Our Mission

The Microsoft Emerging Business Team (EBT) works with venture capitalists (VCs) and start-up companies worldwide to enable innovation and accelerate the software ecosystem. The Microsoft EBT mission is to identify and facilitate opportunity for start-ups and VCs, acting as the single point of contact and accountability to Microsoft.
 
You can contact an Emerging Business Team business development manager directly via email. Click on the Portfolios tab and select the appropriate contact for your business.
 
What are VCs saying about their relationship with Microsoft EBT?
"Its close relationship with Microsoft brings AmberPoint many significant benefits. As a premier partner, AmberPoint has access to leading technologies and is able to leverage Microsoft's leadership in the Web services market."
Promod Haque, Managing Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
"Microsoft’s selection of Perfect Commerce as a partner and as its internal-sourcing platform not only provides increased credibility, but also provides access to Microsoft’s large vertical channel and supplier base."
Heidi Roizen, Managing Director, Mobius Venture Capital
 
"The Microsoft partnership was a strong endorsement that differentiated Akimbo from competing companies. It served as a signal of the promise of Akimbo’s technology and underlined the ties with the Microsoft Windows CE operating system."
Andreas Stavropoulos, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson