Jason McBride
Partner at M12
Jason McBride
Partner at M12
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2022 - Current
At M12, I focus on early-stage investments in vertical SaaS and cybersecurity. M12 is a return-driven fund, with Microsoft as our sole limited partner. We are cloud agnostic and invest in early-stage enterprise software companies globally. Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs with capital, customer connections, and unparalleled access to Microsoft.
Investor
2024
Zenity is a leading governance and security platform for low-code and no-code SaaS applications ranging from Power Platform, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Copilot for M365, and Copilot Studio (i.e., drag and drop app development that eliminates the need for traditional developers who write code). The base capabilities of the solution are: (1) asset inventory, (2) vulnerability analysis/categorization and (3) vulnerability remediation.
Board Observer and Investor
2024
Builder.io is a SaaS-based visual headless content management system (CMS) with a focus toward AI-driven design and development. The solution provides developers the ability to pick and choose how they want to customize applications while simultaneously granting specific rights to non-technical stakeholders so they can make meaningful contributions via visual editor to various properties such as landing pages, marketing websites, ecommerce storefronts, mobile apps, and internal applications.
Investor
2023
HiddenLayer, a Gartner recognized AI Application Security company, is a provider of security solutions for machine learning algorithms, models & the data that power them. With a first-of-its-kind, non-invasive software approach to observing & securing ML, HiddenLayer is helping to protect the world’s most valuable technologies. Founded in March of 2022 by experienced security and ML professionals, HiddenLayer is based in Austin, Texas.
Investor
2024
Mermaid Chart is a markdown-like tool that uses text-based definitions to create and modify diagrams. With Mermaid Chart's SaaS solution, enterprises receive a suite of tools which support a constantly evolving landscape; one that calls for a simple yet powerful solution for creating diagrams and charts of varying complexity.
Investor
2023
Developer of SaaS based tax management software designed to help businesses save tax. The company's platform offers to form an entity, create a business bank account, set up payroll, and organize ledger books, enabling self-employed people to form their businesses and track income and expenses in a safe and compliant manner.
Investor & Strategic Advisor
2019
SaaS platform leveraging AI for creating, discovering, and sharing touch and voice-controlled interactive videos. Notable investors include Quake Capital, Fission Ventures, and John Legend.
Investor
2020
A financial platform that provides a source of cash for managing finances prior to payday. The company's platform is easy to integrate with existing payroll systems and provides up to half of the earned wage on-demand for a small fee similar to an ATM fee, thereby enabling businesses to provide their employees with an alternative source for cash and avoid payday loans.
Investor
2022
The app lets parents create a custodial account, also known as a UGMA (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act) account, which allows them to invest in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other securities on behalf of their child. Once the child turns 18, the investments become theirs. In addition to saving for college, the funds can be used for things like a down payment on a home, seeding your child’s first business, traveling the world, retirement and more. The company has raised $10.9MM to date from investors such as IDEO Ventures, 776 Ventures, Fiat Ventures and RareBreed Ventures, ResilienceVC, Sweater Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Wintrust Bank, Lightspeed Scout Program and Parallel.
Investor
2021 - 2024
Greenwood is a mobile banking platform for Black and Latinx people and business owners. Greenwood features best-in-class digital banking services and innovative ways of giving back to the community.