Emergent Ventures

About The Fund

Emergent Ventures is an investment firm that provides seed and early-stage venture capital to entrepreneurs who are engineering growth for their startups. They focus on investing in pre-seed and seed-stage startups and are particularly interested in companies that operate within the enterprise tech, fintech, and edtech sectors. Emergent Ventures' investment philosophy revolves around leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance enterprise software. They are not just passive financial backers; after making an investment, Emergent Ventures offers highly targeted resources to help companies achieve their next growth milestone more efficiently. The firm's sector focus includes Enterprise AI and Cloud Infrastructure, evidencing a commitment to innovative technologies that drive business transformation. On their blog, the Emergent Ventures team shares insights on key industry trends and strategic approaches for startups, such as the importance of customer discovery for achieving product-market fit and the balance between deal size and sales friction in business-to-business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS). The fund's investment range is between a minimum of $2,100,000 and a maximum of $73,000,000. This range suggests that Emergent Ventures is equipped to support a variety of startups at critical stages of development, from initial product conception to scaling operations and going to market. They aim to be a partner for entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of technology and innovation.