a Rising Star and Emerging Leader respectively in Global Corporate Venturing’s 2025 awards! 🎉 At M12, we’re proud to have a team that’s not only driving impact but also shaping the future of venture capital. Carli’s keen eye for #AI and #cybersecurity investments and Michael’s leadership in backing groundbreaking startups are helping us fuel the next wave of innovation. We’re lucky to have them on our team—join us in congratulating them on their well-deserved recognition! 🥂 🔗 Read more about their achievements: https://lnkd.in/dvtjP4aS https://lnkd.in/dCe8rBMJ
M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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We accelerate the future of technology through investments, insights, and meaningful partnership with Microsoft.
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M12 is Microsoft’s corporate venture capital fund. We invest across key focus areas in the most promising early-stage companies that are disrupting markets in the business of today and tomorrow.
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- 2016
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- venture capital, VC, investing, technology, corporate venture capital, cloud infrastructure, AI, ML, Business SaaS, communication, productivity, big data, analytics, and security
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We’re proud to see HiddenLayer recognized as a Silver Winner in the Globee® Awards for #Cybersecurity! As #AI adoption accelerates, so do the security risks—and HiddenLayer is driving important progress in protecting machine learning systems from emerging threats. M12 is proud to support HiddenLayer’s innovative approach to AI security. Well deserved! 🚀
🏆 HiddenLayer has been named a Silver Winner in the Globee® Awards for Cybersecurity At HiddenLayer, we believe that strong security accelerates adoption, builds trust, and empowers organizations to innovate with confidence. This award in AI for Cybersecurity Enhancements is a testament to our mission: securing AI so businesses can harness its power safely and responsibly. 🔗 Thank you to our team, customers, and partners for driving this vision forward. You can read more about the Globee Awards here: https://lnkd.in/gCDua2D9
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Happy early birthday, Edera! 🎉 What an eventful year it's been - we're so glad we got to be along for the ride.
We founded Edera on April 1, 2024. In retrospect, may have been better to pick a different day, but at the same time, April Fools seems appropriate 😂 We're in London for KubeCon EU during our 1 year anniversary, aka Ivy the Axolotl's 1st Birthday, and we hope you'll celebrate with us! Link to the invite in comments, and we have some super cool swag, and a pretty amazing give away involving some VIP tix to see The Chainsmokers! You don't want to miss it! See you there!!
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#GenerativeAI startups aren’t just growing—they’re scaling at 2-5x the speed of traditional SaaS companies, reaching revenue milestones and exits faster than ever. 🚀 With bullish VC investment and AI-native efficiencies, these companies are redefining what’s possible. That's exactly why M12 leaders like Michael Stewart are excited to back visionary founders who are pushing the limits of GenAI innovation. The question isn’t whether AI will reshape industries—it’s how fast. Read Michael's thoughts on the velocity of startups in AI on the M12 blog: https://lnkd.in/ggyYgeN7
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Today marks an exciting milestone for our portfolio company, Typeface with their launch of the AI-Native Content Lifecycle. Congratulations Abhay Parasnis, Vishal Sood and the whole team for completely reimagining marketing workflows with a dynamic brand system of intelligence, specialized AI agents, and a true collaborative space for marketers and AI to create together. For more, check out below!
Campaigns trapped in digital black holes. Workflows completely siloed. Today, we're reimagining the entire content lifecycle with agentic AI. Meet the AI-Native Content Lifecycle. Built on success with Microsoft, ASICS, M&S and more, our unified system accelerates your entire content journey. To stay ahead with the latest in AI, our Marketing AI Platform offers three core capabilities: • 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗯: A dynamic system of intelligence with infinite memory • 𝗔𝗿𝗰 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Specialized AI agents for every role and channel • 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀: A true collaborative workspace for marketers and AI And more: • 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁: Ensures brand consistency and safety, 24/7 • 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀: Visualize & automate tasks for content management • 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁: Searches your video library and creates compelling sizzle reels Check out today's blog from our Founder and CEO Abhay Parasnis: https://bit.ly/3FrJWVf Tune into our LIVE webinar, March 25,10am PST and be one of the first to preview! (link in comments) #AI #Agents #Marketing #Innovation
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In honor of International Women's Day, we're celebrating the female-founded companies in the M12 portfolio. We're proud to support these incredible innovators. 💡 #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInTech
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Inspiring insights from an incredible roster of leaders. Thank you all for sharing your wisdom and experience. 💡 #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInTech
This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating the women founders who are breaking barriers, building groundbreaking startups, and inspiring the next generation. 🎉 In collaboration with M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, we’re spotlighting incredible founders from Microsoft for Startups and M12’s portfolio who are leading the way in AI, health tech, and enterprise innovation. From scaling startups to driving meaningful change, these leaders are proving that when women succeed, entire industries move forward. Read their advice and join us in celebrating their impact! Meet the inspiring founders we’re featuring: - Anna Maria Brunnhofer-Pedemonte (Impact AI) - Emily Long (Edera) - Samah Ghalloussi (AALIA.TECH) - Aparna Dhinakaran (Arize AI) - Mary Beth Chalk (BeeKeeperAI) - Vicki Knott, P.Eng (CruxOCM) - Anastasia Georgievskaya (Haut.AI ) - Deidre Paknad (WorkBoard) - Mara Lederman (Signal 1 ) #MicrosoftForStartups #M12 #IWD2024 #WomenInTech #FemaleFounders
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Just in time for #WomensHistoryMonth and upcoming #InternationalWomensDay, we're excited to feature a portfolio company that boasts an all-women founding team for this month's Founders Feature: Edera 🎉 We sat down with Emily Long, CEO and Co-Founder of Edera, to learn about Edera’s founding story, her approach to finding the right team members, and what sets them apart from the competition. "We stay ahead of the competition by being brave enough to do something no one has done before." 💯 Read their full feature here: https://lnkd.in/gtuUz8W7
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🎉 The M12 team extends a huge congratulations to SpecterOps on raising $75M in their Series B funding round! 🎉 SpecterOps is a provider of adversary-focused #cybersecurity solutions with targeted insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft. According to CEO David McGuire, this round will support rapid scaling for the organization in order to "help organizations defend themselves against the devastating effects of modern identity security attacks." This round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from our team, Ansa Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Decibel Partners and Cisco Investments. Read the full story on SiliconANGLE & theCUBE here: https://lnkd.in/g-P6PReV
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🚨Important #AI News from an M12 portfolio company🚨 HiddenLayer released their official 2025 AI Threat Landscape Report today, capturing a robust perspective on: ✅ Risks related to the use of AI ✅ Risks faced by AI-based systems ✅ Advancements in security for AI ✅ Expert predictions and recommendations Hidden Layer CEO and Co-Founder Chris Sestito summed it up well in his foreword: "The past year has emphasized a critical truth: the greatest threat to AI is not the technology itself but the people who exploit it." You can download the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gtmcGamU
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