E-Merge

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Feb 1, 2022	Productboard	$130.0M Series D	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Altimeter Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Battery Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CapitalG, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, Credo Ventures, CRV, Dawn Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, DTCP, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Sangeen Zeb, Tom Hulme, Index Ventures, Long Ventures Partners, Modern Venture Partners, Newion Investments, Notion Capital, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Operator Collective, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tiger Global Management, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wasabi Ventures, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Catherine Lu, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Jan 1, 2022	Bolt	$360.0M Series E	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Long Ventures Partners, March Capital, Nyca Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Nov 1, 2021	Jina AI	$30.0M Series A	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, at.inc/, Ballistic Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bombas, Bond, Builders VC, Canaan Partners, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Energy Impact Partners, EQT Ventures, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Kleiner Perkins, Long Ventures Partners, Mango Capital, National Grid Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Dylan Field, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Jeremy Stoppelman, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Stewart Butterfield, Sung ho Choi
Oct 1, 2021	MoonPay	$560.0M Series A	—	7percent Ventures, Anorak Ventures, Highbury Group, 01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, 9Yards Capital, Aaron VanDevender, Activant Capital, Album VC, Alumni Ventures, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrus Purde, Angel investor, Anthony Pompliano, Arrive, Ballistic Ventures, Beckett Layne Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bill Ackman, BITKRAFT Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, Casa Verde Capital, Coelius Capital, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, E1 Ventures, Evan Lee, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, General Catalyst, Greenfield One, Griffin Gaming Partners, Haun Ventures, Henry Fertik, Indrek Kasela, Insight Partners, IVP, K2 Global, Kevin Colas, Khaled Helioui, Koch Fund, Lakeside Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Liza Landsman, Long Ventures Partners, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Mechanism Capital, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Othman Laraki, Paradigm, Pario Ventures, Partners Resolute, Pioneer Fund, Predictive VC, Preetha Parthasarathy, Rashaun Williams, Ribbit Capital, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sebastien Borget, Sequoia Capital, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Soma Capital, Sound Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, Sung ho Choi, Team Ignite Ventures, The General Partnership, The Hit Forge, Trevor McFedries, Tribe Capital, TTV Capital, UpHonest Capital, Vera Equity, Wave Financial, WestCap, Winklevoss Capital
Jun 1, 2021	Paloma	$4.0M Seed	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, AirAngels, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, DFJ, Elephant Partners, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Laconia Capital Group, Long Ventures Partners, Montauk Ventures, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, SRB Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Daniel Pourasghar, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Evan Lee, Evan Moore, Indrek Kasela, Julian Shapiro, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Neil Parikh, Preetha Parthasarathy, Richard Laxer, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sri Batchu, Sung ho Choi
Apr 1, 2021	RippleMatch	$24.0M Series A	—	2048 Ventures, AXA Strategic Ventures, Bullpen Capital, CP Ventures, Drive Capital, G20 Ventures, Harlem Capital, Kinnevik, Northzone, Obvious Ventures, Picus Capital, Revel Partners, RRE Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sinai Ventures, Social Starts, Space Capital, Sweet Capital, Tiger Global Management, Vine Ventures LP, Vinyl Capital, Work-Bench, Amadeo Brenninkmeijer, Kyle York, Mike Volpe, Rob May
Apr 1, 2021	Productboard	$72.0M Series C	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Battery Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CapitalG, Catapult Capital, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Dawn Capital, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Long Ventures Partners, Maveron, Newion Investments, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Quiet Capital, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Adam Goldstein, Andrus Purde, Darrell Cavens, Emil Michael, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Jack Chou, Jeremy Stoppelman, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Jan 1, 2021	Premise Data	$85.0M Series E	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Atreides Management, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Flexcap, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Giant Ventures, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Nov 1, 2020	Bonsai	$2.0M Seed	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Polygon, Robot Ventures, Russell Cook, Spencer Noon
Nov 1, 2020	API3	$3.0M Seed	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Archetype, Ballistic Ventures, Blisce, Bombas, Bond, Bow Capital, Builders VC, Caffeinated Capital, Chapter One Ventures, Coatue, CoinFund, Compound, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Electric Capital, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Graph Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Helium-3 Ventures, Long Ventures Partners, North Island Ventures, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Paradigm, Pario Ventures, Placeholder, Reform Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Sound Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Yes VC, Aaron VanDevender, Andre Iguodala, Andrus Purde, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Tai, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Jeff Morris, Khaled Helioui, Mark Pincus, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Matt Bellamy, Preetha Parthasarathy, Rashaun Williams, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi, William Mougayar
Sep 1, 2020	Jina AI	$6.0M Seed	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Sep 1, 2020	Auditoria.AI	$6.0M Seed	—	AXA Strategic Ventures, CP Ventures, Harlem Capital, Social Starts, Vinyl Capital, Mike Volpe, Rob May
