Investing Profile

Jake Saper(1)

VCInvestor
General Partner at Emergence Capital
emcap.com/people/jake-saper/San Francisco, California
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Networks Jake is a member of
NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
925 CONNECTIONS
BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P. Network
393 CONNECTIONS
Robyn Frankel Network
338 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Emergence Capital General Partner
Investment Range
$4.0M - $20.0M
Sweet Spot
$10.0M
Investments On Record
32
Current Fund Size
$575M

Jake Saper is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jake Saper's Investments On Record (16)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Prosper AI
Series AJun 2026$30M
SeedApr 2025$5M
$35M
Co-investors: Adeyemi Ajao (Base10 (Base10 Partners) )
Hanover Park
Series AMar 2026$27M
Series UnknownJan 2025
$27M
Co-investors: Carlotta "Lotti" Siniscalco (Emergence Capital)
Rowspace
Series AFeb 2026$50M
$50M
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures)
Bedrock Robotics
Series BFeb 2026$270M
$350M
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Alex Kolicich (8VC), Kevin Spain (Emergence Capital), Ryan Gibson (Eclipse Ventures), Derek Zanutto (CapitalG), Aidan Madigan-Curtis (Eclipse Ventures)
Vesence
SeedOct 2025$9M
$9.5M
Co-investors: Paul Graham, Pete Koomen
Unify
Series BJul 2025$40M
Series AOct 2024$12M
$60M
Co-investors: Dharmesh Thakker (Battery Ventures), Mandeep Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Saturnin Pugnet (Unknown Ventures), Nate Matherson, Charlie Songhurst, Arash Ferdowsi, Fredrik Hjelm, Zehan Wang
Regal
Series UnknownOct 2024$40M
Series ASep 2022$39M
$83M
Co-investors: David Frankel (Founder Collective), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Edward Lando (Biowear)
Mechanical Orchard
Series AFeb 2024$24M
SeedNov 2022$7M
$100M
Co-investors: Crystal Huang (GV (Google Ventures))

most interested in

ML-powered B2B apps; high usage, product-led growth B2B apps

not interested in

Consumer; hardware; biotech

Jake Saper's Experience

Board Director, Led Series A REGALPresent
Founding Investor BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Investor, Led Series A Robyn FrankelPresent
Investor, Led Series A Logik.ioPresent
Investor, Led First Institutional Round ZoomPresent
Board Observer, Led Series A DroneDeployPresent
Investor, Series B GustoPresent
Board Director, Led Series A GuruPresent
Board Observer, Series C IroncladPresent
Board Director, Led Series A AssembledPresent
Board Director, Led Series A MazePresent
Board Director, Led Series A RegalPresent
Board Director, Led Series A Mechanical OrchardPresent
Board Director, Co-led Founding Round, Led Series A UnifyPresent
Investor, Led Seed Round Prosper AIPresent
Board Director, Led Series A Hanover ParkPresent
Investor, Series B Bedrock RoboticsPresent
Board Director RegalPresent
Board Observer Ironclad, Inc.Present
Senior Associate Katzenbach Partners LLCPresent
Investor Kleiner PerkinsPresent
Board Observer ComfyPresent
Investor Logik.ioPresent
General Partner Emergence CapitalPresent
Investor ZoomPresent
Board Director GuruPresent
Board Observer IroncladPresent
Investor NewCoPresent
Board Director NewCoPresent
Board Director Regal.aiPresent
Investor Zoom Video CommunicationsPresent
Founding Investor and Board Director UnifyPresent
Board Director Guru (getguru.com)Present
Board Director MazePresent
Board Director AssembledPresent
Board Director UnifyPresent
Board Director Regal.ioPresent
Board Director Mechanical OrchardPresent
Investor Logik.aiPresent
Board Director REGALPresent
Board Observer Ironclad, Inc. Present
Board Observer DroneDeployPresent
Board Observer TextioPresent
Board Director VymoPresent
Board Observer Comfy (by Building Robotics)Present
Investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersPresent
Kauffman Fellow Kauffman Fellows2015 - 2017
General Manager - Global Strategy, Business Development, and Operations Astonfield Renewables2009 - 2012
Senior Associate Katzenbach Partners (Booz & Company)2006 - 2009

Jake Saper's Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Stanford University MS Environment & Resources
Yale University BA Political Science and International Studies