# Abhi Kumar > Abhi Kumar is a Series A investor at M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug… - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microsoftventures) - Total investments: 19 - Last investment: Oct 2022 - Lead investor: 53% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kabhi 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. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 32% | | Machine Learning | 3 | 16% | | SaaS | 2 | 11% | | Software | 2 | 11% | | Enterprise Software | 2 | 11% | 25 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series A | 4 | 21% | | Series B | 2 | 11% | | Series D | 2 | 11% | | Seed | 1 | 5% | | Series E | 1 | 5% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 4 | 21% | | India | 1 | 5% | | Malaysia | 1 | 5% | | Singapore | 1 | 5% | | New Zealand | 1 | 5% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Insite AI | 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 | | | Insite AI | 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 | 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 | | | LottieFiles | 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 | SuperOps.ai is an early stage startup in the MSP space. | $14M | Series A | Jan 27, 2022 | | | Innovaccer | 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 | | | Innovaccer | 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 | 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 | | | ToolJet | 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 | 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 | | 10 of 19 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m12) — VC Fund, 9 deals together - [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together - [M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microsoftventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together - [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 6 deals together - [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 4 deals together - [B Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-capital-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together ## About M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund VC Fund · San Francisco, United States 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. 5 contacts available at M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Abhi Kumar | Partner, Investment Committee, and Asia-Pacific Head | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhi-kumar-85b5 | | Irad Dor | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/irad-dor | | James Wu | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-wu-855c | | Matthew Goldstein | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-goldstein | | Michael Bervell | Portfolio Development Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-bervell | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### 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. ### When did Abhi Kumar last invest? 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. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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