Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a leading American multinational technology company based in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a diverse range of software products and services. Its offerings include the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office suite, and a variety of enterprise solutions through Microsoft Dynamics, which encompasses customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Additionally, Microsoft provides gaming hardware like Xbox consoles, as well as cloud services via Microsoft Azure. The company also runs several global accelerator programs, such as those in London, Seattle, Beijing, and Paris, aimed at nurturing startups by providing mentorship, technical support, and resources to foster growth and innovation. With a commitment to empowering entrepreneurs, Microsoft for Startups offers free access to its cloud services and facilitates connections with its extensive partner ecosystem. Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, Microsoft has established itself as a pivotal player in the technology sector, serving both consumer and commercial markets worldwide.

Erin Burchfield

Global Director, Microsoft Philanthropies - Tech for Social Impact

Alexia Cambon

Senior Director, Research

Shinesa Cambric

Principal Product Manager

Puneet Chandok

Corporate Vice President of Microsoft India and South Asia

Yuval Eldar

Partner GM IoT / OT Security

Bill Gates

Co-Founder

Nir Giller

Partner and Director of IoT and OT Security

Scott Guthrie

Executive Vice President

Rashida Hodge

VP, Azure Data and AI | Customer Success

Philip Meyer

Partner Technology Strategist - Hosting and Cloud

Brandon Middaugh

Senior Director, Climate Innovation Fund

Ashok Misra

Principal PM Manager

Satya Nadella

CEO

Patricia Obermaier

Vice President, US Health and Life Sciences

Emily Rich

Director of Startups

Mohammed Saleh

Health Director

Brad Smith

President

Emilia Zarei

Founder and CEO

Past deals in Data Visualization

The Awareness Company

Venture Round in 2022
The Awareness Company specializes in data storytelling through its AI-powered software platform, HYDRA, which collects and analyzes data from diverse sources. This software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution enables organizations of all sizes to access, interpret, and utilize data effectively, transforming it into insightful stories that drive informed decision-making. The platform serves a wide range of sectors, including energy management, environmental protection, agriculture, and sustainability, enhancing their ability to address complex challenges such as disaster mitigation and corporate governance. By making data affordable, accessible, and user-friendly, The Awareness Company empowers businesses and communities to create actionable insights that foster collaboration and strategic planning.

Truveta

Corporate Round in 2021
Developer of a health data platform designed to aggregate data across multiple healthcare systems to provide medical insights. The company's platform de-identifies and aggregates healthcare data, with a focus first on COVID-19, enabling researchers to find cures faster, empower every clinician to be an expert, and help families make the most informed decisions about their care

DataSense

Acquisition in 2019
DataSense, ed tech providers can pursue complex opportunities with the ability to proactively address integration requests and confidently implement fully-integrated data solutions for districts.

Kyligence

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Kyligence Inc. is a data intelligence company established in 2016 and headquartered in Shanghai, China. It specializes in providing an intelligent data platform designed to simplify big data analytics across both on-premises and cloud environments. The company’s primary offerings include the Kyligence Analytics Platform, which enables sub-second query responses on large datasets, and Apache Kylin, an open-source OLAP engine that facilitates interactive analytics on petabyte-scale data using SQL interfaces. Additionally, Kyligence provides a range of services such as intelligent diagnosis and optimization through its KyBot tool, along with IT consulting and website management solutions. By focusing on Big Data technologies and innovation, Kyligence aims to enhance productivity for business users, analysts, and engineers, enabling them to effectively manage and derive insights from extensive datasets.

Versium

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Versium Analytics, Inc. is a data technology company that specializes in automated predictive analytics solutions to enhance marketing and sales efforts. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Versium offers a suite of tools, including its LifeData™ predictive analytics scoring solution, which integrates over 300 billion behavioral attributes with clients' existing data. This allows organizations to optimize consumer engagement and improve marketing efficiency by identifying customers with the highest likelihood of purchasing. Key offerings include Predict, a machine learning solution for B2B and B2C campaigns, a Developer Portal for API access, and the Datafinder LifeData warehouse, which encompasses a wide range of online and offline data attributes, such as demographics, financial information, and purchase interests. Through these solutions, Versium empowers businesses to create targeted marketing strategies and improve customer retention.

Datometry

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Datometry, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2013. It specializes in database virtualization, offering a platform called Datometry Hyper-Q that facilitates real-time interoperability between databases and applications. The company provides tools that enable enterprises to transition their existing data warehouses to cloud solutions efficiently, significantly reducing the time, cost, and risks associated with replatforming without the need for application rewrites. Datometry's suite of products includes qInsight, which offers in-depth analysis of data warehouse workloads, and qShift, which automates the generation of optimized schemas for destination data warehouses. The company's innovative Adaptive Data Virtualization technology empowers organizations to manage their data effectively and develop new applications on various cloud database platforms.

