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Emerging Growth Partners

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Emerging Growth Partners is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in SaaS, Enterprise, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.5M–$5.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.5M–$5.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
SaaS, Enterprise, AI / ML
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.5M – $5.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Emerging Growth Partners supports transformative B2B and enterprise technology startups, with a focus on scalable SaaS and machine learning applications.

How Emerging Growth Partners invests

Emerging Growth Partners is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on SaaS, Enterprise, AI / ML.

Emerging Growth Partners typically writes checks of $1.5M–$5.0M per investment.

Emerging Growth Partners has backed 2 companies in our records, including Outreach, Gong.io.

Partners & Team

DJ

David Johnson

Partner

Enterprise SaaS
AI/ML

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Enterprise
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

OU

Outreach

Sales Tech
GO

Gong.io

Revenue Intelligence
How to pitch Emerging Growth Partners
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Enterprise, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.5M – $5.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Johnson, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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