M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund

M12 - Microsoft’s venture fund, invests in early-stage enterprise software companies with a focus on AI, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer tools, vertical SaaS, and Web3/Gaming. Since 2016, M12 has invested in over 100 companies, helping startups accelerate growth with unparalleled access to Microsoft.

Past deals in Israel

env0

Series A in 2023
env0 is a developer of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) management software based in Giv'atayim, Israel. The company provides a cloud management platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage their cloud infrastructure through environment provisioning, governance, and workflow tools. Designed to empower various teams, including developers, site reliability engineers, and data scientists, env0 facilitates the transition of complex workloads into manageable cloud environments. Its platform supports self-service capabilities while ensuring comprehensive governance and cost control across major cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Additionally, env0 offers customized environments for specialized tasks and facilitates end-to-end testing for each pull request, ultimately enhancing productivity and reducing operational costs.

Rapid

Series D in 2022
Rapid Software Solutions Ltd. is a technology company based in Haifa, Israel, specializing in software applications and Software-as-a-Service solutions. The firm is known for its RapidAPI Hub, which is the largest API hub globally, allowing over 4 million developers to discover, evaluate, and integrate more than 40,000 APIs from prominent providers. Rapid also offers a comprehensive development platform called RapidAPI Studio, enabling developers to design, develop, test, monitor, and publish their APIs seamlessly. For enterprise clients, the company provides RapidAPI Enterprise Hub, a customizable platform that facilitates the management and connection of both internal and external APIs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rapid aims to support modern developers by streamlining access to essential API resources.

Hunters

Series C in 2022
Hunters is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based platform for detecting and responding to cyber threats. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers its solution, Hunters.AI, which autonomously identifies cyberattacks that may evade traditional security measures across various IT environments, including cloud and network systems. Hunters.AI integrates diverse security telemetry and intelligence, enriching threat signals with detailed tactics, techniques, and procedures to enhance detection capabilities. By utilizing machine learning and cloud-based analytics, the platform correlates threat patterns and generates high-fidelity attack narratives, enabling cybersecurity teams to respond swiftly and effectively to potential breaches.

Hunters

Series B in 2021
Hunters is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based platform for detecting and responding to cyber threats. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers its solution, Hunters.AI, which autonomously identifies cyberattacks that may evade traditional security measures across various IT environments, including cloud and network systems. Hunters.AI integrates diverse security telemetry and intelligence, enriching threat signals with detailed tactics, techniques, and procedures to enhance detection capabilities. By utilizing machine learning and cloud-based analytics, the platform correlates threat patterns and generates high-fidelity attack narratives, enabling cybersecurity teams to respond swiftly and effectively to potential breaches.

At-Bay

Series D in 2021
At-Bay is a cyber insurance and risk management company that underwrites tailored policies addressing information privacy, network security, business disruptions, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media risk. It provides security assessments and exposure analysis to identify and mitigate cyber risk and combines proprietary technology with insurance to offer proactive risk management alongside coverage for Cyber, Tech E&O, and Miscellaneous Professional Liability. The company operates an InsurSec platform that analyzes, models, and predicts cyber risks to tailor coverage for clients and brokers, and it delivers proprietary cybersecurity solutions such as Stance MDR. Based in Mountain View, California, with a development center in Tel Aviv, At-Bay serves thousands of US businesses through admitted and non-admitted carriers, aligning insurance protection with proactive security controls to help organizations manage digital risk.

env0

Series A in 2021
env0 is a developer of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) management software based in Giv'atayim, Israel. The company provides a cloud management platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage their cloud infrastructure through environment provisioning, governance, and workflow tools. Designed to empower various teams, including developers, site reliability engineers, and data scientists, env0 facilitates the transition of complex workloads into manageable cloud environments. Its platform supports self-service capabilities while ensuring comprehensive governance and cost control across major cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Additionally, env0 offers customized environments for specialized tasks and facilitates end-to-end testing for each pull request, ultimately enhancing productivity and reducing operational costs.

