# Emerson Collective: portfolio, investments and team

> Emerson Collective is a family office based in United States. 27 investments on record, 7 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Emerson Collective

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 27 cheques on record.

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Deploying now Family office

Pre-seed Seed Series A Underestimated Founders Education First Generation

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**78%** of best year **7** **cheques in 12 months**, 27 on record

Since the last cheque **18** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$62M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $100M** Rounds led **2 of 27** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 96%**

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## Emerson Collective highlights

- 01 7 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series B and Seed: 64% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $30M

## What they do

> Emerson Collective is a company that invests in entrepreneurs and innovators driven by purpose and possibility, working to create a world of abundance for future generations. From their own website

- **Type:** Family office (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $100M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Underestimated Founders Education First Generation
- **Based in:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **27 appearances**

- **2026** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Collective X Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/collective-x-health)** Pre-seed · US · Pulse 2.0 **$3.2M** With 6 others
- **Aug** **[Emerald AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/emerald-ai)** Series A · US · QRM Capital **$150M** With 15 others
- **Jul** **[Throne Science](https://millionrounds.com/company/throne-science)** Series A · US · Crunchbase News **$10M** With 8 others
- **Feb** **[World Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/world-labs)** Series C · US · Crunchbase News **$1.0B** With 8 others
- **Jan** **[Humans&](https://millionrounds.com/company/humans-and)** Seed · US · Crunchbase News **$480M** With 13 others
- **2025** 8 rounds
- **Dec** **[Chai Discovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/chai-discovery)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$130M** With 11 others
- **Nov** **[X-Energy Reactor Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/x-energy-reactor-company)** Series D · US · Firms' own news pages **$700M** With 11 others
- **Oct** **[BioStack](https://millionrounds.com/company/biostack)** Seed · US · https://ascendants.in/ **$9.5M** With 7 others
- **Aug** **[Commonwealth Fusion Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/commonwealth-fusion-systems)** Series B · US · Crunchbase News **$863M** With 27 others
- **Aug** **[FieldAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/fieldai)** US · TechCrunch **$405M** With 10 others
- **Jun** **[myLaurel](https://millionrounds.com/company/mylaurel)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$12M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[Midi](https://millionrounds.com/company/midi)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$63M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Teal Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/teal-health)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$10M** *Led*
- **2024** 2 rounds
- **May** **[Atropos Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/atropos-health)** Series B · US · Firms' own news pages **$33M** With 9 others
- **Apr** **[Midi Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/midi-health)** Series B · US · Icon Ventures **$60M** *Led*
- **2020** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Shattuck Labs, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/shattuck-labs-inc)** Series B · US · Hatteras Venture Partners **$118M** With 8 others
- **2019** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Guild Education](https://millionrounds.com/company/guild-education)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$157M** With 11 others
- **2017** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[Axios](https://millionrounds.com/company/axios)** US · TechCrunch **$20M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Gimlet Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/gimlet-media)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 6 others
- **May** **[OpenGov](https://millionrounds.com/company/opengov)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$30M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[OZY Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/ozy-media)** US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 1 other
- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[Udacity](https://millionrounds.com/company/udacity)** Series D · US **$105M** With 5 others
- **May** **[AltSchool](https://millionrounds.com/company/altschool)** Series B · US **$100M** With 10 others
- **Apr** **[Nearpod](https://millionrounds.com/company/nearpod)** Series A · US **Undisclosed** With 12 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Aug** **[FreshGrade](https://millionrounds.com/company/freshgrade)** Seed · CA **$4.3M** With 4 others
- **2013** 1 round
- **Jun** **[CrowdMed](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdmed)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.2M** With 12 others
- **Undated** 1 round
- **-** **[Devoted Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/devoted-health)** Growth · US · Firms' own news pages **$1.1B** With 12 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

We hold **10** 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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$62M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$30M**

Led 2 of 27 rounds **7%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $100M
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *8*
- Seed said *6*
- Series A said *3*
- Series D *3*
- Series C *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 5
- [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) 4
- [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) 4
- [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) 4
- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 4
- [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**NVIDIA** Company **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia)[**SV Angel** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**DCVC** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[**Felicis** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**Salesforce Ventures** Corporate VC **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures)[**Forerunner Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures)[**Frist Cressey Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frist-cressey-ventures)[**Gates Frontier** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gates-frontier)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Emerson Collective put money into.

[**Emerald AI** $150M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/emerald-ai)[**Throne Science** $10M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/throne-science)[**World Labs** $1.0B · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/world-labs)[**Humans&** $480M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/humans-and)[**Chai Discovery** $130M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/chai-discovery)[**FieldAI** $405M · Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/fieldai)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Emerson Collective in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 29 Nov 2023 · 48 min Capital Series: Michael Bruce, Emerson Collective Mentions [Emerson Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerson-collective)[Laurene Powell Jobs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/laurene-powell-jobs)[Laurene Powell](https://millionrounds.com/person/laurene-powell) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) 21 Sept 2026 · 38 min Robinhood's Sarah Pinto: Bringing Private Markets to the Public Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 10 Jul 2020 · 38 min 20VC: The Future of Subscription Media, Why Startups Need To Stop Blaming Facebook and Google & How Founders Should Think Through Customer Acquisition Channel Dependencies with Alex Mather, Founder & CEO @ The Athletic Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 23 Mar 2020 · 51 min Ep 92: Dawn Lippert, CEO of Elemental Excelerator Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) 27 May 2019 · 39 min a16z Podcast: Collectively Driving Change Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Emerson Collective

### What does Emerson Collective invest in?

Emerson Collective invests most often at Series B and Seed (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Underestimated Founders, Education and First Generation.

### How active is Emerson Collective?

27 investments on record, 7 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Emerson Collective invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Collective X Health (Pre-seed, Oct 2026), Emerald AI (Series A, Aug 2026) and Throne Science (Series A, Jul 2026).

### How big are Emerson Collective's cheques?

The median round it joins is $62M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $100M.

### Does Emerson Collective lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 27 investments on record (7%).

### Where does Emerson Collective invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (96%).

### Is Emerson Collective investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 7 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Emerson Collective invest alongside?

Most often Andreessen Horowitz (5 rounds together), General Catalyst (4 rounds together) and Google Ventures (4 rounds together).

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