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We're excited to welcome @LottieFiles — the leading platform and ecosystem for designers and developers that create motion graphics and interactive design using the new Lottie file format — to the M12 portfolio.
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🚀Developers can now deploy the @spaceandtime data warehouse directly from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace! With the one-click deployment, you can easily access, manage, and perform analytics on #blockchain-native data. #Web3 Learn more on the blog. m12.vc/news/space-and-time-l… 🚀
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Congratulations to the @spaceandtime team!
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Today, we’re excited to introduce you to our new brand. Microsoft Ventures is now M12! Learn more about how we are reinventing corporate VC: m12.vc/blogs/introducing-m12…
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We’re so excited to announce our 2nd #FemaleFoundersComp opens today! We’re partnering with @melindagates's Pivotal Ventures and @MayfieldFund to invest in female-founded B2B #startups. Submissions will be accepted from 10/17 - 12/15, learn more. FemaleFoundersComp.com
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We’re kicking off a $3.5M contest in search of #startups shaping the future of #AI. Apply now: Microsoftventures.com/innova… #innovateAI
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Congratulations to each of our #InnovateAI winners: @hazy_ai, @Voice_Itt, @ZenCityio and @envisagenics! And a big thank you to all of our VC partners for participating: @MadronaVentures, @NotionVC and @VertexVentures. blogs.microsoft.com/blog/201…
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We’re excited to welcome @PalmNft—a one-stop shop for leading creators and brands to power their NFT projects across movies, games, music, and art—to the M12 portfolio as lead of their Series B funding round. m12.vc/news/welcoming-palm-n…
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Malaysian motion graphics firm @LottieFiles acquires India-based Iconscout 🙌 techinasia.com/malaysian-mot…
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We’re partnering with@jaltma Alt Capital new accelerator to support early-stage #AI startups. 🚀
☎️ Calling all B2B AI innovators!
With a $250,000 investment, free Azure AI infrastructure, and access to top-tier advisors, the Alt Capital Generate Program is the opportunity you've been waiting for. Apply by May 5th!
msft.it/6012c4cDI
#Microsoft #AltCapital #Startup
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Today, along with @melindagates' Pivotal Ventures and @MayfieldFund, we’re proud to announce our second #FemaleFoundersComp winners.
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With our investment in @AirMapIO, we are helping enable a responsible #drone ecosystem. bit.ly/2l3ffXp
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Announcing the #FemaleFounders Competition Winners! @M12vc, in partnership w/ @eqtventures @SVB_Financial are proud to congratulate & welcome @gretenok of @AcertaAnalytics & Julie Dorsey of @Mental_Canvas to our portfolio. More on this award via @PeggyJ: blogs.microsoft.com/blog/201…
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When we invest in #AI, we invest in the #future. Welcome @Agolo & @BonsaiAI Read our blog for more bit.ly/2px3vlv
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Today, we're announcing the formalization of the M12 Advisory Board, a group of industry-leading experts who will help inform our investment focus in key sectors and advise our portfolio companies. m12venturecapital.medium.com…
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Happy #WomensEntrepreneurshipDay to all the brilliant #femalefounders! Let's help accelerate greater access to capital for women entrepreneurs. Check out 'Our Female Founders Competition Finalists: 10 Women-led Companies Transforming Enterprise Tech' m12.vc/blogs/female-founders…
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Our portfolio company @spaceandtime goes all in on #AI-powered SQL and has launched Houston, a chatbot powered by OpenAI. Learn more below! 🚀#MeetHouston
Meet Houston, your AI data engineer.
Run natural language queries with prompt-to-SQL and generate instant charts and dashboards. Build a data pipeline in seconds with our OpenAI chatbot.
🚀#MeetHouston
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Kudos @spaceandtime on a successful raise. We look forward to partnering with you.
Microsoft’s M12 led $20M investment in web3 platform Space and Time tcrn.ch/3CdOoCZ by @jacqmelinek
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Our @LeooftheMoon meets chess legend, @Kasparov63 at #TCDisrupt. #AI has come a long way since Deep Blue's 1997 rematch with Garry.
