Emerald Development Managers
Venture capitalNew York · Seed–Late Stage · 9 people tracked
Also known as EMERALD DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS LP
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Investment thesis
Emerald invests in exceptional scientific and engineering teams solving real-world problems, partnering with entrepreneurs who can identify trends and build technical solutions. The firm takes a long-term view, providing not only capital but also expertise and hands-on involvement to help emerging companies mature. It focuses on guiding early-stage founders along a strategic path toward profitability, expanding market share, and sustained growth. Its portfolio spans deep science and engineering areas including cybersecurity, biotechnology, clean energy and decarbonization, healthtech, quantum technology, and industrial systems.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 19 of 28 portfolio companiesBiotech ×7AI & Machine Learning ×6Cybersecurity ×5Enterprise Software ×5Hardware ×4New Materials ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3Deep Tech ×3
HQs:United States×11Canada×1Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×33 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data
The Johns Hopkins University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data
Economics ×3Engineering ×3Chemistry ×2Computer Science ×2
Investments · 28 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 32022 · 12021 · 22020 · 12018 · 12017 · 19 dated
American Rock Salt operates the largest salt mining facility in the United States, located in Hampton Corners, New York, and supplies de-icing rock salt to road maintenance agencies and contractors across the Northeast and surrounding regions to support public safety and winter road maintenance.
Advanced ManufacturingLogistics & Supply ChainNew MaterialsRochester, US
Zero trust network access vendor whose cloud-based secure access platform was acquired by HPE in 2023.
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalCanaan PartnersCyberstartsTen ElevenSpark Capital
CybSafe hosts IMPACT, an annual research-focused event examining human factors in cybersecurity.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsEvolution Equity PartnersIQ Capital
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Cyware provides a cybersecurity platform that enriches, correlates, and operationalizes cyber threat intelligence across an organization's tools and teams, using AI to enable faster, automated, and collaborative threat responses.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareWest Orange, US
Anuj Goel(Co-Founder and CEO)inAkshat Jain(CTO and Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsTen ElevenAdvent InternationalMercato Partners
ETCH develops a patented thermochemical process that converts natural gas (methane) into hydrogen and solid carbon without producing CO2, using earth-abundant minerals.
CleantechEnergyNew Materials
Evolved by Nature develops Activated Silk®, a biotech platform that extracts and engineers novel molecules from natural silk using its proprietary NoviCulture process to create biobased alternatives for applications in skincare, coatings, and materials.
BiotechCircular EconomyClimate TechNew Materials
GreenSight develops and manufactures catalog and fully custom robotic vehicles, selling standard designs directly as well as designing bespoke units for customers' specific applications.
AgTechDefense TechEdTechHardwareRoboticsBoston, US
James Peverill(Executive Officer, Director)inJustin McClellin(Executive Officer, Director)Joel Pedlikin(Executive Officer, Director)inWayne Crandall(Director)
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesE2MC VenturesSeraphim SpaceTreeo VCZAKA VCSOSV
Judi Health administers medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy benefits on a unified platform designed for health plans and employers.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechInsurTechSaaS
AJ Loiacono(Co-Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupBasecamp FundEdison PartnersF-Prime CapitalGeneral Catalyst+2 more
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LifeSprout develops synthetic materials that mimic the body's own tissues for aesthetic and regenerative medicine, creating products to treat patients with soft tissue loss from aging, cancer, and metabolic disease.
BiotechMedical DevicesNew MaterialsBaltimore, US
Hai-Quan Mao(Co-founder, PhD)Sashank Reddy(Co-founder, MD, PhD)Kevin Colbert(Co-founder, Business Development)inRuss Martin(Co-founder, Head of R&D, PhD)inAdam Gridley(Executive Chairman, MBA)
Co-investorsCatalio Capital Management, LPMaryland TEDCOTEDCO
Proscia provides a digital pathology software platform that converts glass microscope slides into high-resolution digital images for viewing, management, and analysis by pathologists and research teams.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesPhiladelphia, US
David West, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)David West(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid West, Sr.(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAlex Niehenke(Director)inTom Loftus(Director)Robert Epstein(Director)
Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalFlybridge Capital PartnersFusionGreen Park & Golf VenturesHitachi VenturesMaryland TEDCO+8 more
Random Power develops true random number generators derived from silicon detector technology originally created for particle physics research at CERN.
