M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund

We're so proud (but not surprised) to see CVP and Global Head of M12 Michelle Gonzalez included in the San Francisco Business Times list of Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business. Join us in celebrating her admirable leadership and mentorship! ?????? https://lnkd.in/gauX2g24

The efficiency of AI ?? the trustworthiness of #blockchain Fortune reporter Leo Schwartz eloquently explains the immense potential we see in Space and Time and the important work they are doing in the arena of #AI verifiability.

We're so excited to have Andrew Smyth on board, bringing his deep knowledge on #cybersecurity and #enterprise infrastructure into the fold. ?? He helped kick off our partnership with Neon earlier this month, and we know this is just the start of his tenure as a successful managing partner. Welcome to the team, Andrew! ??

When Allstacks CEO Hersh Tapadia and CTO Darrell "Jeremy" Freeman founded the company, they wanted to give engineering teams the data they needed in order to make strategic business decisions. We're proud to be part of their journey to do just that. Learn more about Allstacks capabilities here. ?? https://www.allstacks.com/ #Engineering #SoftwareDevelopment

Congrats to Nate Holiday and the team at Space and Time who have recently secured more #funding to accelerate an equitable future for #AI. ?? #Blockchain #Web3 https://lnkd.in/epSYdX6n

CruxOCM is gearing up to transform the energy sector. ?? By empowering control room operators with #copilot functionality, their technology greatly improves the energy industry's efficiency and safety. ?? ICYMI: Read about one of our latest portfolio investments here. https://lnkd.in/gFN7Su-8 #Energy #Automation

We take pride in investing in visionary companies transforming industries, which is why we're pleased to welcome Allstacks as our newest portfolio company.??? As Todd Graham ,?Managing Partner at M12,?put it, "By providing a single source of truth for software engineering teams, Allstacks enhances project health, aligns with business strategy, and drives transparency and accountability in development." Alongside?Quadri Ventures, First Rays Venture Partners, Companyon Ventures, Clutch VC,?S3 Ventures, Triangle Tweener Fund,?CreativeCo, and?Hyperplane, we're excited?to invest in the future of software engineering. Read the full announcement here. https://lnkd.in/g664ns45 #Engineering #AI

We are thrilled to share we led the $17 million #funding round for CruxOCM, a leader in #Robotic Industrial Process Automation for control rooms, alongside #investors: Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, EIC Rose Rock , Angular Ventures, Root Ventures, Industry Ventures, Cendana Capital and Golden Ventures. ?? Read the full story https://lnkd.in/g6xk5Nk5. #AI

ICYMI: Neon is making huge strides for professional #developers. Key benefits of Neon's modern database include: ?? Instant Provisioning: New databases are ready in under a second thanks to Neon’s unique decoupling of storage and compute. ?? Efficient Scaling: Automatic scaling handles traffic spikes effortlessly, without the need for pre-planned capacity or disk management. ?? Integrated Developer Workflows: Seamless integration into CI/CD pipelines shortens software lifecycles and reduces costs, enhancing the developer experience. ?? Read more in the full announcement. https://lnkd.in/eG6pX3Km

?? https://lnkd.in/eG6pX3Km We are excited about the future of Neon. We chose to invest in Neon to further expand the Postgres ecosystem in Azure and bring the database into the modern #developer workflow, making it more automated, easier to manage, and #AI-ready. ?? Thank you to the entire Neon team and partners and co-founders Nikita Shamgunov, Heikki Linnakangas, Stas Kelvich