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Microsoft
Other B2B Software · Redmond, United States · Founded 1975 · IPO 1986 Mag 7
Enterprise software, cloud solutions, and personal computing
Investors
1 investor on Microsoft's cap table
Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Investor profile links are shown where available.
Microsoft mafia
Startups founded by Microsoft alumni
Former Microsoft employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Zachary LiptonUnited States
Adam BackCanada
Nathan BlecharczykUnited States
Minna SongUnited States
Jimmy BaUnited States
Michael TruongUnited States
Charles NautUnited States
Peyush BansalIndia
Peter LudwigUnited States
Subhabrata MukherjeeUnited States
Wei-Lin ChiangUnited States
Prasanna SankarUnited StatesGlobal footprint
Where Microsoft has talent and traffic
(4,484 of 229,416 staff)
across markets
Capital deployed
Microsoft's 728 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where Microsoft appeared as a backer or acquirer, 1987–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
728 deals across Microsoft's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
02 · Portfolio market map
Microsoft's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Sentiment on X
What X is saying about Microsoft
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Microsoft on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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