Metric Insights

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Metric Insights, Inc. offers a push intelligence platform that helps businesses monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) by integrating data from various sources, including business intelligence tools, big data, and SaaS applications. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a development facility in Kyiv, Ukraine, the platform notifies users of significant changes in metrics and uncovers anomalies, enabling informed, data-driven decision-making. By combining metrics with insightful metadata, Metric Insights reveals correlations between disparate data sources, facilitating a clearer understanding of business performance. The company's solutions cater to various sectors, including big data, healthcare, external reporting, and human capital, effectively addressing the challenges of data clutter and enhancing operational efficiency.

Glisser

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Glisser Ltd. is a London-based company that offers a web and mobile software solution designed to enhance presentations through interactive features. Founded in 2014, Glisser enables presenters and event organizers to share slides directly to audience members' devices in real-time, allowing attendees to engage with the content by annotating slides and saving them for later use. The platform also incorporates social elements, such as slide-by-slide voting, audience questions, and polls, facilitating a more dynamic and engaging presentation experience. By transforming traditional PowerPoint presentations into interactive tools, Glisser aims to improve audience participation and feedback during events.

Code Connect

Acquisition in 2016
Code Connect is a plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio that radically alters the software development experience. Code Connect dynamically visualizes program control flow as the developer types, making software development and and design easier. The dependencies between functions are clearly depicted, providing developers with context and idea of code flow. Such context is especially important when working on large and complicated systems. Code Connect operates within Visual Studio, which allows programmers to retain all the benefits of the IDE they have come to enjoy.

Framed Data

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Framed Data specializes in transforming business data into actionable insights by leveraging machine learning techniques. The company offers an analytic marketing platform that identifies high-value users, predicts user behavior, and monitors user retention. By training, optimizing, and storing production-ready models in the cloud, Framed Data provides predictions through an API, thereby reducing the need for extensive infrastructure management. Additionally, their platform features dashboards and scenario analysis tools that highlight the key drivers of important business metrics, allowing organizations to make informed decisions based on data-driven insights.

ClicData

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
ClicData is a provider of cloud-based dashboard systems aimed at enhancing business efficiency through improved reporting and data management. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Lille, France, with additional offices in Seattle, Scottsdale, and Toronto, ClicData offers a collaborative workspace that enables users to create live dashboards and reports using a drag-and-drop interface. Its application serves a variety of industries, including banking, logistics, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, retail, education, and hospitality. ClicData's platform is designed to simplify business intelligence, making it accessible for small and medium-sized enterprises by allowing them to connect, manage, analyze, visualize, and share data from multiple sources. The company operates data centers in France and Canada and continues to evolve its offerings to meet the needs of its diverse clientele.

GrowingIO

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
GrowingIO is a leading analytic platform provider in China focusing on driving business growth through data insights.Their product help customer tracking data, building dashboard and analyze quick insights. The platform can track user behavior data on App, Mini app (wechat) and web. GrowingIO was founded in May 2015 by Simon Zhang, Dingding Ye, Justin Chen, Yuanming Shan, and Jonathan Wu. And it is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Knomos

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Knomos is the next generation of legal research, enabling users to tap into their broader knowledge network using machine learning and data visualization. Discover and share key information with your colleagues. Provide clients with curated content. Transform legal research from a solitary pursuit to a collective understanding. Know More intuitively, Know More instantly, Know More with Knomos.

GeoHey

Venture Round in 2015
GeoHey is a spatial data company that focuses on making geolocation data accessible to a wide audience. The company offers a cloud-based mapping platform that enables clients to track and utilize geolocation data effectively. This platform supports the development of various applications and solutions related to spatial data, catering to the needs of businesses and individuals seeking to leverage geolocation technology. By prioritizing accessibility, GeoHey aims to democratize the use of spatial information, allowing users to engage with and benefit from geolocation insights.

Perspect

Venture Round in 2015
Perspect is a mobile augmented reality map application designed to provide the best in augmented reality geographic information area. Perspect's map feature offers an intuitive presentation of topographic and geographic data in addition to traditional electronic map functions.

