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| Apr 17, 2024 | NBIF Invest $50K in Solyntek; graduate of Energia Ventures Accelerator | Investment Analyst
Solyntek, the cutting-edge AI-based safety solution for secure workplace environments, has successfully graduated from the Energia Ventures Accelerator 10th Cohort, with a $50,000 investment from NBIF.
With preventable in... |
| Mar 26, 2020 | When Zoom was young: the early years | Zoom was originally known as Saasbee, had 500,000 users in less than six months
Our when they were young series is a look back at the modest days of startups, what traction they had in their first few years, and how they evolved. In the end... |
| Aug 9, 2018 | TransferGo and Onfido partner for fast and frictionless money transfers | Onfido enables customer onboarding at speed as TransferGo continues global expansion
9th August 2018, LONDON: Leading identity verification provider Onfido today announces that it has partnered with global remittance company TransferGo, to ... |
| Aug 1, 2018 | UCL spin-out Hazy adds $1.8 million in seed funding | This takes Hazy’s total seed funding to $2.8 million following a $1 million investment from M12 and Notion, awarded to the company in May, after Hazy was declared the European winner of global startup competition Innovate.AI. |
| Jul 10, 2018 | HBUS Selects Onfido as its Identity Verification provider for better customer onboarding | Onfido now helps over 30 global cryptocurrency customers verify user identities and comply with regulations
10th July 2018, SAN FRANCISCO: Global identity verification provider Onfido today announces that it has partnered with HBUS to help ... |
| Apr 11, 2018 | Livongo Health Raises $105M for Mobile Diabetes Management, Inks Deal with Cambia Health | Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has raised $105 million in funding led by existing investors General Catalyst and international investment company Kinnevik. Ex... |
| Mar 18, 2018 | Венчурный фонд Microsoft и промежуточные итоги AI/ML конкурса | У компании Microsoft есть своё венчурное подразделение – корпоративный венчурный фонд Microsoft Ventures (MV). MV инвестирует в стартапы на раундах от A до D. Ключевые локации – Кремниевая долина, Нью Йорк, Сиэтл, Лондон и Тель-Авив. Фокус ... |
| Jan 29, 2018 | Какие факторы стоит учесть стартапу, чтобы преуспеть в Нью-Йорке | 2017 год стал рекордным в истории американских стартапов, привлекших более $67 млрд от венчурных инвесторов – и 20% этого объема пришлось на Нью-Йорк. Стоит ли стартапу из России выбрать Восточное побережье для своей штаб-квартиры и сложно ... |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Equity Podcast: Lyft’s driving fast, Blue Apron’s troubles and bitcoin infinity | Welcome to Equity, our venture capital and tech business podcast.
On the latest episode, we were joined by Nagraj Kashyap, who runs Microsoft Ventures.
Topics this week included Lyft’s growing financials and its driverless cars. It looks li... |
| Oct 31, 2017 | Onfido adds world-class talent in key executive roles as Identity Verification goes global | - Data Security, Privacy and Machine Learning leaders Andy Wilde and Kevin Trilli take CTO and CPO roles; Enterprise Software Leader Andy Leaver becomes CRO and Wikimedia’s Lila Tretikov joins as Independent Board Director
- New senior lead... |
| Oct 11, 2017 | Microsoft Ventures seeks AI-merican Idol | Microsoft and Madrona making overtures to AI start-ups
Microsoft Ventures has partnered with Madrona Venture Group to launch their Innovate.AI global start-up competition as they seek out machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) fi... |
| Oct 10, 2017 | Microsoft Ventures launches $3.5 million contest for AI startups | Look out, artificial intelligence startups: Microsoft Ventures has a new $3.5 million contest that opens today to try to find the best of you. Today, the tech giant’s venture arm announced Innovate.AI, a new competition that’s designed to p... |
| Oct 10, 2017 | Microsoft Ventures launches $3.5 million contest for AI startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Look out, artificial intelligence startups: Micro... |
| Oct 10, 2017 | Microsoft Ventures, Madrona and others launch $3.5M AI startup competition | Microsoft Ventures today announced a new AI startup competition with a total prize purse of $3.5 million in investments into the winners.
The firm is partnering with Madrona Venture Partners, Notion Capital and Vertex Ventures to host this ... |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Digital ID verification firm Onfido raises $30 million from Microsoft, Salesforce, and others | Onfido, a company developing digital identification tools, has raised $30 million led by Crane Venture Partners with participation from Microsoft Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Onfido's tech is used to verify someone's identity online wh... |
| Sep 7, 2017 | Israeli industrial drone maker Airobotics raises $32.5 million Series C | Israeli autonomous drone maker Airobotics has raised $32.5 million led by BlueRun Ventures China with participation from Microsoft Ventures and OurCrowd.