Authomize (Now part of Delinea)

Series A in 2021
Authomize, based in Israel, specializes in identity and security management, providing a platform that automates the management of identities, access, and privileges across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. Its intelligent Prescriptive Analytics engine helps IT and security teams streamline operations surrounding authorizations, effectively preventing permission sprawl and enhancing productivity. By acting as a bridge between IT operations and security teams, Authomize reduces the operational burden tied to authorization processes while improving security posture and compliance. The platform features an API connector that integrates seamlessly with various identity providers and a wide range of applications, both on-premises and SaaS. Authomize is supported by notable investors, including Blumberg Capital and M12, as well as advisors from prominent companies in the tech industry.

Rapid

Series C in 2021
Rapid Software Solutions Ltd. is a technology company based in Haifa, Israel, specializing in software applications and Software-as-a-Service solutions. The firm is known for its RapidAPI Hub, which is the largest API hub globally, allowing over 4 million developers to discover, evaluate, and integrate more than 40,000 APIs from prominent providers. Rapid also offers a comprehensive development platform called RapidAPI Studio, enabling developers to design, develop, test, monitor, and publish their APIs seamlessly. For enterprise clients, the company provides RapidAPI Enterprise Hub, a customizable platform that facilitates the management and connection of both internal and external APIs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rapid aims to support modern developers by streamlining access to essential API resources.

Mend

Series D in 2021
Mend specializes in open-source software (OSS) lifecycle management solutions, offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed to manage the OSS lifecycle effectively. Their flagship product integrates seamlessly with development environments and DevOps pipelines, enabling real-time detection of open-source libraries that may pose security or compliance risks. Mend provides actionable remediation paths to resolve identified issues quickly and enforces automated policies to streamline the fixing process. The platform supports over 200 programming languages and continuously monitors multiple open-source vulnerability databases, ensuring that users are informed of potential risks while minimizing false positives. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, Mend maintains additional offices in Boston, Givatayim, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

Aqua Security

Series E in 2021
Aqua Security develops a comprehensive cloud-native application security platform. It offers prevention, detection, and response automation across the entire application lifecycle, securing build processes, cloud infrastructure, and running workloads on various clouds and technologies like containers and serverless functions.

Xsight Labs

Series D in 2021
Xsight Labs Ltd is an Israeli company specializing in the manufacture of chip-set semiconductors tailored for the data center and automotive sectors. Founded in 2017 and located in Kiryat Gat, Israel, the company focuses on developing advanced technologies that enhance the performance and efficiency of data-intensive workloads, particularly in cloud computing environments. Its product offerings include fully programmable data center switches designed to provide application-optimized switching, which aids server farm operators, cloud service providers, and hyperscalers in achieving improved latency and power efficiency. By innovating within the realms of machine learning, data analytics, and disaggregated storage, Xsight Labs aims to accelerate the capabilities of next-generation computing infrastructures.

Codefresh

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2014, Codefresh simplifies software development by providing a cloud-based application user interface. It automates interactions with tools like git commands, code review, CI/CD pipelines, testing, deployment, and monitoring. The platform supports modern applications, offering features such as lightning-fast builds, Canary deployments, Blue/Green GitOps, and self-service deployment tools.

Hunters

Series A in 2020
Hunters is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based platform for detecting and responding to cyber threats. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers its solution, Hunters.AI, which autonomously identifies cyberattacks that may evade traditional security measures across various IT environments, including cloud and network systems. Hunters.AI integrates diverse security telemetry and intelligence, enriching threat signals with detailed tactics, techniques, and procedures to enhance detection capabilities. By utilizing machine learning and cloud-based analytics, the platform correlates threat patterns and generates high-fidelity attack narratives, enabling cybersecurity teams to respond swiftly and effectively to potential breaches.

