Microsoft

Microsoft

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Overview

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores.

Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services.

The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

Highlights

Founded

1975

Industry

Developer Tools

Employees

10001+

Investment

273

Lead Investment

97

Exits

54

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity

Investor Type

Angel Group, Family Investment Office, Incubator

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Microsoft, established in 1975 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity investments across Social Media, Social Network, Augmented Reality, Metaverse, Virtual Reality, Software, Content Delivery Network, Video Streaming, Enterprise Software, Communications Infrastructure. The organization boasts a portfolio of 268 investments, with an average round size of $208.0M and 54 successful exits. Their recent investments include Meta, Move Networks, Cisco, Benchmark, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. The highest investment round they participated in was $2950.2B. Among their most notable exits are Meta and Move Networks. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Raghu Ramakrishnan

Raghu Ramakrishnan

CTO for Data

imagePlace Charlotte Yarkoni

Charlotte Yarkoni

President, Commerce + Ecosystems, Cloud + AI

imagePlace Peter Waldschmidt

Peter Waldschmidt

Principal Software Engineer

imagePlace Harrison Hoffman

Harrison Hoffman

Principal Program Manager, Xbox

imagePlace Ryan Blakely

Ryan Blakely

ISV Go To Market Consultant

imagePlace Nils Lahr

Nils Lahr

Architect, Partner

Investment portfolio

Microsoft has made 273 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 27, 2024, when Flomoney raised $200.0K.

Microsoft has made 20 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Aug 06, 2024, when Climatize raised $1.8M.

investments

273

Diversity investments

20

Lead investments

97

Number of exits

54

Investments

273

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jun 19, 2024--41.0M
Jun 25, 2024
Bright Machines Bright Machines
Information Technology106.0M
Jul 27, 2024
Flomoney Flomoney
Information Technology200.0K
Aug 06, 2024
Climatize Climatize
Finance1.8M

Exits

54

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

273

Investors

2

Funds

1

Funding Rounds

273

Microsoft has raised 273 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 06, 2024 from a Pre Seed Round - Climatize round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jun 19, 2024
Debt Financing - WIOCC Debt Financing - WIOCC
-41.0M-
Jun 25, 2024
Series C - Bright Machines Series C - Bright Machines
-106.0M-
Jul 27, 2024
Pre Seed Round - Flomoney Pre Seed Round - Flomoney
-200.0K-
Aug 06, 2024
Pre Seed Round - Climatize Pre Seed Round - Climatize
-1.8M-

Investors

3

Microsoft is funded by 3 investor(s). KB Securities and Technology Venture Investors Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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