Existing investors CRV, BRV, Waze CEO Noam Bardin, former Googler Richard Wooldbridge,... |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 20 months in, Microsoft Ventures shows promise | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There’s a new Microsoft in town, and the company ... |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 20 months in, Microsoft Ventures shows promise | There’s a new Microsoft in town, and the company has spent the past and a half year embedding itself into the worldwide venture capital ecosystem. It’s a move that’s supposed to keep the company in touch with the latest startup developments... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Edtech gaming company Kahoot! adds $10 million to its Series A round | Norwegian edtech gaming company Kahoot! has raised $10 million in an extension of its Series A round. This follows an initial tranche of funding last September of $10 million, bringing the total round to $20 million.
The round was led by a ... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | CognitiveScale Crosses $50 Million in Venture Funding | CognitiveScale, a provider of industry-specific machine intelligence software, today announced it has received an additional $15 million in funding, bringing the company's total to $50 million raised to-date. This latest investment from Nor... |
| May 18, 2017 | Serbian Startup Frame scores $16 million investment from Microsoft and others | Photo credit: Netokracija.com
Serbian-American startup Frame has closed a $16 million funding round from Bain Capital Ventures, Microsoft Ventures and In-Q-Tel, with participation from previous investor CNTP, the company announced. Reported... |
| May 11, 2017 | Why your next malware infection might be AI-controlled | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The race to create genuine artificial intelligenc... |
| May 5, 2017 | Week in Review: Apple, Microsoft A.I. Investments, ‘Reality Caucus’ | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Some 2,500 lightning strikes were recorded across Western Washington Thursday as powerful thunderstorms marched up the state, getting everyone’s attention and lighting up soci... |
| May 3, 2017 | Microsoft Ventures doubles down on AI with new investments in Agolo and Bonsai | BigStock Photo.
Ever feel like there’s just too much information out there?
New York-based Agolo is hoping so. The startup is developing a program that summarizes large amounts of information using artificial intelligence — and it’s one of ... |
| May 3, 2017 | NEA Leads $7.6M Funding for Bonsai | Bonsai, provider of an AI platform that empowers enterprises to build and deploy intelligent systems, today announced that it has raised $7.6 million as an extension to its recent A round of funding, bringing the total amount raised to date... |
| May 2, 2017 | Bonsai raises $7.6 million to help companies build their own AI | AI startup Bonsai has raised $7.6 million to grow its platform that simplifies open-source machine learning library TensorFlow to help businesses construct their own artificial intelligence models and incorporate AI into their business.
Bon... |
| May 2, 2017 | Bonsai raises $7.6 million to help companies build their own AI | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
AI startup Bonsai has raised $7.6 million to grow... |
| Mar 13, 2017 | 5 tech firms racing to invest in AI startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Through massive investments in artificial intelli... |
| Jan 26, 2017 | Here are the 9 startups in Techstars Seattle’s newest class | Here comes another round of Techstars Seattle startups.
The 3-month accelerator announced its 2017 cohort on Thursday. The group, which marks the eighth overall for Techstars Seattle, includes nine companies working in various industries ra... |
| Jan 9, 2017 | Cybersecurity startup builder Team8 gains new investors in Microsoft and Qualcomm | Team8, a cybersecurity startup builder based in Israel, has announced a new round of funding from Microsoft Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures but has not disclosed any figures.
The funding follows a $23 million round in February of last year f... |
| Dec 12, 2016 | Term Sheet — Monday, December 12 | TWINKIE RETURN, LAYOFF WATCH, AND THE NEW AUSTERITY
The New York Times published a big feature on private equity over the weekend. It takes a slightly lighter touch than certain past magazine covers… A few takeaways:
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| Dec 12, 2016 | Microsoft Ventures launches new fund for AI startups and backs Element AI incubator | Microsoft Ventures today announced two steps that point to how the tech giant’s VC arm wants to get involved in artificial intelligence in a big way. First, it’s now going to pursue investments through a special fund dedicated to AI startup... |
| Dec 12, 2016 | Microsoft Ventures Launches Fund to Back Artificial Intelligence Companies | Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has launched a new Microsoft Ventures fund for investment in Artificial Intelligence companies focused on inclusive growth and positive impact on society.
