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    M12 (Microsoft)

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2016

    M12 is Microsoft's corporate venture capital fund, formerly known as Microsoft Ventures. It invests in early-stage technology companies disrupting the enterprise, with focus areas including AI, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and developer tools, leveraging Microsoft's resources to accelerate portfolio company growth.

    Average disclosed round size is $214.5M (across 209 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    184

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    25

    Team

    CC

    Cheryl Cheng

    Managing Partner

    MS

    Michael Stewart

    Managing Partner

    PL

    Peter Lenke

    Managing Partner

    TG

    Todd Graham

    Managing Partner

    AD

    Alan Du

    Partner

    AL

    Alessandro Levi

    Partner

    JW

    James Wu

    Partner

    DS

    Dr. Saurabh Tiwary

    Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Turing

    MG

    Michelle Gonzalez

    Corporate Vice President and Global Head

    SH

    Shun Hagiwara

    Senior Associate

    TL

    Tracy Liu

    Senior Associate

    YZ

    Yuhang Zhang

    Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    249 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Neubird AI logoNeubird AISeries A$19.3MApr 2026
    Lace Lithography logoLace LithographySeries A$40MMar 2026
    KKnoxSeries A$25MMar 2026
    Knox logoKnoxSeries A$25MMar 2026
    Didero logoDideroSeries A$30MFeb 2026
    Didero logoDideroSeries A$30MFeb 2026
    Entire logoEntireSeed$60MFeb 2026
    Databricks logoDatabricksGrowth$5BFeb 2026
    Neurophos logoNeurophosSeries A$110MJan 2026
    Photonic logoPhotonicGrowthJan 2026
    Wayve logoWayveSeries D$1.2BJan 2026
    Cinder logoCinderSeries B$41MJan 2026
    Auctor logoAuctorSeries A$20MJan 2026
    Mate Security logoMate SecuritySeries A$35MJan 2026
    Didero logoDideroSeries A$30MJan 2026
    Etalytics logoEtalyticsSeries ADec 2025
    Outset logoOutsetSeries B$30MDec 2025
    Lace Lithography logoLace LithographySeries ADec 2025
    Flywheel logoFlywheelSeries B$27.5MDec 2025
    Anthropic logoAnthropicGrowthNov 2025
    d-Matrix logod-MatrixSeries C$275MNov 2025
    Inception logoInceptionSeed$50MNov 2025
    Sola Security logoSola SecuritySeries A$35MOct 2025
    Etalytics logoEtalyticsSeries AOct 2025
    Fortera logoForteraUnknownSep 2025
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