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Emergent Ventures

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.5M

AUM

$200M

Portfolio

55+ companies

Team

5 partners

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

Investment Thesis

Specialized in backing founders using AI/ML and SaaS platforms to automate traditional processes, focusing on enterprise solutions.

Meet the Team

CD

Cara Delaney

GP

B2B SaaS
AI Agents
Early-Stage SaaS
AJ

Ankur Jain

Managing Partner

AR

Anupam Rastogi

Managing Partner

IS

Indra Singhal

Operating Partner

RP

Raj Patel

GP

AI/ML
SaaS

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Other

Portfolio Companies (55)

2021

PR

Prezent.ai

AI-powered communication productivity·Seed

"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

Observability for Analytics & AI·Seed

"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 Cloud For Contact Centers·Seed

"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. The company has also received numerous industry accolades and is consistently ranked as a category leader by top industry organizations.

Other

DE

DeepFile

Enterprise SaaS
AG

Agentic Data Management

Cloud & Data Infra

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

AC

Accelerated AI Data Lakehouse

Cloud & Data Infra

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

AK

AkashX

Cloud & Data Infra

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

AL

AlmaConnect

Other

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

AR

Arcion

Cloud & Data Infra·Acquired

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

Real-Time Database Replication

AS

Astra Security

Enterprise AI

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

Intelligent Pentest and Vulnerability Scanning Platform

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