Backed companies will allow people and machines to work toge... |
| Oct 24, 2016 | DTCP Invests in Paxata in $33.5m Round of Funding | San Diego, CA (Intel Capital Global Summit 2016) – Oct. 24, 2016 – Paxata, provider of the leading enterprise-grade, self-service, adaptive information platform that serves the needs of both the business consumer and IT, today announced it ... |
| Jul 7, 2016 | Why Monsanto Committed to Microsoft Ventures’ Brazilian Digital Tech Accelerator Fund | Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV) has invested in Microsoft Ventures Brazil’s startup accelerator fund BR STARTUPS FIP, which invests across digital technologies and will now target agriculture technology startups. The fund is targeting $92 mi... |
| Jun 22, 2016 | Trinity and Microsoft Ventures lead $17.5 million investment for sales startup Outreach | Sales startup Outreach announced today that it scored $17.5 million for its latest funding round. Trinity Ventures led the investment, followed by Microsoft Ventures.
“Outreach is the first data-driven platform for business sales communicat... |
| Jun 22, 2016 | Trinity and Microsoft Ventures lead $17.5 million investment for sales startup Outreach | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Sales startup Outreach announced today that it sc... |
| Jun 8, 2016 | Comfy raises $12 million for app to end office thermostat wars | Building Robotics Inc., better known as Comfy, raised $12 million in Series B funding for building automation software that helps companies save energy on office air conditioning while gathering employee-contributed data about the use and o... |
| Jun 7, 2016 | Microsoft Ventures, Salesforce Ventures lead $23 mn Series B round in Helpshift | Pune- and San Francisco-based customer support software provider Helpshift Inc. has raised $23 million (around Rs 153.6 crore) in a Series B funding round led by Microsoft Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Existing investors Intel Capital, ... |
| May 31, 2016 | Microsoft confirms Microsoft Ventures VC arm, renames old one ‘Microsoft Accelerator’ | As Google moves ahead to develop its Area 120 in-house incubator program, Microsoft is also looking to get more of its startup ducks in a row. On Monday, the company quietly, officially unveiled Microsoft Ventures — a new arm that will focu... |
| May 25, 2016 | Bulgarian Startup OfficeR&D Wins a EUR 10,000 Award | Bulgarian startup OfficeR&D is the winner of the DigitalK Startup Competition 2016. This startup company received EUR 10,000 award in recognition of the best business idea that was in a stiff competition with 14 other startups from the ... |
| May 7, 2016 | User’s Guide to Disrupt NY 2016 | Hard to believe that Disrupt NY is just around the corner! TechCrunch has partnered with an amazing array of sponsors who promise to make your experience at the conference better and better.
Official Event App: Download the newest version o... |
| Apr 13, 2016 | Startup ecosystems around the world are getting mature enough to create more billion dollar unicorns | This sponsored post is produced in association with TiE.org.
While Silicon Valley remains the center of innovation and startup activity in the globe, other geographical markets are developing startup ecosystems in varying degrees of maturit... |
| Apr 12, 2016 | Schweizer Startup erobert Berlin | |
| Feb 5, 2016 | Austin-based Clarify.io Selected to Participate in Microsoft’s Machine Learning Accelerator | Austin-based Clarify.io, which allows developers to search and understand audio and video using a simple API, was selected to participate in Microsoft Ventures’ Machine Learning Accelerator in Seattle. |
| Feb 4, 2016 | Meet the 10 machine learning and data science startups in Microsoft’s Seattle Accelerator | Photo via Microsoft.
Microsoft Ventures today announced its third batch of Seattle Accelerator startups that are focusing on machine learning and data science.
Microsoft’s accelerator in Seattle first launched in 2014 with a cohort of home ... |
| Feb 4, 2016 | Microsoft Taps 10 Machine Learning Startups for Seattle Accelerator | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Ten nascent businesses applying machine learning to everything from answering medical questions to recruiting university students were tapped for Microsoft Ventures’ latest ac... |
| Jan 27, 2016 | Watch Microsoft Venture’s London Accelerator Right Here | TechCrunch is pleased to host the live video stream of the Microsoft Ventures London Accelerator demo day. Watch the presentations right here starting at 3:30p GMT.
The event is private so this live stream is the only way for the general pu... |
| Jan 25, 2016 | Watch Microsoft Venture’s London Accelerator Right Here | TechCrunch is pleased to host the live video stream of the Microsoft Ventures London Accelerator demo day. Watch the presentations right here starting at 3:30p GMT on January 27th.
