Irad Dor has departed from Eight Roads Ventures after two and a half years to take a partner position at Microsoft subsidiary M12.

Irad Dor has joined US-headquartered software provider Microsoft’s corporate venture capital unit, M12, as an Israel-based partner.

Dor had been a venture partner at Eight Roads, a VC arm of US-based mutual fund manager Fidelity, since 2018 and had led investments in FireBlocks, Gloat and ScyllaDB.

Dor said: “Super excited to join M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund – an independent, global VC fund that combines the best of all worlds: financially driven, independent but able to take advantage of Microsoft’s global reach.”

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.