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Emerge Education
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Emerge is a $75M pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world's best human capital development operators. Our vision is to unlock human potential by being a catalytic partner for early-stage founders. AI is reshaping work – fully automating some jobs, changing others and creating totally new ones. People need to adapt quickly or risk being left behind. We invest in companies that help people unlock their potential, by providing the tools, skills and confidence to thrive in this new world. We focus on Human Capital Development (HCD), a ~$4T global market that has produced ~7,500 VC-backed exits, 136 unicorns and $126B+ in exit value in the last decade. As AI creates a $15T+ productivity opportunity, HCD is emerging as the critical enablement layer that converts technological progress into economic output and human flourishing.
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“10 years ago, founders were probably an ex-teacher or an ex-head of [learning and development] with an ok technical cofounder. Now, with the role of AI and large language models, you've got a completely different type of founder who's really tech-savvy, almost deeptech. They're machine learning graduates, they're [physicists], they're mathematicians, they have a completely different understanding of building products, building for scalability, building rapidly.”
“We're heading, I guess, for a category which is less 'edtech' or future of work, and probably more human potential.”
“I am the son of immigrants whose life was changed by education. I founded Emerge with the vision to democratise access to opportunity by being a catalytic partner to early-stage founders, so that others would not have to rely on the same luck that I had.”
Recent investments
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| Learn Capital | 2 |
| Nordic Makers | 2 |
| Index Ventures | 1 |
| Point Nine | 1 |
| TomCat Ventures | 1 |
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