Emergence — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($1.0M–$4.0M Checks)
Emergence is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Mateo, California investing in SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$4.0M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$4.0M
- Portfolio
- 5 companies on record
- Partners
- 11 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools, Other, Security, AI / ML
- HQ
- San Mateo, California
Last verified: 2026-10-12
Seed, Series A
$1.0M – $4.0M
$500M
5+ companies
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses on software companies with strong growth and go-to-market efficiency. While not a MarTech fund, it may back software that sits in the revenue and activation stack for brands.
How Emergence invests
Emergence is a vc firm based in San Mateo, California. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools, Other, Security.
Emergence typically writes checks of $1.0M–$4.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.
Emergence has backed 5 companies in our records, including Neuroformal, InsideView Technologies Inc (CIK 0001402823), Crunchbase.
Partners & Team
Saurabh Sharma
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Emergence Fund III
Emergence Fund II
Emergence Fund I
Portfolio Companies (5)
Other
Neuroformal
AI for Mission-Critical Environments
InsideView Technologies Inc (CIK 0001402823)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Emergence
Crunchbase
Private-company intelligence and startup database platform
Whistic
Vendor security review and security questionnaire automation platform
Retail Zipline
Communication and task-management software for retail stores
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $4.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Adam Ramos, Office Manager.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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