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Our Investment in CrunchBase

September 22, 2015

Big news particularly use CrunchBase excited announce Emergence Capital funding stand-alone company newly spun AOL Verizon started talking early 2015 learned became potential mission invest cloud visionaries building important business applications widely used tech community beyond team done phenomenal job today Imagine additional resources come invested recruited fantastic new CEO Jager McConnell joining Matt Kaufman decade leadership roles Salesforce.com founded 2007 crowd-sourced database track startups developed leading platform private information 860 000 people profiles Already go-to source data rich opportunity become definitive worldwide work partners help build vision perspective investment example dedication commitment supporting best thrilled welcome portfolio Find announcement

What’s Next For Enterprise Mobile: The Mobile Enterprise Industry Report, 2015

September 8, 2015

full Mobile Enterprise Report quickly becoming next major tech platform shift early SaaS rise creating wealth new opportunities entrepreneurs Emergence Capital analyzing space last five years tracking start-ups funding rounds applications companies enabling apps grow number stage deals grown 33 2010 147 2014 Moreover 4.2 billion raised app July 2015 Given growth set create first ever Trend aims answer three questions 1 matter 2 today terms creation 3 snapshot findings included Application Landscape Trends Annual dollars invested CAGR 38 5 similar days learning capitalize Among 313 interesting note approximately one-third focused specific industry vertical contrast nearly across horizontal found centered around productivity Microsoft playing prominent role acquired productivity-focused 6Wunderkinder Sunrise Accompli Looking leading several later Dropbox Box Square others Doximity ServiceMax approaching unicorn status Enabler understand helping developers jobs effectively collectively referred enablers past year published includes 220 segmented problems trying help solve shows user engagement development efficiency key pain points Acquisition activity heaviest analytics suggesting developer evolving monetization categories surprisingly uncrowded indicating big opportunity accelerating amount double 2013 service web unsurprising web-based interfaces seen areas deep linking telephony Predictions expect see continued improvements desk extension expanded use non-desk workers focus verticals healthcare construction field deskless Finally predict adoption markets inherently business used going global future read

Havana Nights: Our 10th Annual Terrace Party

June 29, 2015

Last night tenth annual Emergence Capital Terrace Party celebrated start summer colleagues tech community took time reflect milestone moved current office wrap around ten years ago first saw love sight wait share spectacular space friends started intimate gathering now become well-attended industry event portfolio companies execs past present fellow VCs entrepreneurs broader representing full range celebrating together growth getting better year indicative larger trend enterprise startup ecosystem never exciting investor stayed committed original thesis software move cloud relevant today decade continue invest innovators changing business recent investment ZenPayroll great example excited see technology shape future work stands something else belief venture people money value tradition taking Spring celebrate collective Enjoy pictures highlighting

Our Investment in High Alpha

June 10, 2015

excited announce partnership Scott Dorsey founder former CEO ExactTarget new startup studio High Alpha known decade always admired built successful SaaS company Salesforce buy opportunity arose collaborate next venture Emergence jumped chance lunch last December shared vision team best talent Mid-West build generation enterprise cloud companies Around time three top entrepreneurs Indianapolis Mike Fitzgerald EVP Corporate Development Kristian Andersen designer investor Eric Tobias iGoDigital brainstorming creating B2B businesses Indy four founders born mission world-class startups Capital thrilled invest relish gain fresh perspective outside Silicon Valley able leverage pools focus growth times easy somewhat myopic important business problems tomorrow look opportunities angle contribute insights 12 years investing leading investment Quasar Ventures builder Latin America experience strong executives great partner Santi Subotovsky led closely involved passion founding combined decades deep network makes proud part winning formula

Why We Invested in Zenpayroll

May 8, 2015

mission Emergence Capital important partner enterprise cloud companies mean business application selling size SMB space difficult sector historically target evolution ease use software applications leveraged distribution models today allowed new set exciting young emerge Zenpayoll perfect example transforming payroll industry dramatically simpler effective solution great product traction believe talents ambitions founding team Zenpayroll Joshua Reeves bold vision painful tedious headache-laden process become area connect authentically deeply employees already won thousands customers fastest growing SaaS businesses pleasure partnering incredibly excited help achieve potential look forward years partners together

Announcing ECP IV: Enterprise Next

February 11, 2015

thrilled announce close fourth fund Emergence Capital Partners IV fortunate position choose investors size support investment strategy reflection concluded 335 million perfect big small now shy 1B management focused future enterprise technology remained committed original thesis software move cloud continue invest visionaries building leading companies new lets important partner portfolio means getting involved early company's life time truly engage founders back Venture relationships wanted ensure allows investing gradually add thoughtfully team welcomed Santi Subotovsky fifth year continued depth proudest moments learning 100 current institutional sign newest excited welcome handful premier university endowments foundations ECP started goals attract LPs respected institutions world gained confidence Looking ahead incredibly energized opportunities leverage build first firm predict importance SaaS focus promise investments Salesforce.com CRM SuccessFactors SFSF acquired SAP Veeva Systems VEEV Yammer Microsoft Box among others Today focusing next never diverse interesting set

The Fastest Growing SaaS Company You’ve Never Heard Of… Until Now!

