Emerson Collective Investing
Impact investorNew York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked
Investment thesis
Low-visibility hybrid LLC combining venture, philanthropy, advocacy, art and media ownership, offering founders grants, political advocacy, media influence and policy expertise, notably in frontier AI and climate.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website
Powell Jobs runs a flexible LLC blending philanthropy, media (including The Atlantic) and art to integrate storytelling, using experience as College Track founder to provide capacity-building and multi-year leadership support.
Fern Mandelbaum leverages former CEO/cofounder experience and Stanford GSB teaching to coach founders with experiment-driven lightweight tests and a small-acts-of-inclusion playbook tying diversity to measurable business performance.
Sri Muppidi combines investing with active reporting on AI and startups, pairing investor and product-leader experience with storytelling training from The Economist and research for a former National Security Advisor.
What they invest in
from 35 of 47 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×10SaaS ×10Climate Tech ×7Healthtech ×7HR Tech ×7Cleantech ×5EdTech ×5
HQs:United States×21France×1
Investments · 47 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBaobab Studios creates animated stories and interactive experiences across multiple formats including premium film and TV series, games, and graphic novels.
GamingMedia & Entertainment
Coactive develops machine learning and AI systems, with a focus on data-centric AI and content intelligence for the media and advertising industries.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment
Cody Coleman(Co-founder and CEO)Will Gaviria Rojas(Co-Founder and Field CTO)
Color Health operates a nationwide virtual cancer clinic delivering oncologist-led care, screening, and treatment management for employer, union, health plan, and public sector populations.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Othman Laraki(CEO)
Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops commercial fusion power plants using high-temperature superconducting magnet technology to provide grid-scale energy.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyUnknown, US
Brandon Sorbom(Founder)Robert Mumgaard(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Brunner(Executive Officer)Massimiliano Pieri(Director)Katie Rae(Director)Alan Eustace(Director)
Pilot provides bookkeeping and accounting services, modernizing financial operations for small businesses and startups.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaS
Devoted Health offers Medicare Advantage plans and integrated healthcare services for older Americans, including virtual and in-home care, member support guides, and coordination with local providers across 29 states.
HealthtechInsurTechUnited States, US
Todd Park(Executive Officer, Director)Ed ParkBryan Roberts(Director)Edward Park(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Kocher(Director)William Frist(Director)
Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Dario AmodeiDaniela Amodei
FieldAI builds foundation models and AI systems for robots operating in unstructured field environments.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsAustin, US
Ali Agha(CEO)inShayegan Omidshafiei(AI and Science Lead)inDavid Fan(Chief Technology Officer)inSebastian Scherer(Director of Fieldable Embodied AI)
Gusto provides payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and HR management tools to businesses, offering integrated software alongside support services for these functions.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Josh Reeves(Founder/CEO)inEdward Kim(Founder/Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team)inTomer London(Founder/; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams)in
Ignite Reading provides adaptive literacy software and instruction services to help students learn to read at scale.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechOakland, US
Jessica Sliwerski(Co-founder)Evan Marwell(Co-Founder & Executive Chairman)Jessica Reid Sliwerski(Co-Founder & CEO)
Joby develops electric aircraft for urban air mobility and air taxi services.
CleantechHardwareMobility & TransportationSanta Cruz, US
Lilac Solutions develops direct lithium extraction technology using ceramic ion exchange media, enabling fast, clean, and affordable lithium production from brines for the electric vehicle and battery industries.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyNew MaterialsOakland, US
David Snydacker(President & Chief Technology Officer)inNicholas Goldberg(Chief Legal Officer of Issuer)Ian Pearce(Director)inDavid Gelinas(Chief Financial Officer of Issuer)inSamuel Romer(Director)Raef Sully(Chief Executive Officer of Issuer)in
Lyra provides mental health care services through a network of evidence-based providers, combining clinical expertise with technology to deliver accessible, quality care for employers and health plans.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechHR TechMental Health
Alethea Varra(Vice President of Clinical Care)Jennifer Schulz(Chief Executive Officer)
MIDI develops digital health solutions for patients and clinicians to improve access to and delivery of care across diverse populations.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Mistral builds and open-sources frontier AI models, developer tools, and applications for organizations in finance, manufacturing, defense, energy, and the public sector to solve complex problems.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Arthur Mensch(Co-founder and CEO)Guillaume Lample(Co-founder and Chief Science Officer)Timothee Lacroix(Co-founder and CTO)
Brightwheel provides software tools for early education centers and teachers, helping them spend more time with students and engage parents in child development while supporting small business operations in the early education sector.
