Jim Brisimitzis has left his role heading Microsoft for Startups to become a managing partner at venture capital firm and accelerator Quake Capital.
Jim Brisimitzis has left US-based software provider Microsoft, where he headed its Microsoft for Startups initiative, to take a managing partner role at venture capital and accelerator group Quake Capital.
Brisimitzis will be based at Quake’s Seattle office when it opens in 2019, helping the firm in its fundraising and expansion plans and taking charge of corporate development and outreach.
Microsoft has put $500m of funding behind Microsoft for Startups, which offers early-stage cloud software developers the opportunity to distribute…
