AAA RapidAPI interfaces with Microsoft for $25m

RapidAPI interfaces with Microsoft for $25m

M12, the corporate venturing division of software producer Microsoft, has taken part in a $25m funding round for RapidAPI, a US-based marketplace for application programming interfaces (APIs), Axios has reported citing a regulatory filing.

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz also participated in the funding round.

RapidAPI runs a marketplace for developers to find, test and manage publicly available APIs. An API is a piece of software that allows programmers to integrate the functionality of a third-party product, such as an operating system, into their application.

Andreessen Horowitz previously led a $9m series A round for RapidAPI in March 2018, with participation from SV Angel, Green Bay Capital and private investor Tony Jamous.

In 2016, Andreessen Horowitz had also led a $3.5m seed round that included FundersClub, SV Angel, Green Bay Advisors and 500 Startups.

By Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.

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