At-Bay

Series C in 2020
At-Bay is a cyber insurance and risk management company that underwrites tailored policies addressing information privacy, network security, business disruptions, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media risk. It provides security assessments and exposure analysis to identify and mitigate cyber risk and combines proprietary technology with insurance to offer proactive risk management alongside coverage for Cyber, Tech E&O, and Miscellaneous Professional Liability. The company operates an InsurSec platform that analyzes, models, and predicts cyber risks to tailor coverage for clients and brokers, and it delivers proprietary cybersecurity solutions such as Stance MDR. Based in Mountain View, California, with a development center in Tel Aviv, At-Bay serves thousands of US businesses through admitted and non-admitted carriers, aligning insurance protection with proactive security controls to help organizations manage digital risk.

env0

Funding Round in 2020
env0 is a developer of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) management software based in Giv'atayim, Israel. The company provides a cloud management platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage their cloud infrastructure through environment provisioning, governance, and workflow tools. Designed to empower various teams, including developers, site reliability engineers, and data scientists, env0 facilitates the transition of complex workloads into manageable cloud environments. Its platform supports self-service capabilities while ensuring comprehensive governance and cost control across major cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Additionally, env0 offers customized environments for specialized tasks and facilitates end-to-end testing for each pull request, ultimately enhancing productivity and reducing operational costs.

Hunters

Series A in 2020
Hunters is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based platform for detecting and responding to cyber threats. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers its solution, Hunters.AI, which autonomously identifies cyberattacks that may evade traditional security measures across various IT environments, including cloud and network systems. Hunters.AI integrates diverse security telemetry and intelligence, enriching threat signals with detailed tactics, techniques, and procedures to enhance detection capabilities. By utilizing machine learning and cloud-based analytics, the platform correlates threat patterns and generates high-fidelity attack narratives, enabling cybersecurity teams to respond swiftly and effectively to potential breaches.

Codefresh

Series C in 2020
Founded in 2014, Codefresh simplifies software development by providing a cloud-based application user interface. It automates interactions with tools like git commands, code review, CI/CD pipelines, testing, deployment, and monitoring. The platform supports modern applications, offering features such as lightning-fast builds, Canary deployments, Blue/Green GitOps, and self-service deployment tools.

Authomize (Now part of Delinea)

Seed Round in 2020
Authomize, based in Israel, specializes in identity and security management, providing a platform that automates the management of identities, access, and privileges across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. Its intelligent Prescriptive Analytics engine helps IT and security teams streamline operations surrounding authorizations, effectively preventing permission sprawl and enhancing productivity. By acting as a bridge between IT operations and security teams, Authomize reduces the operational burden tied to authorization processes while improving security posture and compliance. The platform features an API connector that integrates seamlessly with various identity providers and a wide range of applications, both on-premises and SaaS. Authomize is supported by notable investors, including Blumberg Capital and M12, as well as advisors from prominent companies in the tech industry.

Rapid

Series B in 2020
Rapid Software Solutions Ltd. is a technology company based in Haifa, Israel, specializing in software applications and Software-as-a-Service solutions. The firm is known for its RapidAPI Hub, which is the largest API hub globally, allowing over 4 million developers to discover, evaluate, and integrate more than 40,000 APIs from prominent providers. Rapid also offers a comprehensive development platform called RapidAPI Studio, enabling developers to design, develop, test, monitor, and publish their APIs seamlessly. For enterprise clients, the company provides RapidAPI Enterprise Hub, a customizable platform that facilitates the management and connection of both internal and external APIs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rapid aims to support modern developers by streamlining access to essential API resources.

Aqua Security

Series D in 2020
Aqua Security develops a comprehensive cloud-native application security platform. It offers prevention, detection, and response automation across the entire application lifecycle, securing build processes, cloud infrastructure, and running workloads on various clouds and technologies like containers and serverless functions.

Xsight Labs

Series A in 2020
Xsight Labs Ltd is an Israeli company specializing in the manufacture of chip-set semiconductors tailored for the data center and automotive sectors. Founded in 2017 and located in Kiryat Gat, Israel, the company focuses on developing advanced technologies that enhance the performance and efficiency of data-intensive workloads, particularly in cloud computing environments. Its product offerings include fully programmable data center switches designed to provide application-optimized switching, which aids server farm operators, cloud service providers, and hyperscalers in achieving improved latency and power efficiency. By innovating within the realms of machine learning, data analytics, and disaggregated storage, Xsight Labs aims to accelerate the capabilities of next-generation computing infrastructures.

