Green Bay Press-Gazette

Microsoft, Packers-led VC firm offers $1 million prize in NFL draft-inspired pitch contest

(The story has been updated to add new information and fix a web address.) ASHWAUBENON - Cornerbacks and quarterbacks won't be the only prospects picked when Green Bay hosts the 2025 NFL draft in ...
AOL

3 investors from Microsoft’s corporate VC arm M12 are striking out on their own with Touring Capital, a new AI-focused firm

Last October, Priya Saiprasad got a call that, by now, was familiar: Nagraj Kashyap, her longtime mentor and colleague, wanted to poach her—again. The pair were working together at SoftBank, where ...
Business Insider

How to land funding from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, according to their top VC dealmakers

The major US tech firms invest tens of millions of dollars into startups every year. Firms like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all have dedicated VC wings. Insider asked venture chiefs at all three how ...
Business Insider

Microsoft's venture capital arm, M12, has been offloading its portfolio on secondary exchanges at discounts, sources say

Microsoft's corporate venture capital fund, M12, has been offloading some of its $1 billion portfolio on secondary exchanges, five people familiar with the matter told Insider. They requested ...
Crowdfund Insider

AI-Focused VC Activity Surged During Q1 based on OpenAI’s Unconventional Corporate Investment from Microsoft: Pitchbook Report

VC activity ticked up in Q1 based on OpenAI’s unconventional corporate investment from Microsoft, according to an update from Pitchbook. Pitchbook has reportedly tracked $22.7 billion in investment ...