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Emerging Markets Ventures (EMVC)

VC
London, UKWebsite

Emerging Markets Ventures (EMVC) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in London, UK investing in Other, Deep Tech, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
8 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Deep Tech, Developer Tools
HQ
London, UK
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-18

How to approach: cold outreach okay
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in transformative deep technologies with scalable potential across emerging markets.

How Emerging Markets Ventures (EMVC) invests

Emerging Markets Ventures (EMVC) is a vc firm based in London, UK. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech, Developer Tools.

Emerging Markets Ventures (EMVC) typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

Emerging Markets Ventures (EMVC) has backed 8 companies in our records, including TerraDigital, Minerva Mining AI, slice.

Partners & Team

MF

Melissa Frakman

CEO & Founding Partner

digital infrastructure
commerce
AI-enabled financial systems
fintech
insurtech
AJ

Ashwini Joshi

Principal

early-stage fintech in India
behavioral finance
emerging technology
NM

Neha Mehta

Managing Director

Mining
GeoSpatial Analytics
Emerging Markets

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

TE

TerraDigital

GeoSpatial Analytics
MI

Minerva Mining AI

MiningTech
SL

slice

MO

Monnai

WE

Wealthy

BU

Bureau

M2

M2P

JA

Jar

How to pitch Emerging Markets Ventures (EMVC)
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • cold outreach okay
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Melissa Frakman, CEO & Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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