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.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 35 co-investors found.
- 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 2026-09-06 · confidence medium
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