Priyanka Mitra
InvestorPartner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
San Francisco, California
Writes $2M – $10M checks · typically $6M
About
Priyanka Mitra is a Partner at Microsoft Ventures and Founding Partner of the GitHub Fund, where she has led over 70 investments across software, AI, and internet sectors. She began her career as a research analyst at Bridgewater Associates before transitioning to venture capital and growth equity investing. Mitra holds a degree from Harvard University and has completed research fellowships in computational neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- MicrosoftPartner & Member of Global Investment Committee, Microsoft Venturescurrent2024 — presentRedmond, Washington, United States
- MicrosoftPartnercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftPrincipal2020 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
- Microsoft GitHub FundFounding Partner, Head of Microsoft-GitHub Fundcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- M12 - Microsoft's Venture FundPartnercurrent2020 — present
- Andor HealthBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NetradyneBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- InnovaccerBoardcurrent2020 — present
- SplitBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- WandelbotsInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- RAAPID INCBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- PsiQuantumInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- Applied IntuitionInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Tact.aiBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- Tact.aiBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- Palm NFT StudioInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- Private AIBoardcurrent2021 — present
- ToolJetInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- BytewaxInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- OpenSaucedInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Guardrails AIInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- WallarooBoardcurrent2022 — present
- NovuInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Mermaid ChartInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Moondream AIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- UnifyInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Noble.AIInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Noble.AIInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- CodeSeeInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Unsloth AIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- RubbrbandInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- MedMe Health (YC W21)Board Membercurrent2021 — present
- ParabolBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- iLoF - Intelligent Lab on FiberBoardcurrent2020 — present
- Tola CapitalVenture Capital and Growth Equity Investor2018 — 2020San Francisco, California, United States
- Kaiser PermanenteVenture Capital & Growth Strategy2017 — 2018San Francisco, California, United States
- Bridgewater AssociatesAnalyst / Researcher2015 — 2017New York, New York, United States
Skills & more
Languages Bengali · English · Hindi-Urdu · Sanskrit · Spanish
From Priyanka's professional profile.
Colleagues at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Alan Du
Partner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Alessandro Levi
Partner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Andrew Smyth
Managing Partner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Ann Johnson
Investor at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Anthony “Tony” Sims
Business Administrator at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Brian Zhao
Investment Team at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Cat Knoerr
Portfolio Development at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Cheryl Cheng
Managing Partner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Priyanka Mitra?
- Priyanka Mitra is a Partner at Microsoft Ventures and Founding Partner of the GitHub Fund, where she has led over 70 investments across software, AI, and internet sectors. She began her career as a research analyst at Bridgewater Associates before transitioning to venture capital and growth equity investing. Mitra holds a degree from Harvard University and has completed research fellowships in computational neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.
- Where does Priyanka Mitra work?
- Priyanka Mitra is Partner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund).
- What check size does Priyanka Mitra write?
- Priyanka Mitra typically writes checks of $2M – $10M.
- Where did Priyanka Mitra go to school?
- Priyanka Mitra studied at Harvard University (Pre-medical Mathematics & Sciences); Indian Hill Schools, Ohio; Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Research and Scholarly Work Abroad - Harvard College Junior Year).
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