# Emerge Ventures

> Emerge Ventures is a VC fund in Nicosia backing SaaS and EdTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emergo-ventures
- Website: http://www.emergoventures.net

Emerge Ventures is a VC fund in Nicosia focused on SaaS and EdTech. Emerge Ventures was started in 2008 to innovatively apply paradigm-changing scientific and technological advances to the discovery and development of novel, personalized therapies and affordable, high-quality food. It provides founder-scientists with business expertise, commercial knowledge, and extensive networks comprised of highly accomplishedleaders in business, science, and technology who have made ELS's work their life’s mission. The result is a singular ecosystem of cutting-edge discovery, go-to-market acumen, and management expertise.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $16k–$6.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| EdTech | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Education | 1 | 25% |
| Consulting | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Grant | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 25% |
| Israel | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mahesh Pratapneni | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahesh-pratapneni |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nexteen | Nexteen.org, a global innovation program for 13-19 year olds to use exponential technologies to work towards solving global challenges. A human accelerator program with a global community that helps young people make a real world impact. 120+ Alumini | $16K | Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Nexteen | Nexteen.org, a global innovation program for 13-19 year olds to use exponential technologies to work towards solving global challenges. A human accelerator program with a global community that helps young people make a real world impact. 120+ Alumini | $10K | Grant | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Stigg | Stigg is a platform that enables software companies to be nimble in their pricing and packaging while freeing up development resources. | $6.4M | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Canza Finance | Canza is building the world's largest non-institutional-based financial system. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 22, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bixin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bixin-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ConsenSys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-systems) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Davoa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/davoa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dominance Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominance-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emergent Ventures (Mercatus Center)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergent-ventures-mercatus-center) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Emerge Ventures invest in?

Emerge Ventures invests primarily in SaaS, EdTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Emerge Ventures's check size?

Emerge Ventures typically joins rounds of $16k–$6.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Emerge Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Emerge Ventures?

Public channels for Emerge Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Emerge Ventures?

The team at Emerge Ventures includes Mahesh Pratapneni (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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