Brian Jacobs
Founder and General Partner @ Emergence Capital
San Mateo, United States
Brian Jacobs is a Founder and General Partner at Emergence Capital Partners. He was a Member of the Board of Directors at Hightail. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
- Total investments:
- 40
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 23%
Last updated:
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Industries Brian Jacobs invests in
Stages Brian Jacobs invests in
Countries Brian Jacobs invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $950k–$30M
- Series A
- $7.4M–$100M
- Series B
- $500k–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (15%)
- SaaS 4 (10%)
- Enterprise Software 4 (10%)
- Information Technology 3 (8%)
- Mobile 2 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (18%)
- Series A 4 (10%)
- Series B 4 (10%)
- Series C 4 (10%)
- Series D 4 (10%)
Country
- United States 16 (40%)
- Germany 1 (3%)
- Nigeria 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Idilio
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Idilio TV is a media‑tech startup building an AI‑powered microdrama platform primarily for Spanish‑ and Portuguese‑speaking audiences. | $5.5M / Seed / Jun 09, 2026 | |
| Wordware allows users to create and host their entire LLM stack for AI application development. It offers tools for building, training, and deploying language models. The platform simplifies the integration of various components necessary for AI solutions. Users can manage their applications and data within a unified environment. | $30M / Seed / Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Reset is an earned-wage access platform that offers employees financial wellness and increases employee retention across industries through mission-driven technology. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Feb 29, 2024 | ||
Upwage
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Our mission is to create $1 trillion in new wealth for the 44% of Americans who make less than $16/hr, using the power of big data & AI. | $7.3M / Seed / Jul 01, 2023 | |
| Daivergent is the first reimbursable job-readiness and care delivery platform for the 70 million adult disability population. Our software enables neurodivergent and disability talent to enter the digital workforce for the very first time, supporting industries from artificial intelligence to healthcare and beyond. | $3.3M / Seed / Aug 01, 2022 | ||
| Plateaumed provides a world class EHR/medical practice automation platform, integrated clinical decision support and patient connect channels to African public and private hospitals | Pre-Seed / Jun 30, 2022 | ||
| Impartner delivers robust SaaS-based partner relationship management and marketing automation platform solutions. The company is driven by a mission to enable companies to maximize revenue opportunities throughout the complete customer sales lifecycle. | $50M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 13, 2021 | ||
| AnimalBiome provides personalized nutrition services rooted in the science of the microbiome to improve the gut health of dogs and cats. AnimalBiome’s microbiome tests characterize the gut microbiome of individual pets to help provide useful nutrition recommendations, and its restorative supplements are made with material sourced directly fromhealthy pets to introduce missing beneficial microbes and balance the microbiome. | $8.6M / Series A / Jun 17, 2021 | ||
| AnimalBiome provides personalized nutrition services rooted in the science of the microbiome to improve the gut health of dogs and cats. AnimalBiome’s microbiome tests characterize the gut microbiome of individual pets to help provide useful nutrition recommendations, and its restorative supplements are made with material sourced directly fromhealthy pets to introduce missing beneficial microbes and balance the microbiome. | $1.3M / Seed / Jul 17, 2020 | ||
| AnimalBiome provides personalized nutrition services rooted in the science of the microbiome to improve the gut health of dogs and cats. AnimalBiome’s microbiome tests characterize the gut microbiome of individual pets to help provide useful nutrition recommendations, and its restorative supplements are made with material sourced directly fromhealthy pets to introduce missing beneficial microbes and balance the microbiome. | $1.6M / Seed / Feb 13, 2019 | ||
| See all 40 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Emergence Capital
Emergence Capital provides financial backing and strategic guidance to startup founders from initial financing rounds through potential public offerings. Investment areas include business-to-business cloud platforms, horizontal software architectures, vertical industry applications, and artificial intelligence systems. Partner configurations focus on centralized strategy contributions, institutional diligence support, and operational advising across the portfolio.
Emergence Capital Contacts
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Brian Jacobs
Founder and General Partner
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David Singer
Chief Financial Officer
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Doug Landis
Growth Partner
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Everett Cox
Venture Partner
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Gordon Ritter
Founder and General Partner
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FAQ
What does Brian Jacobs invest in?
Brian Jacobs invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Brian Jacobs invest in?
Brian Jacobs typically joins rounds of $950k–$30M at Seed, $7.4M–$100M at Series A and $500k–$16M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Brian Jacobs's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Brian Jacobs took part in.
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When did Brian Jacobs last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Brian Jacobs closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 40 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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