M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund) — 2016 Investments
7 investments dated 2016 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Bluevine is a financial technology platform offering banking services including checking accounts, payments, and lending products designed for small businesses.
FintechSaaSJersey City, US
Eyal Lifshitz(Founder)inNir Klar(Founder)inMORDECHAI SCHATTNER(RELATIONSHIP: TREASURER)YACOV EYAL LIFSHITZ(Executive Officer, Director)Moti Shatner(Founder)
BoardStewart Newbigging Wilkinson(Director)
Co-investors83NorthCorrelation VenturesKima VenturesKreos CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersMaor Investments+3 more
Helpshift provides a proactive engagement platform for gaming studios to reduce player churn and maximize lifetime value by targeting players with personalized messaging, live operations support, and VIP account management.
AI & Machine LearningGamingMarketing TechSaaS
Abinash Tripathy(Founder)Baishambayam Ghose(Founder)Eric Vermillion(Founder)Linda Crawford(Founder)
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsKatalyst VenturesKatalyst.VenturesPortfoliaVisionnaire Ventures, LlcIntel Capital+3 more
D2iQ (formerly Mesosphere) provided Kubernetes automation and management technology for enterprise cloud-native and hybrid multicloud environments; it is now part of Nutanix, with its DKP product evolved into the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP).
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Tobias Knaup(Executive Officer, Director)Florian Leibert(Executive Officer, Director)Tobi Knaup(Founder)inWilliam Freiberg(Executive Officer)
BoardPeter Levine(Director)inBruce Armstrong(Director)in
Co-investors3Spoke CapitalAndreessen HorowitzFuel CapitalKhosla VenturesKoch Disruptive TechnologiesSV Angel+2 more
Outreach is a sales engagement platform, founded in 2014, that helps sales teams manage customer outreach and improve revenue outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSeattle, US
Manny Medina(Founder)inManuel Medina(Founder)Wesley Hather(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Kinzer(Founder)inGordon Hempton(Founder)inWes Hather(Founder)in
Co-investorsDFJSalesforce VenturesSands Capital Ventures408 VenturesAliya Capital PartnersBonfire Ventures+20 more
Raptor Maps provides AI-powered analytics and automation software for solar plant operations, helping owners, operators, and engineers reduce costs and losses through visual data analysis and autonomous drone inspections.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechBoston, US
Nikhil Vadhavkar(President and CEO)inEddie Obropta(CTO)inForrest Meyen(Founder)Courtney Strauss(Business Operations Manager)Assaf Weinberg(Head of Engineering)Elizabeth Bennett(People Operations Coordinator)
Co-investorsArgonautic VenturesBlue Bear Capital PartnersBuoyant Ventures Management, LlcClean Energy VentureCongruent VenturesData Point Capital+17 more
Rescale provides cloud-based engineering and R&D platform with simulation, modeling, and digital engineering tools for enterprise engineering teams across multiple industries.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Joris Poort(CEO)inAdam McKenzie(CTO)inSAMUEL PILLINGRyan KaneshiroAlex KudlickDevin Blase(Head of Talent)
Co-investorsBeta CapitalCrosscourt VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)DVCFf Venture CapitalFlucas Ventures+38 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.






































