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  Microsoft's Greenhouse cultivates software ideas
Time: 11:17 EST/16:17 GMT | News Source: E-Mail | Posted By: Byron Hinson

At three people, the Greenhouse is one of the smallest units at Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. Launched less than a year ago, the group acts as the internal venture capital arm at Microsoft, with a special mandate from group vice president Jeff Raikes to identify and cultivate new software applications that will help Microsoft break into new markets.

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