Solving the “User vs. Chooser” Dilemma — By Yazan El-Baba, Senior Associate, Emergence Capital Last month, Salesforce officially closed on its record-breaking $27B acquisition of Slack. This closing is monumental for a variety of reasons. (Check out my partner Jake’s thoughts on how this move signals the evolution towards Deep Collaboration.) My personal favorite is that it…

Enterprise-focused firm based in San Francisco Bay Area — Emergence is growing and we are looking to add a new member to our investment team! In this partner-track position, you will play a critical role in supporting the firm’s due diligence efforts, monitoring and assisting Emergence’s portfolio companies, researching investment themes, and helping source new deals. This is a…

By Yazan El-Baba, Associate, Emergence Capital On the heels of another impressive HubSpot earnings release, we decided to dive into what is driving the team’s continued success six years post-IPO. Many people know HubSpot for the way they pioneered inbound selling, but their pricing strategy is equally as instructive. …

By The Partners of Emergence At Emergence, we’ve always promoted investment professionals from within our firm. This allows us to teach the “Emergence Way” of practicing venture capital as folks come up the curve. …

Emergence Founder & GP Gordon Ritter shares how enterprising founders can adapt to the new unwritten rules of fundraising. — By Gordon Ritter, Founder & General Partner, Emergence VC activity may have climbed back up to pre-pandemic levels, but that statistic masks an important development: COVID has changed the rules for startup funding. On one hand, the pandemic has sparked some positive founder-friendly developments. For starters, it’s dramatically easier to…

By Doug Landis, Growth Partner, Emergence It is an interesting, roller-coaster of a time to be a sales leader. When the pandemic first struck, budgets completely froze, and startups braced for the worst. As time has passed, the tech economy hasn’t been hit as strongly as many expected, but many…

By Joseph Floyd, Emergence General Partner Today, I am proud to formally welcome Outlier.ai into the Emergence family. Earlier this year, we led their $22.1M Series B, and as our first investment of the new decade, Outlier holds a lot of meaning. My relationship with Outlier’s CEO & Co-Founder Sean…

By Santi Subotovsky, Emergence General Partner Today, we are excited to officially announce our partnership with Airkit, the world’s first low-code platform for customer engagement, as part of their coming-out-of-stealth announcement and our $21.6M Series A commitment. Co-founders Stephen Ehikian, CEO, and Adam Evans, CTO, are on a mission to…

Advice for entrepreneurs and early-stage teams who are looking to hire top talent in a remote world. — By Tammy Han, Head of Talent, Emergence We are in a very unique time for hiring. As the uncertainty of the pandemic continues, there remains a lot of uncertainty around long-term hiring plans as well. Most companies are adapting their strategies to fit our new normal and determining what their…