VoloMetrix

Acquisition in 2015
VoloMetrix, Inc. is a people analytics technology company that specializes in enhancing organizational performance through the analysis of big data. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Seattle, with an additional office in San Francisco, VoloMetrix provides solutions that analyze anonymized, aggregated data from corporate communication systems. Its offerings include customizable dashboards, social network graphs, and predictive analysis tools, which help organizations improve workforce planning, drive sales, and enhance employee engagement. The company serves a range of industries, including banking, biotech, software, and professional services, primarily focusing on Fortune 500 companies. VoloMetrix's technology provides executives with insights into employee behaviors and relationships, enabling better organizational alignment and productivity. As of September 2015, VoloMetrix operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.

Datazen Software

Acquisition in 2015
Datazen Software is an industry leader in mobile business intelligence and data analytics. Our mission is to help people gain insight from their data – anytime, anywhere and through any device. Our products empower our customers, boost productivity and are a pleasure to use.

GeoHey

Non Equity Assistance in 2015
GeoHey is a spatial data company that focuses on making geolocation data accessible to a wide audience. The company offers a cloud-based mapping platform that enables clients to track and utilize geolocation data effectively. This platform supports the development of various applications and solutions related to spatial data, catering to the needs of businesses and individuals seeking to leverage geolocation technology. By prioritizing accessibility, GeoHey aims to democratize the use of spatial information, allowing users to engage with and benefit from geolocation insights.

Perspect

Non Equity Assistance in 2015
Perspect is a mobile augmented reality map application designed to provide the best in augmented reality geographic information area. Perspect's map feature offers an intuitive presentation of topographic and geographic data in addition to traditional electronic map functions.

Videopath

Non Equity Assistance in 2014
Videopath is a video technology platform that enhances content discovery by enabling users to connect web content to specific moments within their videos. This interactive approach is designed to engage viewers more deeply, allowing for a richer exploration of content. Users can import videos from various platforms such as Vimeo, Wistia, and YouTube into a cloud-based project builder, where they can create interactive projects by simply dragging and dropping content onto a timeline. Once completed, these projects can be published on blogs or websites using an embed code and shared across social media and email channels. Additionally, Videopath provides performance marketers with analytics tools to monitor viewer behavior, which can also be integrated with Google Analytics, offering valuable insights for content marketers looking to enhance conversion opportunities.

Visarity

Seed Round in 2014
Visarity Technologies UG is a German company specializing in real-time graphics for various applications, including games, presentations, and mobile advertising. The company offers a software development kit that supports the creation of interactive two-dimensional and three-dimensional content for devices such as iOS, Android, and x86 Windows. Visarity's technology enables mobile ad networks, publishers, and agencies to craft visually engaging 3D experiences that effectively convey product narratives. In addition to their core rendering platform, the company provides creative services in 3D content development, augmented reality, and premium mobile applications, with a diverse team operating across Europe and Asia.

Hydata

Non Equity Assistance in 2014
HYDATA is a Big Data service operator, they focus on providing Big Data operation services and analysis services for large enterprises. In the mean time, they’re the industry leader of Big Data Visualization in China. They are looking forward to providing you products that can make Big Data operation more efficient and flexible for your company. At home, HYDATA mainly specializes in four industries – Public Security, Communication and Transportation, Crisis and Emengency Management and Smart City. In foreign regions, their gravity lies in fields including Transportation, Energy, Intelligent Manufacturing, Medical Treatment, Security, Logistics etc. Core Product – HYSIGHT. HYDATA independently possesses its exclusive intellectual property, and has successfully applied 30 global patents as well as other 133 intellectual properties. During the past five years since its foundation, HYDATA achieved high performance growth with an average speed of over 530%, and has become one of the most crucial innovative enterprise in line of AI application and visual analytics.

Vivid Tech.Inc

Non Equity Assistance in 2014
Vivid Technologies Ltd develops a platform to transforms audio-only Interactive Voice Response (IVR) into an interactive and user friendly visual Interactive Voice Response (IVR.). It presents the information in a clutter-free, simplified, and more consumable manner, on customers smart phones and tablets. Vivid Technologies Ltd was founded in 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Stat.io

Non Equity Assistance in 2014
Stat.io is the search engine for the world's socio-economic data. It is the first web platform aiming to unify, organize and visualize the world’s government data onto one intuitive canvas, irrespective of the source, format or level of government of the visualized data (international/national/local). By aggregating and standardizing data from 500+ open sources, Stat.io improves decision-making by allowing professional users (journalists, consultants, strategic managers of large companies) to quickly navigate across the entire body of government data, search efficiently and unlock insights through cross-viewing multiple indicators together.

