Emergent Ventures
San Mateo, CA · Invests in US; Asia · Website
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Seed-stage Enterprise AI and intelligent software investor partnering with ambitious founders at the earliest stages. Distinctive Silicon Valley + India model: backing Indian-origin founding teams building for global enterprise markets. Hands-on support for product-market fit, GTM strategy, and scaling — 4 of 5 backed companies achieve strong PMF.
Likely not a fit for
No consumer apps, hardware-only plays, or non-enterprise-focused companies. Not interested in B2C social, gaming, or consumer marketplace models.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually follows
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $140M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
7 contacts on file
Portfolio
Observe.AI is a leader in AI-driven contact center solutions, providing AI agents that enhance customer experience through natural conversation and reliable execution.
Acceldata is an AI-native data management platform that provides enterprise data observability, enabling organizations to manage, monitor, and optimize their data pipelines across cloud, lakehouse, and hybrid environments with intelligent automation.
Prezent is a business communication AI platform that transforms how enterprises create and manage presentations, leveraging AI to automate and enhance the presentation-making process.
BambooBox is an AI-powered operating system designed for end-to-end Account-Based Marketing (ABM) solutions, combining strategy, execution, and results through a unique platform and expert team.
Potpie AI provides enterprise-grade AI agents that understand codebases, automate workflows, and enhance engineering velocity. The platform is designed for large-scale engineering teams, offering custom agents that integrate seamlessly into existing development environments.
vCluster simplifies virtual Kubernetes cluster management through an open-source project, enabling users to manage multiple Kubernetes clusters more efficiently.
Privado AI provides modern solutions for privacy compliance, automating manual tasks and delivering complete visibility of personal data through AI agents.
OpsMx helps organizations secure and operate software and AI at machine speed. As AI generates code, infrastructure, and configuration continuously, traditional security and operations can’t keep up. OpsMx provides a continuous assessment and remediation engine that understands risk across code to cloud and fixes issues automatically.
SupportLogic is an enterprise AI platform designed to enhance customer support operations by integrating various systems of record and utilizing AI to extract signals and maintain context across customer interactions.
Talview is an end-to-end hiring and proctoring solution that utilizes AI technology to enhance the integrity and efficiency of assessments and interviews. It offers automated proctoring, AI interviewers, and various tools for recruitment processes.
Rocketium is an AI-powered platform that automates creative operations, enabling marketing teams to produce visual content at scale with reduced costs and faster turnaround times.
SquadStack provides AI-powered sales advisors and telecalling solutions tailored for various industries, focusing on improving connectivity and conversion rates through automated processes and trained agents.
Recent activity
- Mar 2026
Nexthop.ai
Series B · Participated
- Mar 2026
BambooBox.ai
Series A · Participated
- Feb 2026
Trener Robotics
Series A · Participated
- Feb 2026
Potpie AI
Pre-Seed · Lead
- Dec 2025
Lena Health
Seed · Participated
- Jun 2025
Prezent.ai
Series A · Follow-on
Emergent Ventures in the news
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Emergent Ventures India - 2026 Latest Shareholding & Valuation
2 months ago
The Free Press
Giving Up on the ‘Giving Pledge’ - by Tyler Cowen
5 months ago
VCCircle
BambooBox, Velmenni, DrinkPrime, others net early-stage funding
5 months ago
alleywatch.com
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 3/16/26
5 months ago
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 3/2/26
6 months ago
ArcticStartup
Norway's Trener Robotics closes $32 million Series A to turn industrial robots into adaptive teammates
6 months ago
alleywatch.com
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 2/16/26
6 months ago
EU-Startups
Norway and US-based Trener Robotics secures €26 million to expand industrial AI automation
6 months ago
citybiz
BQP CEO Abhishek Chopra Honored with Venture Deal of the Year at 2025 Upstate Capital Awards
9 months ago
Swarajya
WhatsApp Calls And Trust-Based Funding: How This Unconventional US Grant Is Powering India's Young Founders
11 months ago
Quantum Computing Report
BQP Raises $5 Million Seed Round, Expanding Quantum-Accelerated Digital Twin Platform
Jul 2025
LinkedIn
Bengaluru-based startup BQP has raised an oversubscribed $4.9 million seed round, pushing its total funding to $6.6 million. The round was led by Monta Vista Capital, with participation from New York Ventures, Arc Ventures, Armory Square Ventures, Emerg
Jul 2025
PR Newswire
BQP Raises $5M Oversubscribed Seed Round Following Pilot Agreement with Air Force Research Lab for Quantum-Accelerated Digital Twin Platform
Jul 2025
Time Magazine
Tyler Cowen
May 2025
Crunchbase News
Nexthop AI Locks up $110M Led by Lightspeed
Mar 2025
SiliconANGLE
Nexthop AI Joins the Ranks of AI Infrastructure Companies
Mar 2025
The Economic Times
Astra Security raises $2.7 million from Emergent Ventures, others
Feb 2025
Entrackr
Emergent Ventures leads $2.7 Mn round in Astra Security
Feb 2025
cipessfuam.edu.ng
2025 Grant Opportunities
Jan 2025
Business Insider
I lived in a hacker house for the summer when I was 18. It changed my career trajectory completely, and I left college.
Oct 2024
TechCrunch
Crux is building GenAI-powered business intelligence tools
Feb 2024
TechCrunch
Level wants to back your fund — and your portfolio companies too
Jun 2023
Mercatus Center
Marginal Tax Rates Must Surge to Fund Entitlement Spending
Dec 2022
Business Insider
'Fast Grants' Offer $500K for COVID-19 Research, 48 Hour Turnaround
Apr 2020
TechCrunch
Economist Tyler Cowen launches a fellowship and grant program for moon shot ideas
Sep 2018
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