Nanofabrica

Venture Round in 2020
Nanofabrica is a pioneering company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializing in 3D printing technology for precision manufacturing. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on micro and nanomanufacturing, offering solutions for various sectors, including semiconductors, optics, and medical devices. Its innovative Micro Adaptive Projection technology enables the production of ultra-precise and complex parts with an unprecedented micron-resolution. This capability allows for rapid manufacturing of high-performance components, significantly reducing costs and time compared to traditional methods. By integrating advanced optics and semiconductor lithography with 3D printing, Nanofabrica serves mass customization needs, responding to customer feedback to continuously refine its technology and expand into new markets such as robotics and biomedical applications.

At-Bay

Series B in 2020
At-Bay is a cyber insurance and risk management company that underwrites tailored policies addressing information privacy, network security, business disruptions, cyber extortion, financial fraud, and media risk. It provides security assessments and exposure analysis to identify and mitigate cyber risk and combines proprietary technology with insurance to offer proactive risk management alongside coverage for Cyber, Tech E&O, and Miscellaneous Professional Liability. The company operates an InsurSec platform that analyzes, models, and predicts cyber risks to tailor coverage for clients and brokers, and it delivers proprietary cybersecurity solutions such as Stance MDR. Based in Mountain View, California, with a development center in Tel Aviv, At-Bay serves thousands of US businesses through admitted and non-admitted carriers, aligning insurance protection with proactive security controls to help organizations manage digital risk.

Illusive Networks

Venture Round in 2019
Illusive Networks Ltd. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in deception-based solutions designed to protect enterprise systems from cyber threats. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in New York, Illusive aims to reduce cyber risk by shrinking the attack surface and hindering an attacker's lateral movement within the network. Its platform creates a hostile environment for potential intruders by replacing vulnerable connections with deceptive alternatives, enabling the identification of attackers and providing actionable forensic insights. The company's offerings include a range of services such as compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security, as well as tools like the Illusive Networks Management Platform and Attack Surface Manager. Illusive serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology, and is recognized for its advanced detection of persistent threats and targeted attacks.

Rapid

Series B in 2019
Rapid Software Solutions Ltd. is a technology company based in Haifa, Israel, specializing in software applications and Software-as-a-Service solutions. The firm is known for its RapidAPI Hub, which is the largest API hub globally, allowing over 4 million developers to discover, evaluate, and integrate more than 40,000 APIs from prominent providers. Rapid also offers a comprehensive development platform called RapidAPI Studio, enabling developers to design, develop, test, monitor, and publish their APIs seamlessly. For enterprise clients, the company provides RapidAPI Enterprise Hub, a customizable platform that facilitates the management and connection of both internal and external APIs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rapid aims to support modern developers by streamlining access to essential API resources.

Aqua Security

Series C in 2019
Aqua Security develops a comprehensive cloud-native application security platform. It offers prevention, detection, and response automation across the entire application lifecycle, securing build processes, cloud infrastructure, and running workloads on various clouds and technologies like containers and serverless functions.

Mend

Series C in 2018
Mend specializes in open-source software (OSS) lifecycle management solutions, offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed to manage the OSS lifecycle effectively. Their flagship product integrates seamlessly with development environments and DevOps pipelines, enabling real-time detection of open-source libraries that may pose security or compliance risks. Mend provides actionable remediation paths to resolve identified issues quickly and enforces automated policies to streamline the fixing process. The platform supports over 200 programming languages and continuously monitors multiple open-source vulnerability databases, ensuring that users are informed of potential risks while minimizing false positives. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, Mend maintains additional offices in Boston, Givatayim, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

Xsight Labs

Venture Round in 2018
Xsight Labs Ltd is an Israeli company specializing in the manufacture of chip-set semiconductors tailored for the data center and automotive sectors. Founded in 2017 and located in Kiryat Gat, Israel, the company focuses on developing advanced technologies that enhance the performance and efficiency of data-intensive workloads, particularly in cloud computing environments. Its product offerings include fully programmable data center switches designed to provide application-optimized switching, which aids server farm operators, cloud service providers, and hyperscalers in achieving improved latency and power efficiency. By innovating within the realms of machine learning, data analytics, and disaggregated storage, Xsight Labs aims to accelerate the capabilities of next-generation computing infrastructures.