Aug 1, 2020	CASHDROP	$3.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, 11.2 Capital, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Array Ventures, Asylum Ventures, AXA Strategic Ventures, Bond, C2 Investment, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, Founder Collective, General Catalyst, Great Oaks Venture Capital, M.G. Siegler, Harlem Capital, Helpful Capital, IA Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, LAUNCH, Ligature, Long Journey Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Path Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Social Starts, Tribe Capital, Upfront Ventures, Vinyl Capital, Alex Rodriguez, WGI Group, Chris Murphy, DJ Patil, Dylan Field, George Godula, Hiten Shah, Jared Leto, John M. Mueller, Jon Steinberg, Julia Hartz, Kyle York, Mathilde Collin, MG Siegler, Mike Krieger, Mike Volpe, Moshe Lifschitz, Pete Moore, Rob May, Roger Ehrenberg, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Yoshinari Yoshikawa, Zachary Hargreaves
May 1, 2020	Checkerspot	$36.0M Series B	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Mar 1, 2020	Lessonly	$15.0M Series C	—	Accel, Accomplice VC, Alumni Ventures, Anderson Angels, AXA Strategic Ventures, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, Cervin Ventures, CP Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Harlem Capital, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Modern Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Parkway VC, Social Starts, Tribe Capital, Uprising, Vinyl Capital, Zetta Venture Partners, Alain Hanover, Ben Davenport, Deepak Jeevan Kumar, Kyle York, Louis Beryl, Matt Mazzeo, Mike Volpe, Rob May, Tom Williams
Mar 1, 2020	99 Minutos	$4.0M Series A	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, 9Yards Capital, Activant Capital, Altair Capital Management, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, AperiamVentures, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Bornschein & keine Töchter, Builders VC, Capnamic Ventures, Coelius Capital, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, Geek Ventures, General Atlantic, GreaterGoodSociety, Humba Ventures, Incisive Ventures, Iris Capital, Ligature, Long Ventures Partners, M13, Math Capital, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Partech Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, Soma Capital, Sommet AB, Streamlined Ventures, Summit Partners, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Tribe Capital, Ulu Ventures, Unpopular Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andre Iguodala, Andrus Purde, Carlos Julio Garcia, David Vélez, Evan Lee, Gabriel Braga, Gabriel Jarrosson, Immad Akhund, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Odell Beckham Jr., Pablo Gonzalez, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Preetha Parthasarathy, Ricardo Weder, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi, Tom Blomfield, William Hockey
Feb 1, 2020	Pipe	$6.0M Seed	—	01 Ventures, 2.12 Angels, 305 Ventures, 43, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Activant Capital, Alumni Ventures, Ambridge Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Axiom Partners, Ballistic Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, Calm/Storm Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Cherubic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, Crosslink Capital, CRV, DBL Partners, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Electric Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Fika Ventures, First Round Capital, Flex Capital, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Joe Kraus, Hardware Club, Insight Partners, Shawn Modarresi, Kindred Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Locus Ventures, Long Ventures Partners, MaC Venture Capital, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Nyca Partners, Oak HC/FT, Off the Grid Ventures, One Way Ventures, Pantera Capital, Pario Ventures, Patron, Picus Capital, Primetime Partners, Rainfall Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Social Capital, Soma Capital, South Park Commons, Stellar Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, Team Ignite Ventures, Telstra Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Tribe Capital, Trinity Ventures, Uncork Capital, UpHonest Capital, Urban Innovation Fund, Verified Capital, Wave Financial, Webb Investment Network, Weekend Fund, WestCap, WorkLife Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Zinc, Aaron VanDevender, Adam D'Angelo, Andrus Purde, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Chris Kelly, Evan Lee, Evan Moore, Immad Akhund, Indrek Kasela, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, Jim Young, John Hennessy, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Khaled Helioui, Louis Beryl, Lukas Biewald, Martin Li, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Matt Mazzeo, Peter Hunn, Preetha Parthasarathy, Rudra Peram, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Jan 1, 2020	Productboard	$45.0M Series B	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Nov 1, 2019	Abnormal AI	$24.0M Series A	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Ballistic Ventures, Battery Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, Conviction Partners, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Cyberstarts VC, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Greylock, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Sweater Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Grant Miller, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Sep 1, 2019	RippleMatch	$6.0M Series A	—	2048 Ventures, Arbor Ventures, AXA Strategic Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Caffeinated Capital, CP Ventures, Drive Capital, Fabric Ventures, G20 Ventures, Harlem Capital, Kinnevik, Moonfire Ventures, Northzone, Obvious Ventures, Paradigm, Picus Capital, Renegade Partners, Revel Partners, Robot Ventures, RRE Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sinai Ventures, Social Starts, Space Capital, Sweet Capital, Tiger Global Management, Vine Ventures LP, Vinyl Capital, Work-Bench, Amadeo Brenninkmeijer, Kyle York, Mike Volpe, Rand Hindi, Rob May
Aug 1, 2019	EPIC AEROSPACE	$150K Seed	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Jul 1, 2019	ZITICITY	$360K Seed	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Jun 1, 2019	Zorus	$410K Seed	—	AXA Strategic Ventures, CP Ventures, Harlem Capital, Social Starts, Vinyl Capital, Kyle York, Mike Volpe
May 1, 2019	Schrödinger	$25.0M Series E	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi
Apr 1, 2019	Checkerspot	$13.0M Series A	—	01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Activant Capital, Ambridge Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, KdT Ventures, Long Ventures Partners, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Pario Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Social Capital, Soma Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Wave Financial, WestCap, Aaron VanDevender, Andrus Purde, Evan Lee, Indrek Kasela, Khaled Helioui, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Preetha Parthasarathy, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sung ho Choi