Videopath

Venture Round in 2014
Videopath is a video technology platform that enhances content discovery by enabling users to connect web content to specific moments within their videos. This interactive approach is designed to engage viewers more deeply, allowing for a richer exploration of content. Users can import videos from various platforms such as Vimeo, Wistia, and YouTube into a cloud-based project builder, where they can create interactive projects by simply dragging and dropping content onto a timeline. Once completed, these projects can be published on blogs or websites using an embed code and shared across social media and email channels. Additionally, Videopath provides performance marketers with analytics tools to monitor viewer behavior, which can also be integrated with Google Analytics, offering valuable insights for content marketers looking to enhance conversion opportunities.

UXCam

Venture Round in 2014
UXCam is a developer of a user interface experience optimization tool that focuses on gathering and analyzing user experience data from applications. The tool operates seamlessly in the background without affecting application performance, allowing businesses to record and analyze user interactions. By providing insights into user behavior, UXCam helps organizations identify issues and bugs within their applications, enabling them to understand user frustrations and improve overall product usability. This comprehensive data collection and analysis facilitate informed decision-making for enhancing user experiences.

Bigdata

Non Equity Assistance in 2014
BigData aims at providing personalized and customized solutions for vertical.

Styku

Convertible Note in 2013
We are Styku. We provide health clubs, medical centers, and other wellness businesses 3D body imaging & body composition technology. Where weight scales fail to show progres, Styku successfully maps your shape, posture, body composition in 3D enabling you to see your progress. With a low cost camera rig, a turntable, and some sophisticated algorithms, we’re able to reproduce your body in seconds, then extract hundreds of measurements like your waist circumference, hip, chest, body fat %, and more. Professionals utilize our biometrics to track health- outcomes of their clients, motivating them to continue along their wellness journey. As a result, our customers see increased revenue, retention, and profitability. We are a data company compiling, arguably, the world’s largest and most valuable biometric dataset. Although we are heads down building marketshare, various industries are already requesting access to our dataset. Clothing, medical, insurance, gaming, security, and other verticals would love to leverage our 3D scans to build further insight into their customers, recommend and personlize products, and perhaps disrupt their own markets. We are well past product-market fit, profitable, and have experienced more than 125% Y/Y growth for two consecutive years. Well known gym chains like Gold’s Gym are currently rolling out our technology across all 150 of their clubs. And several leading fitness brands have executed LOIs to continue our expansion. In only 24 months, we’ve sold over 400+ devices to professionals and businesses in 30 different countries. As a result, our web platform has collected over 200,000 scans, and continues to aggregate new scans every 2-3 mins. We are pioneering a new field of 3D biometrics and scaling a new visual 3D dataset of the human body. With a team size of only 8 people, Styku has managed to bootstrap its way to positive cash-flow and 7 figure annual sales in only three years and with less than a million in outside funding. Styku is LA-based, a Techstars graduate, with a founding team who’s experience spans NASA, HP, Microsoft, and Tukatech and is now looking to raise strategic and/or institutional capital to finance the next stage of growth.

Stat.io

Venture Round in 2013
Stat.io is the search engine for the world's socio-economic data. It is the first web platform aiming to unify, organize and visualize the world’s government data onto one intuitive canvas, irrespective of the source, format or level of government of the visualized data (international/national/local). By aggregating and standardizing data from 500+ open sources, Stat.io improves decision-making by allowing professional users (journalists, consultants, strategic managers of large companies) to quickly navigate across the entire body of government data, search efficiently and unlock insights through cross-viewing multiple indicators together.

Perceptive Pixel

Acquisition in 2012
Perceptive Pixel is a recognized leader in research, development and production of multi-touch interfaces. Our company was founded in 2006 by Jeff Han, who publicly demonstrated the company’s innovative multi-touch technology that year at the TED conference. Since then, our company has become a recognized brand for product innovation, a commitment to excellence and thought-leadership in the field. We shipped our first multi-touch workstation and large wall solutions in 2007 and gained widespread recognition for transforming the way CNN covered the historic 2008 US Presidential elections. In 2009, the Smithsonian awarded Perceptive Pixel the National Design Award in the inaugural category of Interaction Design. We help knowledge workers achieve better results with technology products that support intuitive, powerful and visually rich interface techniques. We help businesses become more productive with their existing computing solutions by making it easier for employees to collaborate and present their ideas. We help government organizations sort through the complexity of enormous amounts of data to make better decisions, faster and with unmatched precision. We draw on a rich and unique history of academic research and leadership in designing, developing and delivering products that benefit our diverse customers. While we were recognized early on for our large “wall” solution featured in broadcasts by CNN and other broadcast customers, our customers and commercial partners rely on our expertise in hardware design, software development, professional services and customer support to help solve challenges in a variety of environments. Our patent-pending technologies and products are used in broadcast, defense, geo-intelligence, energy exploration, industrial design and medical imaging. We also produce many innovative and complementary accessories for our line of multi-touch products. Beyond our product lines, we foster an ecosystem of developers that share our strong commitment to innovation and willingness to push the boundaries of user interface solutions. Our partners use our software development kit to drive the next generation of touch-enabled applications. We share our experience and collaborate with our partners to help them enhance their products and drive high quality and performance standards throughout the touch industry. Today, Perceptive Pixel is a privately held company with headquarters in New York City and offices in Palo Alto, Portland, and Washington D.C.

