# Emergence Capital (slim)

> Emergence Capital's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Bland AI, Cline Bot Inc., Guru Technologies, Inc., Gusto, Inc. and 3 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emergence-capital/index.md (~1,250 tokens) · this version ~1,130 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emergence-capital/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emergence-capital/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Venture firm.

Website: https://www.emcap.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Bland AI**, Series B, February 2025, Funding, June 2026, led a round
  - [Bland AI API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bland-ai.md), graded B, 63.9/100
  - Source: https://www.bland.ai/blog/bland-raises-a-40m-series-b
- **Cline Bot Inc.**, Seed and Series A, July 2025, led a round
  - [Cline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md), graded C, 60.5/100
  - Source: https://cline.bot/blog/cline-raises-32m-series-a-and-seed-funding-building-the-open-source-ai-coding-agent-that-enterprises-trust
- **Guru Technologies, Inc.**, Series C, April 2020
  - [Guru](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guru.md), graded E, 45.3/100
  - Source: https://www.getguru.com/blog/guru-closes-30-million-series-c-funding-led-by-accel
- **Gusto, Inc.**, July 2018 round
  - [Gusto](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gusto.md), graded B, 63.3/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/31/gusto-raises-140-million-to-go-after-small-business-payroll-and-benefits-with-more-gusto/
- **Together AI**, Series A, November 2023, Series A extension, March 2024, Series B, February 2025, Series C, July 2026
  - [Together Code Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.md), graded D, 53.7/100
  - [Together AI Fine-tuning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-fine-tuning.md), graded C, 54.8/100
  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/series-a
- **Together Computer, Inc.**, Series A, November 2023, Series A extension, March 2024, Series B, February 2025, Series C, July 2026
  - [Together AI Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.md), graded B, 67.8/100
  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/series-a
- **Verda**, Series B, September 2026, led a round
  - [Verda](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verda.md), graded B, 62.3/100
  - Source: https://verda.com/blog/what-189m-in-funding-unlocks-for-verda-customers

## Where they invest

- Conversational voice agents, 1
- Agent harnesses, 1
- Company knowledge & data catalogues, 1
- Payroll infrastructure, 1
- Code execution sandboxes, 1
- Fine-tuning, 1
- Model APIs & inference, 1
- GPU & serverless compute, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Isaiah Granet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/isaiah-granet/), Bland AI
- [Sobhan Nejad](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sobhan-nejad/), Bland AI
- [Rick Nucci](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rick-nucci/), Guru Technologies, Inc.
- [Mitch Stewart](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mitch-stewart/), Guru Technologies, Inc.
- [Josh Reeves](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/josh-reeves/), Gusto, Inc.
- [Edward Kim](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/edward-kim/), Gusto, Inc.
- [Tomer London](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tomer-london/), Gusto, Inc.
- [Vipul Ved Prakash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vipul-ved-prakash/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Ce Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ce-zhang/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Tri Dao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tri-dao/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Chris Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-re/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Percy Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/percy-liang/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Ruben Bryon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ruben-bryon/), Verda

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Emergence Capital invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Bland AI, Cline Bot Inc., Guru Technologies, Inc., Gusto, Inc., Together AI, Together Computer, Inc.

### How are Emergence Capital's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Bland AI API + MCP (B, 63.9), Cline (C, 60.5), Guru (E, 45.3), Gusto (B, 63.3), Together Code Sandbox (D, 53.7), Together AI Fine-tuning (C, 54.8), Together AI Inference (B, 67.8) and Verda (B, 62.3).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.