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We’re proud to announce 'Our #FemaleFounders Competition Finalists: 10 Women-led Companies Transforming Enterprise Tech' with @eqtventures & @SVB_Financial. Congrats! Now the hard part: choosing our 2 winning teams. Stay tuned, we unveil them in December! m12.vc/blogs/female-founders…
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.@Synack raised $21.25 million in Series C funding! Excited to be the lead investor in this #cybersecurity platform. businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Today, along with @melindagates's Pivotal Ventures and @MayfieldFund, we're proud to announce our #FemaleFoundersComp finalists. medium.com/@M12vc/announcing…
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MSV's Priya Saiprasad will panel at the @500Startups Unity & Inclusion summit tomorrow in LA #womenintech bit.ly/2jB6LKt
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Congratulations @directly team! We're excited to welcome you to our portfolio: venturebeat.com/2018/04/10/d…
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Congrats to @mattfairhurst & the @Skedulo team! #Skedulo Raises $28 Million in Series B Funding Round Led by @M12vc : skedulo.com/blog/skedulos-28…
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Today we announced a new fund investing in #AI companies focused on inclusive growth and positive impact on society. bit.ly/2hF2MrA
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Congratulations to our portfolio company @inworld_ai in this exciting partnership with @Xbox
Today, we announced a partnership with @Xbox.
With the advent of generative AI, there’s an opportunity to leverage cutting-edge innovations to foster limitless creativity and unparalleled immersion.
#AI #gamedev #indiedev
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#Microsoft's @M12vc, w/ partners @eqtventures @SVB_Financial awards $4M to two companies @AcertaAnalytics & @Mental_Canvas in #FemaleFounders Competition. The tech giant's venture fund wants to bridge the funding gap in venture capital via @alheeti_3 @CNET cnet.com/news/microsoft-awar…
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@element_ai is the first investment in our new AI fund focused on inclusive growth and positive impact on society. businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Exciting news from the @Unbabel team. We're in great company investing alongside @scalevp, @NotionVC, @SamsungNEXT, @SalesforceVC and @Caixa_capital tcrn.ch/2qVis3u via @techcrunch
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We're excited to partner with @eqtventures and @SVB_Financial to empower women entrepreneurs in the enterprise space. Read more via @psawers venturebeat.com/2018/07/26/m…
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Check out this buzz! #M12, with @eqtventures & @SVB_Financial, name finalists in its $4M #FemaleFounders Competition: Two winners among 10 finalists will get $2 million each, access to tech resources and mentoring via @alheeti_3 @CNET. Congrats finalists! cnet.com/news/microsoft-name…
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Searching for animations for your website or app that are:
🪶 lightweight
📈 scalable
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Look no further than #MSBuild Featured Partner @LottieFiles.
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We’re proud to welcome Michelle Gonzalez as the new corporate vice president and global head of M12.
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We're proud to see @M12vc's Principal @priyasaiprasad named to @Forbes 30 Under 30 #VentureCapital for her work managing @Microsoft's venture fund investments across enterprise software and applied #AI. forbes.com/30-under-30/2019/…
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Huge news for @onfido with their next stage of funding. Keep up the great work in #identity verification read.bi/2xGtM4Q
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An incredible group of female VCs shared their insights and perspectives today with a packed house of female founders! Thanks to @2point19 for organizing this event: femalefounders.org/meet-the-…
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Congratulations to the @hyasinc team on their Series A round! We're excited to welcome them to our portfolio. businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Congrats @CognitiveScale @Paxata and @CrowdFlower for being named in the #AI100 list @CBinsights cbinsights.com/research-ai-1…
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In case you missed it, we're looking for #startups working with #AI. Learn more about how to win funding. microsoftventures.com/innova…
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#FemaleFounder Competition finalist @zarariahi of @ContilioHQ - a decision-making platform for smart delivery of construction projects, turning real-time site data into actionable insights contilio.com/ More via #M12 @eqtventures @SVB_Financial: m12.vc/blogs/female-founders…
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🎉 We're excited to welcome @bvcc_vc Fellow @damianjmurray to the team for a summer internship.
