EM

Emergent Specialist Ventures

VC
Columbus, OHWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $4.0M

Portfolio

53+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2021Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in companies bringing technological advancements to regional trades and field services, with strong interest in automation.

Meet the Team

AR

Anupam Rastogi

Managing Partner

IS

Indra Singhal

Operating Partner

AJ

Ankur Jain

Managing Partner

JL

James Lin

Founder

Automation
Skilled Trades

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Enterprise
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (53)

2021

PR

Prezent.ai

AI·First venture investor·Emergent was the first venture investor

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Prezent.ai is the leading platform that boosts presentation productivity by combining contextual intelligence with brand compliance and audience personalization.

2018

AC

Acceldata.io

Cloud & Data Infra·Seed·Emergent co-led the seed round in 2018

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Acceldata is the leading data observability platform used by multiple top 10 global banks, telcos, CPGs, and other large enterprises.

2017

OB

Observe.ai

AI·Pre-seed·Emergent led the pre-seed round in 2017

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Observe.ai has been named among the Forbes AI 50 (2025), CB Insights AI 100 and Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers.

Other

AK

AkashX

Cloud & Data Infra

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Cloud & Data Infra.

AL

AlmaConnect

Other

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Alumni and Prospect Engagement.

AR

Arcion

Cloud & Data Infra

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Leading provider of real-time database replication.

AS

Astra Security

Enterprise AI

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Intelligent pentest and vulnerability scanning platform.

BA

BambooBox.ai

Enterprise AI

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Intelligent demand generation.

BA

BasicBlock

Smart Logistics·Emergent says it led a $1.5M seed round

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Getting truckers paid faster.

BI

BitFusion

Cloud & Data Infra

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

AI-Powered Virtualization for GPUs.

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