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Leadership Team

Key people at E-Merge.

Laurent Drion

Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at E-Merge.

Laurent Drion

Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

E-merge Capital Partners is a venture capital and growth equity firm focused on investing in early-stage, innovative medical device companies and technologies that improve patient outcomes and quality of life. Their investment philosophy centers on backing disruptive medical technologies, primarily class II devices in cardiovascular and orthopedic sectors, while also considering unique class I and III devices. The firm aims to create a "triple threat" impact by benefiting patients, physicians/hospitals, and investors simultaneously. E-merge supports startups through a hands-on approach leveraging deep industry expertise and a network of physician and strategic partners, thereby positively influencing the medical device startup ecosystem by accelerating product development and commercialization[1][2][3].

Origin Story

Founded around 2021 by lifelong friends and managing partners Brad Klos and John M. Xitco, both Bellarmine Prep alumni, E-merge Capital Partners was born from their shared vision and extensive experience in the medical device industry. Brad brings over 25 years of medical device experience and is also involved with Evolve Medtech, a venture studio that aids product development and testing. The firm was structured as a 10-year fund with an initial goal of $10 million, quickly raising over $8 million within six months, reflecting strong investor confidence. The founders emphasize their personal financial commitment, investing 15-20% of the fund themselves, which is significantly higher than industry norms, underscoring their alignment with investors and dedication to the firm's mission[1][2][3].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: E-merge invests alongside its investors with a substantial personal stake (15-20%), fostering strong alignment and trust.
Network Strength: The firm leverages deep relationships with physicians, strategic medical device companies, vendors, and consultants to de-risk and accelerate portfolio companies.
Track Record: Founders bring decades of combined medical device and venture capital experience, with a focus on early-stage companies.
Operating Support: Collaboration with Evolve Medtech Venture Studio provides engineering and product development expertise, enabling disciplined design and manufacturing principles.
Fund Structure: A 10-year fund with a 5-year investment period allows for sustained support and follow-on investments[1][2][3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

E-merge Capital Partners rides the growing trend of innovation in medical devices, particularly in cardiovascular and orthopedic technologies, where there is significant demand for improved patient outcomes and cost-effective healthcare solutions. The timing is favorable due to advancements in medical technology, increasing healthcare expenditures, and a push for minimally invasive and efficient treatments. By focusing on early-stage companies and providing hands-on support, E-merge helps bridge the gap between innovation and commercialization, influencing the broader medtech ecosystem by accelerating the development cycle and fostering collaboration among startups, investors, and strategic partners[2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, E-merge is poised to expand its fund size beyond the initial $10 million target due to strong investor interest, potentially reaching $15 million. The firm will likely continue to deepen its involvement in early-stage medical device innovation, leveraging its unique venture studio partnership and network to identify and scale transformative technologies. Trends such as digital health integration, personalized medicine, and minimally invasive devices will shape their investment focus. E-merge’s influence is expected to grow as it helps shape the next generation of medical devices that improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes, maintaining its commitment to aligned investing and operational support[1][2][3].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: E-merge invests alongside its investors with a substantial personal stake (15-20%), fostering strong alignment and trust.
Network Strength: The firm leverages deep relationships with physicians, strategic medical device companies, vendors, and consultants to de-risk and accelerate portfolio companies.
Track Record: Founders bring decades of combined medical device and venture capital experience, with a focus on early-stage companies.
Operating Support: Collaboration with Evolve Medtech Venture Studio provides engineering and product development expertise, enabling disciplined design and manufacturing principles.
Fund Structure: A 10-year fund with a 5-year investment period allows for sustained support and follow-on investments[1][2][3].