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What does Microsoft invest in?
Microsoft invests most often at Series A and Series B (48% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Greentech, Environment and Cleantech.
Microsoft highlights
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12 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 48% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 20 rounds, median $1.0M
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10 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business.From their own website
- Type
- Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- GreentechEnvironmentCleantech
- Based in
- Redmond, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first105 appearances
- 2026
10 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Jun
- May
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- 2025
8 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Aug
- May
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2024
7 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Mar
- 2023
2 rounds
- Nov
- Sept
- 2022
1 round
- Sept
- 2019
7 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Jul
- Jul
- Apr
- Feb
- Jan
- 2018
11 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
We hold 362 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
5+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Funds they back
1 fund commitment on record
- Managers
- 1
Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.
Managers it backs most
Most recent commitments
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed10 in all
iStreamPlanetBought by Turner BroadcastingUndisclosedAug 2015
AdchemyBought by WalmartLabsUndisclosedMay 2014
KloutBought by Lithium Technologies$200MMar 2014
BundleBought by Capital OneUndisclosedNov 2012
FacebookListed$18BMay 2012
Platform SolutionsBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedJul 2008
Groove NetworksBought by MicrosoftUndisclosedMar 2005
InfolibriaBought by CerteonUndisclosedJan 2003
OnSite AccessBought by eLink CommunicationsUndisclosedOct 2001
EquinixListedUndisclosedAug 2000
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
Ally.ioUndisclosedOct 2021
ClipchampUndisclosedSept 2021
TakeLessonsUndisclosedSept 2021
Peer5UndisclosedAug 2021
CloudKnoxUndisclosedJul 2021
RiskIQ$500MJul 2021
SuplariUndisclosedJul 2021
AT&T Technology Network CloudUndisclosedJun 2021
ReFirm LabsUndisclosedJun 2021
Nuance Communications$20BApr 2021
The Marsden GroupUndisclosedMar 2021
Smash.ggUndisclosedDec 2020