Microsoft’s investment arm M12 leads $28M round for work scheduling company Skedulo
20 March 2019 9:30 AM GMT
Microsoft is investing in a startup that aims to simplify managing a mobile workforce and scheduling jobs for groups like field technicians and caregivers. Microsoft?s venture capital arm M12 led a?
- M12 tends to invest in startups that are tackling areas Microsoft is interested in, such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and internet of things.
- Skedulo certainly checks that box with a focus on tools for what Microsoft calls “first-line workers,” the more than 2 billion people who aren’t bound to a desk and work in areas like retail, construction, manufacturing, healthcare and more.
- Other investors in the round include Blackbird and Costanoa Ventures.
- Other M12 portfolio companies that recently received investment include Workboard, GO1, Contrast Security, SpyCloud, nsKnox, and Zipwhip.
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