EdTechHR TechSaaS
Syndio provides an AI-driven platform for governing compensation decisions across enterprises, helping organizations make pay decisions that are compliant, consistent, and aligned with business strategy.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech<UNKNOWN>
Maria Colacurcio(CEO)in
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sam AltmanElon MuskGreg BrockmanIlya SutskeverWojciech Zaremba
Panorama Education provides a data platform for K-12 school districts to integrate and visualize student academic, behavioral, attendance, and engagement data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEdTechSaaSLos Angeles, US
Aaron Feuer(Founder/CEO)inAndrew Parker(Director)Jed Smith(Director)Alexander Tanner(Executive Officer, Director)
PlanetFwd is a sustainability measurement platform that helps companies measure carbon footprints, automate life cycle assessments, and report emissions data for regulatory compliance and ESG goals.
Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Julia Collins(Founder & CEO)in
Redwood Materials deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and grid power while recycling batteries to recover critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper as a domestic source of these materials.
Circular EconomyEnergyNew MaterialsCarson City, US
JB Straubel(Founder & CEO)inJEFFREY B. STRAUBEL(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin B. Kassekert(Executive Officer)Jason B. Thompson(Executive Officer)David B. Danielson(Director)
rePurpose helps innovators scale plastic waste recovery solutions by tracking recovered plastic through its reTrace platform and building business models for the circular economy.
Circular EconomyClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareImpact & Social GoodLos Angeles, US
Aditya Siroya(Co-Founder)Peter Wang Hjemdahl(Co-Founder)Manika Doshi(Chief Executive Officer)inLauren Gropper(Executive Officer, Director)Jordan Silverman(Executive Officer, Director)Cory Scholibo(Executive Officer, Director)
Rheaply provides a platform that enables organizations to create sharing economies by connecting users with underutilized workplace resources, allowing goods and materials to find new uses rather than be discarded.
Circular EconomyCleantechE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareImpact & Social GoodSaaSChicago, US
Dr. Garry CooperMichael Werner(Director)Tyler Skelton(Executive Officer, Director)Garry Cooper, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)Elizabeth Ziegler(Director)Thomas Fecarotta(Executive Officer)
Stripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.
FintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
John Collison(Founder/President)inPatrick Collison(Founder/CEO)inWilliam Gaybrick(Executive Officer)
BoardMichael Moritz(Director)
Twelve transforms CO2 into chemicals, fuels, and materials through carbon transformation technology.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechHealthtechNew MaterialsMoses Lake, US
Nicholas Flanders(Founder & CEO)inEtosha Cave(Founder)Kendra Kuhl(Founder)inMarc-Henri A. Galletti(Director)Nimesh A. Shah(Director)Charles A. Warden(Director)
Unite Us provides a software and data infrastructure platform for coordinating whole-person care across healthcare, government, and community-based organizations, enabling need identification, service delivery coordination, and outcomes measurement at scale.
Data & InfrastructureGovTechHealthtech
WeaveGrid provides software and grid management solutions that help utilities integrate electric vehicle charging and distributed energy resources without expanding infrastructure.
Climate TechEnergyIoTSaaS
Apoorv Bhargava(CEO and Cofounder)John Taggart(President and Cofounder)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Emerson Collective Investing invest at?
- Emerson Collective Investing invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Emerson Collective Investing's typical check size?
- Emerson Collective Investing typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- What sectors does Emerson Collective Investing focus on?
- Emerson Collective Investing focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, EdTech, Fintech, Healthtech.
- Where is Emerson Collective Investing located?
- Emerson Collective Investing is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Emerson Collective Investing lead rounds?
- Emerson Collective Investing typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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