‘Microsoft Ventures New Investment Philosophy’ – Entrepreneur
Matt Weinberger says, “In January 2016, Microsoft’s venture capital arm got a new boss in the form of Qualcomm veteran Nagraj Kashyap.
In a new blog post, Kashyap lays out the changes coming to Microsoft Ventures — namely, that it’ll be focusing a lot more on early-stage startups — and explains the tech titan’s overall investment philosophy.
Here’s the short version: Microsoft is looking for startups that can boost its most important products, including Windows, Office 365, the Azure cloud computing platform, and even the futuristic HoloLens holographic goggles.
The important part, from the blog post:
Companies developing product and services that complement Azure infrastructure, building new business SaaS applications, promoting more personal computing by enriching the Windows and HoloLens ecosystems, new disruptive enterprise, consumer productivity and communication products around Office 365 are interesting areas from an investment perspective”.
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