# Emily Zhao

> Emily Zhao is a Series A investor at Salesforce Ventures backing Information Technology. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyyangzhao/

Emily Zhao is a Series A investor at Salesforce Ventures focused on Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence. Emily is a principal at Salesforce Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Web Development | 1 | 50% |
| Cloud Management | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Upscale AI | Upscale AI is a high‑performance AI networking company accelerating AI democratization with open‑standard and full‑stack turnkey solutions. | $190M | Series A | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| Fal | Fal is a generative media platform that focuses on providing developers with tools for creating audio, video, and images using artificial intelligence. The platform enables users to generate media content quickly and efficiently, streamlining the creative process. Fal offers a suite of features that support rapid inference, allowing developers toimplement AI-generated media in their projects seamlessly. | $125M | Series C | Jul 31, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Google AI Futures Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ai-futures-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kindred Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindred-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maverick Silicon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maverick-silicon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Salesforce Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Salesforce Ventures provides venture capital funding and growth support for enterprise software companies. The firm invests globally across a range of sectors including cloud infrastructure, security, AI, data and infrastructure platforms, and industry-specific applications. It supports companies from seed stage through growth rounds, offeringfinancial backing along with connections to enterprise customers and integration opportunities within a wider cloud ecosystem. Salesforce Ventures also aims to help its portfolio firms through strategic introductions, feedback, and access to network resources to support development and market entry.

5 contacts available at Salesforce Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ken Asada | Partner, Head of Japan | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-asada |
| Alexandra Makreas | Head of Marketing and Communications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexa-makreas |
| Claudine Emeott | Partner, Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claudine-emeott |
| Emily Zhao | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-zhao-da74 |
| John Somorjai | Executive Vice President, Corporate Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-somorjai |

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## FAQ

### What does Emily Zhao invest in?

Emily Zhao invests primarily in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Emily Zhao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Emily Zhao closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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