Microsoft Ventures
| Corporate Venture Fund | |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
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Number of locations
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5 offices: Seattle, San Francisco, New York City, Tel-Aviv, London |
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Key people
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Nagraj Kashyap (Managing Director) |
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Number of employees
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14 |
| Website | www |
Founded in January 2016, Microsoft Ventures is a corporate venture fund by Microsoft. Its mission is to be an active, strategic partner at key stages of a startup's growth, typically investing between Series A and D. It supports not only company objectives, but customers, partners and the ecosystem more broadly. The fund is managed by Nagraj Kashyap, formerly of Qualcomm Ventures.
In January 2016, Microsoft launched the Microsoft Ventures venture capital fund.
Microsoft Ventures has invested in companies driving the digital transformation like Zipwhip, Paxata, Aqua, and Kahoot! to name a few.
On April 11, 2017, it was reported that the security company Synack had raised $21 million from Microsoft Ventures, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Singtel.
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