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M13 is proud to celebrate Prepared’s acquisition by Axon in a significant transaction. From Yale classrooms to a platform relied upon by first responders nationwide, Prepared redefined how public safety professionals connect with communities. M13 was Prepared’s first institutional investor, and this outcome reaffirms our thesis: invest early in purpose-driven founders, stay close through inflection points, and help them build category-defining platforms that improve the systems we rely on most.

Co-founder Waleed Atallah’s team is building AI-native infrastructure that automates AI kernel generation and tuning, helping developers deploy models faster, with better price-performance across NVIDIA, AMD, and custom accelerators.

Kontext helps customers tap into AI-native advertising with large language models.

In 2025’s era of compounding platform shifts, where AI, automation, and decentralization converge, M13’s State of Venture letter outlines how we identify exceptional founders early in the hype cycle and help them scale into enduring, category-defining companies.

The 3-year-old startup is building a generational company aimed at digitally transforming the human resources software sector

The newly-launched AI match-making app, created by co-founders Nandini Mullaji and Chad DePue, already has over 10,000 profiles in New York City.

From early diligence to board strategy, M13 backed Maven AGI’s journey from seed to Series B in transforming customer support with AI agents.

Founder Mark Armen says the recycling industry is broken and believes the fix involves a circularity system.

CEO Bryan Mahoney infuses commerce data with artificial intelligence to drive success for e-commerce brands.

Lil Miquela and Amelia 2.0 Creator Aims to Overcome Limitations of Modern Avatars

M13’s General Counsel shares his approach to building new businesses, demystifying the legal landscape, and fundraising at every stage.

M13’s Head of People talks about value-led organizations, what founders get wrong about hiring, and why your work friends really do matter.

From a crypto comeback, to AI agents, to the effects of a new administration, M13 partners share their top predictions for 2025.

Adding “.ai” to your name does not an “AI company” make.

AI is upending the ways consumers discover, shop, and buy. From search and social to retail and CTV, here’s how AI is transforming advertising.

M13 leads the $5.4M seed round for CAT Labs, a startup building tools to fight crypto and AI-enabled crime.

Few people’s careers span both 'Shark Tank' and 'Finding Nemo'—but founder-turned-venture-builder John Tabis is not most people.

We see a growing market opportunity for full-stack, AI-powered solutions that bundle all the tools that service professionals need to launch, manage, and grow their business.

Few can truly take a long-term view like Sarah Tomolonius, whose approach to venture is shaped by her interest in finance, sustainability, and family legacy.

M13 leads an $11M Series A to RadiantGraph, whose AI-powered platform helps healthcare organizations build deeper, more personalized connections with consumers.

M13 leads the $9M Series A for Zenlytic, an AI-powered business intelligence platform bridging the gap between natural language questions and the answers buried in companies’ data lakes.