The event is private so this live stream is the only way fo... |
| Dec 15, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 15, 2015 | Vayyar Imaging raised $22M; Pramata announced $10M funding; Continuum Analytics secured $10M
Malaysia-based iPrice, which aggregates a multitude of ecommerce sites in Southeast Asia into a single shopping destination, today announced it rai... |
| Oct 20, 2015 | Microsoft Ventures Accelerator is holding a DC open house Nov. 4 | The Seattle-based Microsoft Ventures Accelerator is a four-month program that connects startup founders with mentors and gives them the tools to help grow their business. The accelerator has 24 graduates to date, and is looking for its next... |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Seattle Roundup: Dolly, ISB, Machine Learning, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Before Monday Night Football gridlocks Seattle traffic (The Seahawks at home against the Lions), let’s catch up on a few interesting items from the last week. Read on for deta... |
| Sep 30, 2015 | Calling all analytics startups: Microsoft unveils next accelerator program focused on data science | Microsoft announced the third installment of its Microsoft Ventures Seattle Accelerator on Wednesday, this time focusing on data science and machine learning.
In a world where we’re creating more data then ever before and 90 percent of it i... |
| Sep 24, 2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| Sep 24, 2015 | Work collaboration platform Teambition raises $12M to take on Microsoft 365 | Shanghai-based workplace collaboration platform Teambition announced this week that it has raised $12 million in Series B funding from investors including NLVC, IDG, Vangoo Capital, and Gobi Partners.
Teambition is an online platform that a... |
| Sep 24, 2015 | Work collaboration platform Teambition raises $12M to take on Microsoft 365 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Shanghai-based workplace collaboration platform T... |
| Sep 22, 2015 | Daily funding roundup -September 22, 2015 | CloudFlare raised $110M; CoverHound secured $33.3M; Arrayent scored $11M
The decision for CrunchBase become its own entity was spearheaded by Emergence Capital, who seems to have taken quite an interest in CrunchBase. Not only did the firm ... |
| Sep 18, 2015 | MassChallenge Talks Global Expansion: 9 More Cities, 20,000 New Jobs | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
MassChallenge already calls itself the world’s largest accelerator, with more than 200 startups currently participating in its programs in Boston and London. And it’s only get... |
| Sep 16, 2015 | Skoove launches to help you play the piano, backed by Microsoft Ventures | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
A new music startup has launched with one key raison d’être: to help you learn to play piano. A product of Microsoft Ventures’ Berlin a... |
| Sep 16, 2015 | Skoove launches to help you play the piano, backed by Microsoft Ventures | A new music startup has launched with one key raison d’être: to help you learn to play piano. A product of Microsoft Ventures’ Berlin accelerator, Skoove is a personalized music tuition platform that promises “the world’s first truly intera... |
| Aug 26, 2015 | This One-Afternoon Project Could Change How You Meet Friends | Frustrated by how difficult it was to have spur of the moment get-togethers with friends, Stanford classmates Joseph Lau and Nikil Viswanathan spent a Friday afternoon in San Francisco’s SoMa district building what they called Down To Lunch... |
| Aug 12, 2015 | Accelerating your startup | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
Following our previous blog about the value of co-working spaces for connecting and collaborating with people who could help your startup, we take a look at ‘accelerators’ and h... |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Live: Watch the pitches from Microsoft Ventures Demo Day | Tammy Bowers of LionHeart Innovations pitches at Microsoft Ventures Demo Day.
Microsoft Ventures is hosting its big Demo Day in Seattle today, featuring 14 new startup companies which are working on technologies around the theme of digital ... |
| Jul 6, 2015 | Want to see the future of the O2O economy? Look East | Despite its exceptional growth and the role it has played in transforming the retail landscape, ecommerce only accounts for about 5 percent of all retail sales. The main reason the majority of shopping is still done offline is that some off... |
| Jun 24, 2015 | Indian School of Design and Innovation & Microsoft India partner to Launch ISDI Creative Accelerator | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Indian School of Design and Innovation (ISDI) today signed a three-year partnership with Microsoft India to set up ISDI Creative Accelerator. Powered by Microsoft Ventures, Microsoft’s corporate venturing arm, thi... |
| Jun 2, 2015 | PlusMINUS: First Birmingham Retail Tech Event | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Friday marks the date of the inaugural PlusMINUS consumer tech event in Birmingham, with some huge industry players in attendance and taking to the stage.
