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Emergent Tech Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.5M Checks)

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Austin, TXWebsite

Emergent Tech Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.5M checks and has 9 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.5M
Portfolio
9 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise, SaaS, Developer Tools, Other, Security
HQ
Austin, TX
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-24

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.5M

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Emergent Tech Ventures invests in cutting-edge tech startups, particularly those utilizing AI to redefine financial processes.

How Emergent Tech Ventures invests

Emergent Tech Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise, SaaS, Developer Tools.

Emergent Tech Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.5M per investment.

Emergent Tech Ventures has backed 9 companies in our records, including KEENAI™, SkyAI, Systems Technology Solutions.

Partners & Team

DK

Deborah K. Hudson

Chairman and President

autonomous systems
data-driven services

Emerging Technology Ventures is led by Deborah K. Hudson, Chairman and President.

SK

Sara Kim

General Partner

Fintech
AI

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
AI / ML
Enterprise
SaaS
Developer Tools
Other
Security

Portfolio Companies (9)

Other

KE

KEENAI™

SK

SkyAI

SY

Systems Technology Solutions

OB

Observe.ai

AI / enterprise software·Pre-seed and seed

AI platform for contact center intelligence and conversation analytics

AC

Acceldata

Data infrastructure / enterprise software·Not specified

Data observability and monitoring platform

BI

Bitfusion

AI infrastructure / enterprise software·Seed-ish timing

GPU and FPGA virtualization software for accelerating AI workloads

OR

Orkus

Cybersecurity / identity security·Seed

Identity/access-related security software company acquired by SailPoint

TA

Talview

HR tech / enterprise software·Series A

Hiring, assessment, and interview automation software

MI

Mile Auto

Insurtech·Not specified

Usage-based auto insurance platform

How to pitch Emergent Tech Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, AI / ML, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.5M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Deborah K. Hudson, Chairman and President.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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