# Emergent Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Emergent Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 35 investments on record, 5 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026.

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# Emergent Ventures

Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 35 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $5.0M, Apr 2024 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Deep-tech Enterprise New Materials

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**50%** of best year **5** **cheques in 12 months**, 35 on record

Since the last cheque **122** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.9M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $2.5M** Rounds led **0 of 35** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 91%**

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## Emergent Ventures highlights

- 01 5 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 65% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $2.6M

## What they do

> Emergent Ventures | Seed-Stage VC for Enterprising Founders From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $2.5M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Deep-tech Enterprise New Materials
- **Based in:** San Mateo, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **35 appearances**

- **2026** 4 rounds
- **Jul** **[Potpie AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/potpie-ai)** Grant · US **$2.2M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Apera AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/apera-ai)** Venture · CA **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[BambooBox](https://millionrounds.com/company/bamboobox)** Venture · US **$6.6M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Potpie AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/potpie-ai)** Pre-seed · US **$2.2M** Sole investor
- **2025** 9 rounds
- **Nov** **[Initium Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/initium-aerospace)** Pre-seed · US **$512K** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Prezent AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/prezent-ai)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$30M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[Prezent](https://millionrounds.com/company/prezent)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$20M** With 6 others
- **Mar** **[Apera AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/apera-ai)** Venture · CA **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[T-robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/t-robotics)** Seed · US **$575K** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[UptimeAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/uptimeai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Astra Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/astra-security)** Venture · US **$2.7M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Factors.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/factors-ai)** Venture · US **$500K** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Rockfish Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/rockfish-data)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 1 other
- **2024** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Sagetap](https://millionrounds.com/company/sagetap)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[vCluster](https://millionrounds.com/company/vcluster)** Series A · US **$24M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[getcrux](https://millionrounds.com/company/getcrux)** Seed · US **$500K** With 3 others
- **2023** 7 rounds
- **Dec** **[Mile Auto](https://millionrounds.com/company/mile-auto)** Venture · US **$4.2M** With 2 others
- **Dec** **[Gan.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/gan-ai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[BasicBlock](https://millionrounds.com/company/basicblock)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Rocketium](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocketium)** Venture · US **$5.3M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Arcion](https://millionrounds.com/company/arcion)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **May** **[Lumeus.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumeus-ai)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[SimpliContract](https://millionrounds.com/company/simplicontract)** Series A · US **$3.5M** With 2 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **Mar** **[BoomerangAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/boomerangai)** Venture · US **$3.7M** With 1 other
- **2021** 7 rounds
- **Oct** **[Press Hook](https://millionrounds.com/company/press-hook)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[SupportLogic](https://millionrounds.com/company/supportlogic)** Series B · US **$50M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[DeepFactor](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepfactor)** Series A · US **$15M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Quattr](https://millionrounds.com/company/quattr)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Talview](https://millionrounds.com/company/talview)** Series B · US **$15M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[BuyerAssist](https://millionrounds.com/company/buyerassist)** Seed **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Insent](https://millionrounds.com/company/insent)** Seed **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **2019** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Observe.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/observe-ai)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$26M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Talview](https://millionrounds.com/company/talview)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$6.8M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Kuliza](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuliza)** IN · Indianweb2 **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **2018** 1 round
- **May** **[Bitfusion.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/bitfusion-io)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 4 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

AN **Alok Nandan** Principal i Filing they signed

AJ **Ankur Jain** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

AR **Anupam Rastogi** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the Issuer's Administrative Manager i Filing they signed

We also hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$217M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Emergent Ventures, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 305182

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**24** of 38 we have independently watched raise