The inaugural PlusM... |
| May 29, 2015 | TernPro’s $395K Seed Round to Push Collaboration Software to Market | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
TernPro, the Detroit-based startup developing collaboration software called Slope, announced this week that it has closed on a round of seed funding worth $395,000. Slope’s in... |
| Apr 21, 2015 | 12,000 People Across Tech Nation Sign Up to Digital Business Academy Since Launch | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Today we announce that our flagship Digital Business Academy programme is set to expand with over 12,000 people signed up from across the UK
From later this year, DBA core co... |
| Apr 2, 2015 | Tech Nation Cluster Profile: Inner London | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Following the recent launch of Tech Nation, we are running a series of profile pieces on each of the digital clusters featured in the report.
The home of Tech City, Silicon R... |
| Mar 26, 2015 | Microsoft Ventures and iSPIRT Host SaaSx to Accelerate Indian SaaS Startups | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Cofounders of 100+ SaaS startups learn to grow business from co-founders of Freshdesk, Wingify, WebEngage and Kissflow
SaaS expert Aaron Ross shows how to create predictable revenue
‘Jump Start Guide for Desk Mark... |
| Mar 25, 2015 | Mapping Seattle’s incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces | Inside the UW’s new Startup Hall, home to Techstars Seattle and a co-working space.
With the birth of Y Combinator in Silicon Valley a decade ago, the number of accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces has increased exponentially ove... |
| Mar 23, 2015 | TernPro Plans to Perfect New Software in Microsoft Ventures Program | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The latest cohort at the Microsoft Ventures accelerator in Seattle is dedicated to innovating in the business enterprise space, and, after a competitive application process, a... |
| Mar 20, 2015 | Seattle Roundup: Remitly, Healthentic, Microsoft Accelerator Startups | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In addition to the major funding rounds announced this week by FiftyThree ($30 million) and Rover ($25 million), smaller deals went down at Remitly and Healthentic. Meanwhile,... |
| Mar 17, 2015 | These are the 14 startups in the next class for Microsoft’s ‘digital work’ accelerator | Microsoft just announced the next crop of startups that have been inducted into its Seattle-based “digital work” accelerator. 14 companies will be working out of Microsoft’s South Lake Union building from March through July on their product... |
| Mar 13, 2015 | GenNext Innovation Hub Graduates 11 Startups in the First Batch of Accelerator Program | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Graduating startups have witnessed significant growth, acquired high profile clients and received investments during the intensive four-month program
GenNext Innovation Hub has opened applications for the second b... |
| Mar 10, 2015 | 20 startup accelerators in India we should all know about | While India is lagging behind other Asian markets in terms of venture capital, there is no dearth for startup incubators and accelerators in the country. Apart from the traditional accelerators run by governments and IT majors, a host of mu... |
| Mar 10, 2015 | 20 startup accelerators in India we should all know about | While India is lagging behind other Asian markets in terms of venture capital, there is no dearth for startup incubators and accelerators in the country. Apart from the traditional accelerators run by governments and IT majors, a host of mu... |
| Mar 4, 2015 | Microsoft Ventures Launches Two New Programs for Later Stage Startups in India | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Microsoft Ventures in India today announced the launch of its two new accelerator programs while unveiling its Summer 2015 batch. The two new programs – Accelerator Plus and Scale Up – will focus on helping later... |
| Feb 10, 2015 | Microsoft Wants To Buy Love In Silicon Valley | Y Combinator and Microsoft announced a program this week that will pour free access to the Azure cloud computing platform onto the incubator’s current class of startups.
The deal includes $500,000 in credits to Microsoft’s cloud computing s... |
| Feb 3, 2015 | Is There A Tech Bubble In China? | Zack Weisfeld Contributor
Editor’s note: Zack Weisfeld is general manager at Microsoft Ventures Global Accelerators.
I recently returned from my latest business trip to China, where I had the opportunity to meet with local entrepreneurs, VC... |
| Feb 3, 2015 | Google shows interest in Indian startups, launches Launchpad to mentor 20 of them | In yet another major push into the Indian technology sector, Google has kick-started its Launchpad startup mentorship program in the country. The company has announced plans to offer three-month mentoring to 20 shortlisted startups. The mov... |
| Jan 23, 2015 | Microsoft Ventures: Change the Way we Work | We are proud to partner with Microsoft Ventures to promote their Digital Work Accelerator in Seattle. Tonight, in Chicago, join the team from their Digital Work Accelerator to get more information about the program.
