Abhi Kumar
Partner, Investment Committee, and Asia-Pacific Head @ M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
Abhi Kumar is a Series A investor at M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Abhi Kumar currently works as the Partner for M12. He previously worked at Microsoft as the Director. He attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Cornell University.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 53%
Last updated:
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Industries Abhi Kumar invests in
Stages Abhi Kumar invests in
Countries Abhi Kumar invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (32%)
- Machine Learning 3 (16%)
- SaaS 2 (11%)
- Software 2 (11%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (21%)
- Series B 2 (11%)
- Series D 2 (11%)
- Seed 1 (5%)
- Series E 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 4 (21%)
- India 1 (5%)
- Malaysia 1 (5%)
- Singapore 1 (5%)
- New Zealand 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Each of the Top 100 Consumer Goods companies make billions of dollars of granular assortment and pricing decisions. This happens across thousands of their products at hundreds of thousands of their retail channels. Much like algorithmic trading systems, Insite AI is the cutting edge machine learning solution now handling these decisions. Thetechnology uniquely deploys in the customer's cloud environment so data never leaves the customer. Furthermore Insite AI is seen as the most configurable solution on the market to suit a customer's exact vision. By making granular decisions in advance, seeing all the scenarios, and having them explained, large CPGs are now in control of their retail channels. | $19M / Series A / Oct 11, 2022 | ||
| LottieFiles is a micro animation design company that features a mobile-based platform that enables designers to share, test, and iterate micro animations. Its software platform specializes in digital art, motion graphics, web design, and app design. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | $37M / Series B / May 03, 2022 | ||
| SuperOps.ai is an early stage startup in the MSP space. | $14M / Series A / Jan 27, 2022 | ||
| Innovaccer is a healthcare data activation company focused on delivering effective healthcare through the use of pioneering analytics and transparent data.Innovaccer aims to make full use of all the data healthcare has worked so hard to collect. Its Gartner and KLAS-recognized data activation platform and artificial intelligence products havebeen deployed all over the US across more than 500 locations, enabling over 10,000 providers to transform care delivery and work as one. Innovaccer's Data Activation Platform (DAP) TM has been successfully implemented for several institutions, governmental organizations, and several corporate enterprises such as Mercy ACO, Orlando Health, Catholic Health Initiatives, StratiFi Health, UniNet Healthcare Network, Catalyst Health Network, Hartford Healthcare, and Osler Health Network. Innovaccer is based in San Francisco and has 5 offices across the United States and Asia. | $150M / Series E / Dec 15, 2021 | ||
| ToolJet is an open-source low-code framework used to build and deploy custom internal tools. Its platform builds internal tools in minutes using pre-built components and can connect to databases, services, cloud storage, and custom API endpoints to fetch data and take action. | $1.6M / Seed / Dec 13, 2021 | ||
| Salesken is a conversational intelligence platform that helps sales teams engage with their customers better. Salesken improves revenue per representative by developing insights on gaps in their sales calls and bridging the gap with real-time cues to the sales reps. It helps sales teams improve performance and reduce acquisition costs.Salesken's customers include the world's largest companies in Education, Finance, and Software. They use Salesken to analyze every sales conversation and assist their reps in real-time talking points. | $22M / Series B / Nov 22, 2021 | ||
| Nextbillion.ai aims to deliver a wide range of AI-powered hyperlocal solutions starting with the area of mapping. Nb.ai is working on building the geospatial infrastructure needed for enabling location-based experiences for the next billion users. The complexities in markets like India, Indonesia, and Nigeria are far greater than the traditionaldeveloped countries and we are building the future of location technology. Underdeveloped infrastructure, the rise of megacities, complex addresses, and an ever-changing road network make things even more challenging and we are trying to solve these extremely complex problems using a combination of data, AI, platform, and people. | $6.3M / Series A / May 21, 2021 | ||
| Innovaccer is a healthcare data activation company focused on delivering effective healthcare through the use of pioneering analytics and transparent data.Innovaccer aims to make full use of all the data healthcare has worked so hard to collect. Its Gartner and KLAS-recognized data activation platform and artificial intelligence products havebeen deployed all over the US across more than 500 locations, enabling over 10,000 providers to transform care delivery and work as one. Innovaccer's Data Activation Platform (DAP) TM has been successfully implemented for several institutions, governmental organizations, and several corporate enterprises such as Mercy ACO, Orlando Health, Catholic Health Initiatives, StratiFi Health, UniNet Healthcare Network, Catalyst Health Network, Hartford Healthcare, and Osler Health Network. Innovaccer is based in San Francisco and has 5 offices across the United States and Asia. | $105M / Series D / Feb 19, 2021 | ||
| LottieFiles is a micro animation design company that features a mobile-based platform that enables designers to share, test, and iterate micro animations. Its software platform specializes in digital art, motion graphics, web design, and app design. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | $9M / Series A / Jan 27, 2021 | ||
| FarEye’s AI-powered functionality optimizes end-to-end deliveries and provides recommendations driven by aggregation of insights. It empowers enterprises to gain real-time visibility, excel in the last mile, and deliver customer delight. FarEye has the vision to use aggregated data and real-time feedback to drive autonomous deliveries withautonomous vehicles and drones. With 17 Gartner mentions, DHL, Hilti, UPS, Gordon Foods, Zalora, and 150 plus customers have laid trust in FarEye as their partner of choice across 30 countries. FarEye is empowering global enterprises to shrink delivery time by up to 27%, increase courier productivity by up to 15%, eliminate risks by up to 57%, and ensure operational excellence | $24.5M / Series D / Apr 10, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
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.
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund Contacts
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Peter Lenke
Managing Partner
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Priyanka Mitra
Partner
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Todd Graham
Managing Partner
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James Wu
Partner
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John Vela
Director of Portfolio Development
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What does Abhi Kumar invest in?
Abhi Kumar invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Abhi Kumar closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 19 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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