Seven years ago, Dylan Collins was struggling to sell the potential of his new “kid tech platform” to potential investors and to the east coast venture capital community. Collins believed in SuperAwesome; few others did, however. That was then; this is now. Yesterday, Collins confirmed that Microsoft had taken a stake in the group through its venture fund, M12, as part of a $17 million funding round that also saw several existing investors advance more funds to help drive growth. But what is really striking about the deal was that the actual capital was not the priority for Collins and…

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