Startups everywhere are ... |
| Jan 17, 2015 | How to raise $200M (or at least try) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
I wasn’t able to attend LeWeb last month, but I m... |
| Jan 17, 2015 | How to raise $200M (or at least try) | I wasn’t able to attend LeWeb last month, but I managed to watch a panel called “great rides” that reminded me how challenging fundraising can be for startups. In this panel Loic Le Meur talks to Peter Pham, cofounder and partner at Science... |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Microsoft Plans More Startup Accelerators in Seattle, Elsewhere | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Microsoft feted the first batch of startups to go through its Seattle accelerator Wednesday with a demo day in the heart of Amazon’s neighborhood. And despite their competitio... |
| Dec 10, 2014 | Microsoft Ventures opens applications for ‘digital work’ accelerator in Seattle | Microsoft Ventures just opened applications for a new startup accelerator in Seattle focused on “digital work,” aiming to boost startups that want to make people more productive.
According to a blog post announcing the new class, Microsoft ... |
| Oct 15, 2014 | Microsoft Ventures Reports Indian Mid-Market Software Firms Leverage SaaS to Offer Disruptive Advantages to Customers | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Microsoft Ventures and iSPIRT Foundation today launched a report titled “Indian Mid-market SaaS companies: Forging a new path to disruption”. The report, which was launched under Microsoft Venture’s Think Next in... |
| Oct 8, 2014 | Startup eco-systems – Tel Aviv – bit by bit | Chutzpah – the word that defines Tel Aviv as the non-stop startup city. The city is number two on the list of the best ecosystems in the world according to research conducted by the Startup Genome. The word is pronounced “Hjoodspa” and is a... |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Schweizer Startup im Microsoft Accelerator | |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Microsoft Picks Startups for 'Internet of Things'-Themed Accelerator | News Microsoft Picks Startups for 'Internet of Things'-Themed Accelerator By Gladys RamaAugust 13, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the 10 startup firms that will participate in its first home automation-focused accelerator.
First anno... |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Home Automation Startups Begin Microsoft, American Family Accelerator | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Microsoft and American Family Insurance today named the 10 startups selected for their joint accelerator focused on home automation.
The companies announced the accelerator pa... |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Microsoft Picks Startups for 'Internet of Things'-Themed Accelerator | News Microsoft Picks Startups for 'Internet of Things'-Themed Accelerator By Gladys RamaAugust 13, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the 10 startup firms that will participate in its first home automation-focused accelerator.
First anno... |
| Jul 29, 2014 | Microsoft, Akamai Technologies and Jerusalem Venture Partners Launch Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator | Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM), a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications, have teamed up with venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture... |
| Jul 21, 2014 | MiniMap, which maps your calendar, competes for Microsoft accelerator seat | Startups from Bushwick, Columbia University and Boston were among those on display last week, all vying for cash and a seat at a Microsoft-backed accelerator focused on home automation. Two if the nine appeared to be leaving stealth mode at... |
| Jun 17, 2014 | Microsoft Teams With American Family Insurance To Launch A Home Automation Accelerator In Redmond | Microsoft has been ramping up its effort to raise its profile with the startup community through programs like accelerators outside of the U.S. run by Microsoft Ventures.
Today, that strategy is taking a turn towards Microsoft’s home market... |
| May 28, 2014 | Microsoft Ventures teams up with an Israeli VC – JVP – to launch a cyber-security startup accelerator | Microsoft Ventures and Israeli investment firm Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) are jointly establishing a startup accelerator in the field of cyber-security.
The Microsoft Ventures Accelerator’s four-month program will take place from Sept... |
| May 13, 2014 | From Bangalore to Beijing, here's what makes the perfect global startup | What qualities make for the perfect quarterback? Leadership, arm strength, field sense, toughness. The perfect striker? Quickness, intensity, creativity. But what about the perfect startup, the type that catapults from napkin sketch to inte... |
| Apr 23, 2014 | Microsoft Ventures’ Big Data startup Frrole raises $245K in angel round | Bangalore-based Frrole, a Big Data startup, has raised $245,000 (Rs 1.5 crore) in angel funding from eight angel investors and entities from India and US led by Sharad Sharma (former head of Yahoo! R&D centre in India), Google’s India M... |
| Feb 17, 2014 | Plan9’s Startups Bag Success | Plan9 is the largest incubator in Pakistan and is backed by Punjab Information and Technology Board. Recent events have proven that the effort that is being put in mentoring, polishing and helping startups is paying off. The incubator has l... |