EMERGING
emerging.com Direct investor
EMERGING is a growth capital fund that invests in technology-driven companies in the restaurant and entertainment sector. It also provides an acceleration platform with operating resources and strategic support.
EMERGING is a venture capital firm headquartered in Chicago, United States. It invests directly in companies, at growth, in restaurant, entertainment, hospitality tech and AI. 16 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“EMERGING is a growth capital fund at the forefront of the technology-driven transformation in the restaurant and entertainment sector.”
— EMERGING, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Stage
- Growth
- Headquarters
- Chicago, United States
- Sectors
- restaurant, entertainment, hospitality tech, AI, competitive social entertainment
- Portfolio
- 16 companies
Team, as EMERGING publishes it
- Dave Bagley Operating Partner
- Adam Breeden Innovation Partner and Founder/Co-Founder of Flight Club, Puttshack, F1 Arcade, Hijingo
- John Davie Founding Operating Partner, CEO of Buyers Edge Platform
- Randy DeWitt Innovation Partner & Founder/CEO of FB Society, Rock Fish, Twin Peaks, Velvet Taco, Whiskey Cake
- Sterling Douglass Venture Partner and CoFounder/ CEO of Chowly
- Mathew Focht Founding Managing Partner
Names and roles exactly as listed on emerging.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 35 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- A.Capital Ventures 1 shared company: pinterest.com
- A-Star Partners, LLC 1 shared company: pinterest.com
- Ally Bridge Group 1 shared company: pinterest.com
- Augurey Ventures 1 shared company: pinterest.com
- Birchmere Ventures 1 shared company: pinterest.com
- Charger Investment Partners LP 1 shared company: pinterest.com
- Corazon Capital 1 shared company: pinterest.com
- Darwin Ventures, LLC 1 shared company: pinterest.com
- Defy.vc 1 shared company: pinterest.com
- Denver Ventures 1 shared company: pinterest.com
and 25 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page EMERGING publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://emerging.com/name, sectors, status
- https://emerging.com/aboutis_investor, layer, type, stage_min, stage_max, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, people
- https://emerging.com/portfolioportfolio_count
- https://www.sec.gov/data-research/sec-markets-data/information-about-registered-investment-advisers-exempt-reporting-advisershq_country, hq_city
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Record 4040 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence medium
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