📈 Damian will support analysis on potential investments, especially in cybersecurity and AI/ML—his primary areas of interest.
Read more ➡️ m12.vc/news/welcoming-bvcc-v…
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We were happy to partner with the @GenAICollective to chat about generative AI & share ideas about #innovation and the ways in which the AI space is rapidly evolving.
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“For every dollar of funding, these #startups generated 78 cents, while the male-founded ones generated less than half that, just 31 cents,” more by @mahimakapoor12 via @BloombergQuint. bloombergquint.com/technolog… Apply to our #FemaleFounders competition: m12.vc/female-founders/!
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Thanks to everyone who applied for our #femalefounders competition with @SVB_Financial and @eqtventures. You’ve made our job really tough with so many amazing applicants! We’ll be announcing finalists mid-November so stay tuned! #startups
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Fantastic to see @CognitiveScale, @CrowdFlower, @element_ai and @Onfido on the @CBinsights 2018 #AI100 list of most promising private companies applying artificial intelligence algorithms. cbinsights.com/research/arti…
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We're excited to welcome @INCLUDED_VC Venture Fellow @MunasheDema to M12!
Munashe brings incredible experience as an entrepreneur and investor to his role, and will focus on deals in the UK as well as opportunities across Europe. m12.vc/news/welcoming-includ…
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“We’re passionate about creating change for female #entrepreneurs.” – #Microsoft’s @PeggyJ. Our #FemaleFoundersComp is open and accepting submissions thru 12/15. "Stop asking women to change who they are. And start investing in them."
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Exciting things are happening at M12! Learn how our new thesis-driven focus and tighter alignment to @Microsoft helps us create exceptional value through connections, customers and unique benefits for our portfolio companies. blogs.microsoft.com/blog/202…
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#FemaleFounder Competition finalist @gretenok of @AcertaAnalytics - an #AI platform that ensures quality & reliability of vehicle systems throughout the vehicle lifecycle. acerta.ca/ More on our finalists via #M12 @eqtventures @SVB_Financial: m12.vc/blogs/female-founders…
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TODAY: The #M12Summit in India will highlight startup success stories with Deepak Gupta of @LoginRadius, Kanav Hasija of @innovaccer, @mpjoshi of @incorta, and @prakash_nanduri of @Paxata!
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Congratulations @codefresh! We're excited to welcome you to our portfolio. techcrunch.com/2018/06/27/co…
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Today we launched the @Microsoft San Francisco AI Co-Innovation Lab. This is a place where we can unleash our AI potential and grow together. Read how startups, including our portfolio companies Artificial and @spaceandtime, are innovating here blogs.microsoft.com/bayarea/
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We're excited to welcome @INCLUDED_VC Venture Fellow @adeyab_ to M12. Based in London, Ahmed will focus on deals in the UK as well as opportunities across Europe. m12.vc/news/welcoming-includ…
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Grateful for all of the support for our #FemaleFounders competition! @ChristinaPluta shares further reflections on the finals event and key attributes of successful entrepreneurs + advice we hope will be helpful for all. #ItsAllinYourStateofMindvc bit.ly/2S2lqff
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Excited to welcome image service, @Pickit to the #MSVentures family! #startups blog.pickit.com/microsoft-ve…
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It's always great to spend time with #AwesomeWomeninTech. Thanks @PeggyJ for helping us kick-off #CES2018 in style. We look forward to meeting more incredible women this year!
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#M12 is empowering #entrepreneurs through investments, insight and unparalleled access to #Microsoft. Hear from @medinism of @outreach_io on how his team is scaling their #startup with support from @M12vc. piped.video/watch?v=zIc-R4yA… #startups
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Lightspeed, @dkhare, and Blume Ventures, @sanjaynath, discusses technology and SaaS trends while @theDarwinbox & @chennamaneni identifies growth markets. @YellowMssngrAI navigates challenges of winning enterprise contracts as a startup with @Microsoft co-sale program.