CybersecurityDeep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingSemiconductors
Co-investorsLIFTTDeep Ocean Capital SGR S.P.A.Deep Ocean Capital SGR S.p.A.
SafeBreach offers a continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) platform that combines breach and attack simulation, attack path validation, and an AI agent to help enterprise security teams identify, prioritize, and remediate cyber risk.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Guy Bejerano(CEO & Co-founder)inItzik Kotler(CTO & Co-founder)inMichal Weiner(Chief Financial Officer)inRaman Kumar(Chief Customer Officer)in
Co-investorsOCV PartnersBain CapitalDTCP33NBright Pixel CapitalDnx Ventures+2 more
Socure provides an AI-driven platform for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and risk decisioning, serving enterprises and government agencies across financial services, gaming, healthcare, e-commerce, and other sectors.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechNew York, US
John Ayers(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJohn F. Frankel(Director)inSunil Madhu(Executive Officer, Director)inAlessandro Piol(Director)Pavlo Protopapa(Director)Philip Eytan(Director)
Co-investorsAccelAlpha PartnersAltaIR CapitalAmity VenturesCommerce VenturesConnectivity Ventures+17 more
Sunflower Therapeutics develops next-generation biomanufacturing technologies to reduce the complexity and cost of bringing biologic medicines to market.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechDeep TechFoodTechHardwareAustin, US
Kerry R. Love(Founder, CEO & President)inKathryn Golden(Founder)inJ. Christopher Love(Founder, Chairman of the Board)in
Co-investorsAlwyn CapitalClear Current Capital
TBT Pharma is a biotech company developing repurposed generic drugs to replace topical steroids as the standard of care for skin conditions such as psoriasis, chronic wounds, and orphan skin diseases.
BiotechHealthtechBaltimore, US
Steve Girgenti(Director)
BoardNeil Cohen(Director)inIan Tolfree(CEO & Founder)in
BiotechFarmington, US
Ashley Kalinauskas(Executive Officer)inMark Suckow(Executive Officer, Director)Brad Poff(Executive Officer)Terry Dew(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsChloe CapitalConnecticut InnovationsLaunchpad Venture GroupGaingelsSoGal VenturesThe Fund
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Transcend Therapeutics develops rapid-acting pharmaceutical treatments for neuropsychiatric diseases, including PTSD and depression, targeting patients unresponsive to current psychiatric medications.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesMental Health
Blake Mandell(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAlleyCorpAlpha Wave GlobalAlley Robotics Ventures
Una is a financial planning and analysis platform that integrates data from CRM, ERP, HRIS, and other enterprise systems to enable real-time forecasting, scenario modeling, and execution tracking.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Don Mal(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsFlow Capital
Uviquity develops photonic integrated circuits built on aluminum nitride that generate and convert light across wavelengths from deep ultraviolet through infrared on a single wafer-scale chip.
Deep TechQuantum ComputingSemiconductorsRaleigh, US
Russell Kanjorski(Founder)inM. SCOTT BURROUGHS(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardCY SCHROEDER(Director)in
WATT designs, develops, and manufactures small-scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) systems that generate power at the point of use and can run on natural gas, propane, renewable natural gas, and hydrogen.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergyHardwareMt. Pleasant, US
Caine Finnerty(Founder)inMichael Joyce(Director)Travis Bradford(Executive Officer, Director)Roberto Sella(Director)Rocco Trotta(Director)Larry Hiler(Director)
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Babson DiagnosticsBabsondxBatonIntellihotSustained Nano SystemsTrueFortUna Software
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesJudi · mobihealthnews.com · Sep 10, 2026
Cyware · job-boards.greenhouse.io · Aug 19, 2026
Proscia · insightpartners.com · Feb 19, 2026
Random Power · venture5.com · Dec 14, 2025
Uviquity · agfundernews.com · May 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Emerald Development Managers made?
- Emerald Development Managers has 28 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Emerald Development Managers invest at?
- Emerald Development Managers invests at the Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Emerald Development Managers focus on?
- Emerald Development Managers focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Healthtech, Quantum Computing, SaaS.
- Where is Emerald Development Managers located?
- Emerald Development Managers is headquartered in New York, US.
- Who does Emerald Development Managers co-invest with?
- Emerald Development Managers most often shares deals with Maryland TEDCO, TEDCO, Ten Eleven, among 65 tracked co-investors.
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