[AI Agents for](https://millionrounds.com/company/statisfy)[AI Creative Strategist](https://millionrounds.com/company/getcrux)[AI-Driven SEO and](https://millionrounds.com/company/quattr)[AI-Powered Interviewing and](https://millionrounds.com/company/talview)[AI-Powered SaaS for](https://millionrounds.com/company/supportlogic)[AI-powered platform simplifying](https://millionrounds.com/company/delightree)[Agentic AI Design](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocketium)[Agentic Data Management](https://millionrounds.com/company/acceldata)[Almaconnect](https://millionrounds.com/company/alma-connect)[Easy Natural Language](https://millionrounds.com/company/t-robotics)[Getting Truckers Paid](https://millionrounds.com/company/basicblock)[Intelligent Code Scanning](https://millionrounds.com/company/privado)[Intelligent Demand Generation](https://millionrounds.com/company/bamboobox)[Multi-modal AI for](https://millionrounds.com/company/vidoso)[Network Infrastructure for](https://millionrounds.com/company/nexthop-ai)[Observe](https://millionrounds.com/company/observe-ai)[Outcome-Centric Synthetic Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/rockfish)[Physical Identity Management](https://millionrounds.com/company/oloid)[Pioneering Kubernetes Virtualization](https://millionrounds.com/company/vcluster)[Real-Time Database Replication](https://millionrounds.com/company/databricks)[Simplicontract](https://millionrounds.com/company/simplicontract)[The Tech Decision](https://millionrounds.com/company/sagetap)[Usage-Based Auto Insurance](https://millionrounds.com/company/mile-auto)[Virtual Revenue Fleet](https://millionrounds.com/company/terret) AI Agents for AI Automation for AI-Powered Virtualization for AI-powered Cybersecurity for AI-powered Revenue Cycle B2B Demand Generation Human + AI Intelligent Pentest and Newdayimpact Quantum-powered Engineering Simulations Rethinking Climate Intelligently Storage Accelerated AI Supercharge B2B Buyer Vdovitrina

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$5.0M**

raised in Apr 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$3.9M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.6M**

Led 0 of 35 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $2.5M
- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *13*
- Seed said *9*
- Series A said *6*
- Series B said *3*
- Pre-seed said *2*
- Grant *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Better Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/better-capital) 3
- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 3
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 2
- [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) 2
- [Blume Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blume-ventures) 2
- [Flying Fish Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flying-fish-partners) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Emergent Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Better Capital** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/better-capital)[**Techstars** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Berkeley SkyDeck** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck)[**Blume Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blume-ventures)[**Flying Fish Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flying-fish-partners)[**Google for Startups** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups)[**Greycroft** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft)[**Neo** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo)[**Sierra Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures)[**Storm Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/storm-ventures)[**Uncorrelated Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncorrelated-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Emergent Ventures put money into.

[**Potpie AI** $2.2M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/potpie-ai)[**Apera AI** Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/apera-ai)[**BambooBox** $6.6M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bamboobox)[**Initium Aerospace** $512K · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/initium-aerospace)[**Prezent** $20M · Mar 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/prezent)[**T-robotics** $575K · Mar 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/t-robotics)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Emergent Ventures in their description, not their title.

- [Superclusters](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/superclusters) 19 May 2025 · 1h 2m You're Looking at Networks Wrong | Albert Azout | Superclusters | S5E5 With [Albert Azout](https://millionrounds.com/person/albert-azout) Mentions [Air Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/air-street-capital)[Emergent Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergent-ventures)[Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/street-capital) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Emergent Ventures

### What does Emergent Ventures invest in?

Emergent Ventures invests most often at Venture and Seed (65% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Deep-tech, Enterprise and New Materials.

### How active is Emergent Ventures?

35 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2026.

### What has Emergent Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Potpie AI (Grant, Jul 2026), Apera AI (Venture, Apr 2026) and BambooBox (Venture, Mar 2026).

### How big are Emergent Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.9M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $2.5M.

### Does Emergent Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 35 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Emergent Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (91%) and Canada (6%).

### Is Emergent Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Emergent Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Better Capital (3 rounds together), Techstars (3 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (2 rounds together).

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