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Thanks to the awesome women ruling #tech in NYC for joining us for dinner - so great to see old friends and make new ones! @anniedeanzait @catmhernandez @yesitsmecrissy @schwiepit @huangjade @JanettLiriano @outlandosmedia @lisacuesta @sutiandong @Gongt2 @vanessawliu
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Microsoft Diversity & Inclusion Global Practice Leader Jocelyn Moore joins the M12 Advisory Board with a focus on Diversity & Inclusion.
She brings 20 years of progressive Human Resources experience across many industries to her role.
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Portfolio Spotlight: @M12vc Leads @go1com Series B by @priyasaiprasad & @kashyapn. We are excited to welcome #Go1 to the #M12 family as the lead for their Series B round: m12.vc/blogs/portfolio-spotl…
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We're excited to continue working with @GitHub to invest in the future of open source software through our new M12 GitHub Fund. Today we welcome @Codeseeio to our portfolio as the first investment out of this fund! Read more here: m12.vc/news/announcing-the-m…
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.@M12vc is committed to doing what’s right for #entrepreneurs. That’s why we don’t require any rights-of-first terms in our term sheets. Learn how this benefits the entire #startup community in @kashyapn's latest blog: aka.ms/CVCpledge #M12
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Celebrating the inaugural SaaS Launch Lab cohort! We're proud to introduce the founders & companies of SaaS Launch Lab, a @dwtProjectW + @M12vc virtual workshop series for pre-seed #femalefounders building promising enterprise SaaS startups. medium.com/m12vc/celebrating…
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.@Kashyapn discusses his lessons learned + journey to the world of #VC w/ @HarryStebbings of @twentyminutevc bit.ly/2punyy1
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#M12 is empowering #entrepreneurs through investments, insight and unparalleled access to #Microsoft. See how @day_dree of @WorkboardInc - is scaling her #startup with support from #M12. piped.video/watch?v=zIc-R4yA…
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Learn about the state of cloud economy impacting female tech #entrepreneurs, and how to become recognized as a #femalefounder in the 'Be The Change: How Coming Together to Lift Up Women Founders Can Lift Us All' webinar with @M12vc's @tloh. Register today: brighttalk.com/webcast/16885…
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Congratulations to #FemaleFoundersComp winner @huuebio! Founders Michelle Zhu and Tammy Hsu are creating a more sustainable dye for denim.
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We're excited to welcome PsiQuantum — a company building a scalable, fault tolerant, silicon photonic quantum computer — to the M12 portfolio. medium.com/@M12vc/welcoming-…
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#M12 is empowering #entrepreneurs through investments, insight and unparalleled access to #Microsoft. Hear from @medinism of @outreach_io and @day_dree of @WorkboardInc on how they are scaling their #startups with support from @M12vc. msft.it/6013TeGbX
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We're excited to welcome @truepic— pioneer of provenance-based media authentication—to the M12 portfolio as lead of their Series B funding round. m12.vc/news/welcoming-truepi…
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#M12 & WeWork Labs are bringing Seattle #entrepreneurs, #investors, #advisors & the #startup community together. Learn from @M12vc's @nelsoli & @WeWork Labs Northwest's @E_Scallon at Summer Startup Celebration on 8/14! RSVP today! seattlesummerstartup.splasht…
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Welcome to the #MSVentures family, @Livongo! Proud to support you in helping those affected by chronic illness livongo.com/news/general-cat…
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We like this combo: #MSVentures’ @LeooftheMoon + @Microsoft Chairman John Thompson @LinkedIn SF to discuss #FutureofRetail. Thx @ATKearney
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#FemaleFoundersComp finalist, Co-founder and CEO @rianalynn pitches @journeyfoodsio, a software company that uses machine learning to bring on-demand science and data analysis to the $600 billion food market.