February 4, 2015

thrilled announce investment Zoom fastest growing SaaS companies world Emergence Capital always lookout next big enterprise call excited founders vision see going coupled technical expertise make happen Eric Yuan CEO team building generation cloud-based video conferencing viral growth incredible Collaboration areas getting massively disrupted convergence three major forces cloud mobile end-user decision making becoming default infrastructure communication Ubiquitous devices enabling business users completely under-served desktop laptop environment Finally technology decisions increasingly made end-users select applications offer best user experience capitalized met Founder knew something amazing Eric's Webex provided unique knowledge video-collaboration technologies obsession customer enabled build solution delightful use talked passion love expressed rarely hear talk customers looked metrics confirmed built planet adoption engagement chart compared publicly available benchmarks example took five months grow 1 million 2 phenomenal fast-growing freemium Evernote Yammer Hootsuite needed seven 2MM living exceptional time startups gave great insights consumerized products adopted work environments seen explode right product price point believe kind partner bring state-of-the-art every ready awesome company Download application try

Why the Journey Has Only Begun for Box

January 23, 2015

post originally appeared Medium Box co-founders Aaron Levie Dylan Smith today reached milestone startups dream achieve going public NYSE amazing decade long journey dynamic young duo COO Dan Levin Knowing ambitions beginning investors began 2010 wild ride last 5 years knew wanted partners mission build frictionless content collaboration enterprise cloud apps business professionals around globe Beyond vision though time invested disruptive freemium model intrigued grown 3X year mostly inbound leads limited inside sales staff organization stands 1 000 strong talented marketing talent world Marc Benioff Salesforce fame stated fight war without army built IPO raised ammunition win biggest battles place store share important valuable corporate leader great ambition passion fearlessness determination humor traits look deeply admire entrepreneurs companies back proud recognize portfolio company 2014 congratulate entire team significant importantly wait see next

Donuts Receives “Emergence Award” for 2014

December 19, 2014

year Emergence Capital gives award portfolio company called big successful sale IPO working tail executing making customers happy often without public recognition give know success come sudden stroke genius mysterious super-power comes years hard work planning evangelizing fundraising countless tough decisions become famous next 2-3 want recognize congratulate Paul Stahura founder CEO Donuts real domain expert Previously founded eNom grew second largest name registrar behind Godaddy sold Demand Media spent selling names recognized Internet move beyond web everything ending com net vision new incorporates true meaning website addresses photographers using sites end photography accountants accountant venture capitalist ventures showing spectacular results today almost 10 started recruiting world class founding team individuals demonstrated every aspect business together analyzing semantic value various strings calculating suffixes improve sufficient make healthy profit ICANN launched opened application process filed 307 applications 3x nearest competitor Google Luckily raised 90 million predicting face Amazon auctions resolve overlapping made substantial personal investment alongside investors instincts experience mathematical modeling capabilities went head tech giants won majority contests offers bike restaurant florist shoes diamonds camera farm agency technology computer email digital network rentals vacations condos cruises flights holiday bargains discount deals cheap loans insure credit tax investments healthcare surgery dental clinic care partners associates fund first January 2014 millionth October average prices 25 per seeing growth already cashflow positive Paul's 2015 plans bigger bolder change think thrilled receiving

Box Named the Emergence Capital 2014 Company of the Year

December 19, 2014

pleased honored present 2014 Emergence Capital Company Year Award Box Jason Green General Partner Dan Levin COO Almost exactly 4 years ago December 2010 met Aaron Levie update blown away progress made full fledged transition B2C B2B knew wanted part mission collaboration business professionals cloud point grown 3X doubled employee count eyes clearly focused enterprise company's freemium model working bigger customers starting upgrade believed become important Fast forward today 1 000 employees 30 million users 275 thousand organizations use product 40k paying including 99 Fortune 500 companies incredible enormous opportunity ahead 2 billion connected world need access documents want set leader category executed aggressively raising process proud associated impressed growth gotten passion ambition great humility humor traits seek entrepreneurs back quite confident see continue achieve success marketplace Congratulations