# Emerging Ventures

> Emerging Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emerging-vc/
- Website: https://emerging.vc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmergingVentures

Emerging Ventures is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Souther CA based venture capital fund investing in early-stage emerging tech startups.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 26% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 26% |
| SaaS | 3 | 16% |
| Advertising | 3 | 16% |
| Sensor | 2 | 11% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 37% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 63% |
| Canada | 4 | 21% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Mandel | Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-mandel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taiv | Taiv is an advertising technology company that provides AI-driven media solutions to transform how businesses manage and monetize television screens in venues like bars, restaurants, and retail locations. Its platform includes a small hardware device that connects to existing TVs to detect commercial breaks in real time and automatically replace oroverlay content with venue-specific promotions, partner ads, trivia, and branded messaging tailored to on-site audiences. Taiv also offers a web-based management interface that lets venue operators schedule content, control what appears on displays, and access revenue reporting for ads shown in their establishments. The company’s technology integrates AI and computer vision to monitor live feeds and switch inputs without disrupting traditional viewing experiences, enabling targeted advertising and digital signage workflows that align with business goals. Taiv works with media buyers, brands, and venue owners to deliver measurable ad placements and engage patrons with customized content while providing a new revenue stream through shared ad monetization. Its services include installation, content automation, and remote scheduling support that help venues optimize screen usage and audience engagement. | $13M | Series A | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Taiv | Taiv is an advertising technology company that provides AI-driven media solutions to transform how businesses manage and monetize television screens in venues like bars, restaurants, and retail locations. Its platform includes a small hardware device that connects to existing TVs to detect commercial breaks in real time and automatically replace oroverlay content with venue-specific promotions, partner ads, trivia, and branded messaging tailored to on-site audiences. Taiv also offers a web-based management interface that lets venue operators schedule content, control what appears on displays, and access revenue reporting for ads shown in their establishments. The company’s technology integrates AI and computer vision to monitor live feeds and switch inputs without disrupting traditional viewing experiences, enabling targeted advertising and digital signage workflows that align with business goals. Taiv works with media buyers, brands, and venue owners to deliver measurable ad placements and engage patrons with customized content while providing a new revenue stream through shared ad monetization. Its services include installation, content automation, and remote scheduling support that help venues optimize screen usage and audience engagement. | $7.8M | Series A | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| Qase | Qase is a B2B SaaS platform that reinvents how law firms and legal organizations manage legal referrals. | $785K | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2024 |  |
| Forcen | Forcen is a tier 1 supplier of Force/Torque sensor systems and edge intelligence to robotics OEMs. A comprehensive plug-and-play sensing network for your robot's force/torque systems. | $6.1M | Series A | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| Modelwise | Modelwise is a Munich-based industrial tech company that leverages AI to automate safety engineering. Their engineering software streamlines safety analysis, saving engineers valuable time and improving analysis quality. With their innovative technology, Modelwise enables engineers to design better products faster. | $2.2M | Seed | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| Happy Cabbage Analytics | Happy Cabbage Analytics provides a data analytics and insights platform for the cannabis industry. It focuses on bridging the gap between data and action via the integration of analytics, pricing, and marketing into a single automated platform. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Binarly | Binarly is a global firmware and software supply chain security company founded in 2021. The company’s flagship Binarly Transparency Platform is an enterprise-class, AI-powered solution used by device manufacturers, OEMs, IBVs and product security teams to identify known and unknown vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and signs of malicious codeimplantation. Binarly’s validated remediation playbooks have significantly reduced the cost and time to respond to security exposures. Based in Los Angeles, California, Binarly brings decades of research and program analysis expertise to build solutions to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, and consumers around the world. | $3.6M | Seed | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Binarly | Binarly is a global firmware and software supply chain security company founded in 2021. The company’s flagship Binarly Transparency Platform is an enterprise-class, AI-powered solution used by device manufacturers, OEMs, IBVs and product security teams to identify known and unknown vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and signs of malicious codeimplantation. Binarly’s validated remediation playbooks have significantly reduced the cost and time to respond to security exposures. Based in Los Angeles, California, Binarly brings decades of research and program analysis expertise to build solutions to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, and consumers around the world. | $3.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 08, 2022 |  |
| Acquicent | Acquicent was a financial technology company that operated a marketplace for shares of museum-grade, collectible treasure assets. It ceased operations in December 2024. | $760K | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| ABCS Insights | ABCS Insights is a global leader in advertising insights, data and analytics. Real world outcomes is the goal of advertising, and ABCS Insights is at the forefront of re-inventing attribution and audience. Measuring behavior across all platforms and channels to discover what works, we help our clients deliver value. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Acrobator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrobator-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [10X Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A.GAIN (Formerly IDC Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idc-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Emerging Ventures invest in?

Emerging Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Emerging Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Emerging Ventures?

The team at Emerging Ventures includes David Mandel (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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