Jake Saper

Jake Saper

General Partner atEmergence CapitalFirm active Sep 24San Francisco

Jake Saper is a General Partner at Emergence Capital, focusing on enterprise AI investments. He led diligence on Zoom and invests in AI-native services, agentic software, and physical world AI.

What Jake can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target> 12%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Emergence Capital writes $1M to $30M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Emergence Capital.

Career

  1. Kleiner Perkins · venture career
  2. Emergence Capital · General Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

ZoomOpenAI's Deployment CompanyHanover ParkProsper AIMechanical OrchardUnifyIroncladLogik.aiRowspaceBedrock RoboticsDroneDeploy

Focus

enterprise aiai-native servicesagentic softwarephysical world ai

Education

Yale, BAStanford, MS

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Who is Jake Saper?

Jake Saper is a General Partner at Emergence Capital, focusing on enterprise AI investments. He led diligence on Zoom and invests in AI-native services, agentic software, and physical world AI.

How much does Jake Saper invest?

Jake Saper invests through Emergence Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $30M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Jake Saper?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Jake in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Emergence Capital backed works better.

What did Jake Saper do before Emergence Capital?

venture career at Kleiner Perkins.

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