Styku

Seed Round in 2012
We are Styku. We provide health clubs, medical centers, and other wellness businesses 3D body imaging & body composition technology. Where weight scales fail to show progres, Styku successfully maps your shape, posture, body composition in 3D enabling you to see your progress. With a low cost camera rig, a turntable, and some sophisticated algorithms, we’re able to reproduce your body in seconds, then extract hundreds of measurements like your waist circumference, hip, chest, body fat %, and more. Professionals utilize our biometrics to track health- outcomes of their clients, motivating them to continue along their wellness journey. As a result, our customers see increased revenue, retention, and profitability. We are a data company compiling, arguably, the world’s largest and most valuable biometric dataset. Although we are heads down building marketshare, various industries are already requesting access to our dataset. Clothing, medical, insurance, gaming, security, and other verticals would love to leverage our 3D scans to build further insight into their customers, recommend and personlize products, and perhaps disrupt their own markets. We are well past product-market fit, profitable, and have experienced more than 125% Y/Y growth for two consecutive years. Well known gym chains like Gold’s Gym are currently rolling out our technology across all 150 of their clubs. And several leading fitness brands have executed LOIs to continue our expansion. In only 24 months, we’ve sold over 400+ devices to professionals and businesses in 30 different countries. As a result, our web platform has collected over 200,000 scans, and continues to aggregate new scans every 2-3 mins. We are pioneering a new field of 3D biometrics and scaling a new visual 3D dataset of the human body. With a team size of only 8 people, Styku has managed to bootstrap its way to positive cash-flow and 7 figure annual sales in only three years and with less than a million in outside funding. Styku is LA-based, a Techstars graduate, with a founding team who’s experience spans NASA, HP, Microsoft, and Tukatech and is now looking to raise strategic and/or institutional capital to finance the next stage of growth.

90 Degree Software

Acquisition in 2008
90 Degree Software develops business intelligence solutions. It offers Radius90, a reporting solution, which enables developers and information workers to manage their reporting needs with a report authoring tool. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

YaData

Acquisition in 2008
YaData was purchased by Microsoft on February 27, 2008. It offers analytic software for marketers in the United States, including segment discovery and ranking, which combines statistical techniques for segment discovery. It also offers segment relationship management, which performs segment related activities, including segment discovery, analysis and research, marketing decision support, and tracking to monitor segment evolution. The company serves telecom, banking, insurance, credit card, and Web ad industries. YaData, Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Zignals

Series A in 2007
Zignals is a financial platform that provides a comprehensive suite of investment tools for individual investors. Its services include interactive stock charts, alerts, and portfolio management features tailored for global markets, allowing users to analyze investments effectively. The platform also supports Forex and commodities, expanding its utility beyond traditional equities. In addition to these tools, Zignals offers a MarketPlace where members can create, build, and sell trading strategies, enabling them to monetize their expertise. By facilitating personalized investment analysis, Zignals aims to empower investors with the resources needed to make informed decisions in the financial markets.

ActiveViews

Acquisition in 2004
ActiveViews is a developer and marketer of computer software systems specializing in database management software. The company provides users with a platform to access an informational database, enabling them to explore available data effectively. ActiveViews' technology allows end users to modify existing reports and create new reports from scratch within a web-based environment. The company's offerings include ad hoc reporting systems, data management, business intelligence, and data browsing services, catering to organizations seeking to enhance their reporting and data analysis capabilities.

Visio Corporation

Acquisition in 1999
Visio Corporation specializes in business drawing and diagramming software solutions. Its main offerings include Visio Standard, Visio Technical, Visio Professional, Visio Enterprise, and IntelliCAD. These products are designed to assist both business and technical users in creating a variety of drawings and diagrams, facilitating effective communication and visualization of complex information. Visio's software is widely utilized across different industries for its ability to streamline processes and enhance productivity.
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