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Congratulations to the @RapidSOS team! Your work to transform public safety through technology has truly life-saving implications. We're proud to add you to our portfolio. prnewswire.com/news-releases…
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Excited to support CNEX Labs as they continue to innovate + advance the #cloud businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Congrats to the team at @outreach_io for crossing the billion-dollar valuation threshold. #Microsoft-Backed Sales Software Maker Becomes a #Unicorn via #Bloomberg @technology! bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #startups #M12
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Outreach #tbt: our CEO tells @businessinsider what inspired him to create your favorite sales software 2.5 years ago businessinsider.com/outreach…
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Congratulations @BeameryHQ team on your Series B round! We're super excited to have you as part of our portfolio!
It’s a big day for #Beamery! Today we’ve announced our $28M Series B funding round led by EQT ventures with participation from M12 (Microsoft Ventures) & Index Ventures. More on our plans here: buff.ly/2K6C3TK #beamery #funding #announcement #goteam
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We're excited to announce our new M12 brand for 2024! This reflects our mission to invest in innovation, support our portfolio companies, and leverage @Microsoft's resources. Thanks to MonsterDesign for the amazing work. Check it out at m12.vc!
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Save the date! @M12vc & @WeWork Labs are bringing Seattle #entrepreneurs, #investors, #advisors & the #startup community together for a summer celebration 8/14! Join us for an eve of connections, and food & bev to shine a light on innovation. RSVP today! seattlesummerstartup.splasht…
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📢 #SXSW PanelPicker is now live!
❓ Want to hear Managing Director @tamarasteffens, Maria Luisa Pineda, Michelle Zhu, and Cecilia Flores discuss strategies to support women in the tech startup ecosystem?
⬆️ Create an account + vote up this panel today panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/11…
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Meet Tact @tactilehq: on a mission to make enterprise software more human-friendly and the latest addition to our #MicrosoftVC family #CRM
Tact raises Series B to make CRM tools easier to use techcrunch.com/2016/12/12/ta… via @TechCrunch
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Excited to work w/@AiroboticsUAV to help bring fully autonomous #drones to fruition!
Proud to announce that @AiroboticsUAV raises $32.5 million in Round C. Read more: wsj.com/articles/blue-run-ve…
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#M12's @nelsoli & Aisling MacRunnels, CMO of @synack at the "Courageous Women in Security" lunch at #rsac sponsored by #Synack, @M12vc & @thecyberwire this week. Close to 50 women gathered for lunch & great conversation! #InternationalWomensDay2019 #RSAC2019 #IWD2019
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Thrilled to be backing @Prevedere, a predictive analytics company changing the way businesses forecast the future. prevedere.com/prevedere-rais…
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We are still accepting applications for our #FemaleFounders Competition in partnership with SVB Financial Group and @eqtventures! Enter through Sept. 30. Learn more on the requirements and check out the official rules to apply today: m12.vc/female-founders/
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Microsoft’s @M12vc lays out investment strategy, aims to make the corporate #VC community more ‘founder-friendly’ via @NatJLevy @GeekWire: geekwire.com/2019/microsofts…
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#FemaleFounder Competition finalist @CristinaSoviany of @featuresanalytx - AI-based conduct surveillance for the detection of market abuse in equities, FX or other financial instruments. features-analytics.com/ More via #M12 @eqtventures @SVB_Financial: m12.vc/blogs/female-founders…
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Congrats to #ImagineCup finalists! Hard job judging - so many passionate students working to solve big problems! #impressed
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#M12 is empowering #entrepreneurs through investments, insight and unparalleled access to #Microsoft. piped.video/watch?v=zIc-R4yA… #startups
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Supporting #startups on the other side of the table by @tamarasteffens, General Manager/Managing Director at @M12vc. linkedin.com/pulse/supportin…
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Congrats to #M12's @nelsoli for her nomination as a finalist for
The Investor Award via the #FemaleFounders Alliance @2point19. For more info on The Champion Awards, the 2019 nominees, to vote and obtain tickets: championawards.co/
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Applications for the #FemaleFounders Competition closed (sorry, no extensions!). We are thrilled to review all of the amazing applications we received over the past two months! venturebeat.com/2018/07/26/m…
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