Codefresh

Series B in 2018
Founded in 2014, Codefresh simplifies software development by providing a cloud-based application user interface. It automates interactions with tools like git commands, code review, CI/CD pipelines, testing, deployment, and monitoring. The platform supports modern applications, offering features such as lightning-fast builds, Canary deployments, Blue/Green GitOps, and self-service deployment tools.

Aqua Security

Series B in 2017
Aqua Security develops a comprehensive cloud-native application security platform. It offers prevention, detection, and response automation across the entire application lifecycle, securing build processes, cloud infrastructure, and running workloads on various clouds and technologies like containers and serverless functions.

Mend

Series B in 2017
Mend specializes in open-source software (OSS) lifecycle management solutions, offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed to manage the OSS lifecycle effectively. Their flagship product integrates seamlessly with development environments and DevOps pipelines, enabling real-time detection of open-source libraries that may pose security or compliance risks. Mend provides actionable remediation paths to resolve identified issues quickly and enforces automated policies to streamline the fixing process. The platform supports over 200 programming languages and continuously monitors multiple open-source vulnerability databases, ensuring that users are informed of potential risks while minimizing false positives. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, Mend maintains additional offices in Boston, Givatayim, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

Illusive Networks

Venture Round in 2017
Illusive Networks Ltd. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in deception-based solutions designed to protect enterprise systems from cyber threats. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in New York, Illusive aims to reduce cyber risk by shrinking the attack surface and hindering an attacker's lateral movement within the network. Its platform creates a hostile environment for potential intruders by replacing vulnerable connections with deceptive alternatives, enabling the identification of attackers and providing actionable forensic insights. The company's offerings include a range of services such as compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security, as well as tools like the Illusive Networks Management Platform and Attack Surface Manager. Illusive serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology, and is recognized for its advanced detection of persistent threats and targeted attacks.

Team8

Venture Round in 2017
Team8 is a global venture group established in 2014, headquartered in Tel Aviv. It builds and invests in companies specializing in enterprise technology, cybersecurity, data science, AI, and fintech. Team8's signature 'Foundry' model identifies big problems, ideates solutions, and accelerates success through technology, market fit, and talent acquisition. Backed by global corporations like Microsoft, Walmart, Cisco, Barclays, and Moody's, Team8 is led by serial entrepreneurs and industry pioneers.

Aqua Security

Series A in 2016
Aqua Security develops a comprehensive cloud-native application security platform. It offers prevention, detection, and response automation across the entire application lifecycle, securing build processes, cloud infrastructure, and running workloads on various clouds and technologies like containers and serverless functions.

i3 Equity Partners

Seed Round in 2016
i3 Equity Partners is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that focuses on early-stage deep-tech startups in Israel. It concentrates on sectors such as agriculture, digital health, automotive and mobility, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, drones, robotics, cybersecurity, smart city and smart home technologies, industry 4.0, proactive maintenance, government technology, consumer tech and insurance. Backed by a consortium of global industry leaders, the firm provides more than capital by leveraging its partners to accelerate time to market and support value creation through strategic guidance, partnerships and resources throughout product development and growth.

Zula

Series A in 2014
Zula, Inc. is a technology company based in Hanaton, Israel, specializing in the development of cross-platform mobile applications focused on enhancing team communication and collaboration. The company offers Zula, a mobile solution designed to facilitate ongoing interaction among team members through various features such as messaging, content sharing, and conference calling. Additionally, Zula has created ZCast, a live podcasting application that enables users to broadcast content to an audience. By providing tools that support discussions, polls, and seamless communication, Zula aims to streamline collaboration for teams in diverse environments.

Zula

Seed Round in 2013
Zula, Inc. is a technology company based in Hanaton, Israel, specializing in the development of cross-platform mobile applications focused on enhancing team communication and collaboration. The company offers Zula, a mobile solution designed to facilitate ongoing interaction among team members through various features such as messaging, content sharing, and conference calling. Additionally, Zula has created ZCast, a live podcasting application that enables users to broadcast content to an audience. By providing tools that support discussions, polls, and seamless communication, Zula aims to streamline collaboration for teams in diverse environments.
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