Jake Saper

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States18 yrs 3 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • General Partner at Emergence Capital with $3.5B AUM.
  • Invested in iconic B2B software companies and emerging AI leaders.
  • Expert in Venture Capital and Business Strategy.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital expert specializing in AI-native services and B2B software investments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalBusiness Strategy

Other Skills

Start-upsStrategyManagement ConsultingFinancial ModelingBusiness DevelopmentCorporate DevelopmentPrivate EquityCleantechRenewable EnergyEmerging MarketsStrategic PlanningMergers & AcquisitionsEnergyRestructuringSaaS

Experience

Bedrock robotics

Investor, Series B

Nov 2025 – Present Β· 5 mos

  • Waymo for construction πŸ€–πŸ—οΈ

Rowspace

Board Director, Co-led Series A

Oct 2025 – Present Β· 6 mos

  • Helping the world's largest investors transform messy, fragmented, and heterogeneous data into specialized intelligence that scales their judgment and accelerates their workflows 🧠⚑

Hanover park

Board Director, Led Series A

Oct 2025 – Present Β· 6 mos

  • AI-native fund administration. Powering billions in assets under management for the most innovative investors in the world πŸ€–πŸ¦

Prosper ai

Investor, Led Seed Round

Mar 2025 – Present Β· 1 yr 1 mo

  • AI agents to improve healthcare operations πŸ₯

Unify

Board Director, Co-led Founding Round, Led Series A

Jan 2024 – Present Β· 2 yrs 3 mos Β· San Francisco Bay Area

  • Unify helps companies rapidly increase pipeline by bringing together prospecting, personalization, and engagement in one unified workflow. They top it all off with some crazy cool AI πŸͺ„

Mechanical orchard

Board Director, Led Series A

Nov 2023 – Present Β· 2 yrs 5 mos Β· San Francisco Bay Area

  • Mechanical Orchard is using GenAI to modernize mission-critical applications still stuck in mainframes πŸ’Ύ->☁️

Logik.ai

Investor, Led Series A

Feb 2023 – May 2025 Β· 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Sourced and drove Emergence's investment in Logik in partnership with Santi Subotovsky. Logik sold to ServiceNow in May 2025 βš™οΈπŸ’°

Regal.ai

Board Director, Led Series A

Oct 2021 – Present Β· 4 yrs 6 mos Β· New York, New York, United States

  • Regal provides a voice AI agent platform πŸ€–πŸ“ž

Maze

Board Director, Led Series A

Feb 2021 – Present Β· 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Maze is the modern user research platform πŸ”πŸ§ 

Assembled

Board Director, Led Series A

Nov 2020 – Present Β· 5 yrs 5 mos

  • Assembled is the operations platform providing AI agents for modern support teams πŸ€–πŸŽ§

Ironclad, inc.

Board Observer, Series C

Aug 2019 – Present Β· 6 yrs 8 mos Β· San Francisco Bay Area

  • Ironclad is the leading provider of AI-enabled contract management software πŸ“œ

Guru (getguru.com)

Board Director, Led Series A

Aug 2017 – Present Β· 8 yrs 8 mos Β· Philadelphia and San Francisco

  • Guru combines the best parts of AI search, a knowledge base, and an intranet into a single, seamless platform for the modern workplace πŸ”ŽπŸ“š

Gusto

Investor, Series B

Apr 2015 – Present Β· 11 yrs

  • Back office suite for SMBs πŸ’΅

Dronedeploy

Board Observer, Led Series A

Mar 2015 – Present Β· 11 yrs 1 mo Β· San Francisco Bay Area

  • DroneDeploy is putting drones to work in the resources sectors and beyond πŸ€–πŸš

Kauffman fellows

Kauffman Fellow

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 Β· 2 yrs

  • Kauffman Fellows are an annually chosen group of individuals from the venture capital industry, who engage in a 24-month apprenticeship including professional coaching, mentoring by senior partners, and quarterly sessions of industry and leadership curriculum. As ongoing participants in the Society of Kauffman Fellows throughout their careers, fellows join a trusted network -- in Silicon Valley and around the world.

Zoom

Investor, Led First Institutional Round

Dec 2014 – Present Β· 11 yrs 4 mos

  • Led diligence on Emergence's investment in Zoom. We were the first institutional investors in the company, and my partner Santi Subotovsky joined the board πŸ§‘β€πŸ’»

Emergence capital

General Partner

Sep 2014 – Present Β· 11 yrs 7 mos Β· San Francisco Bay Area

  • Emergence partners with founders changing the way the world works. We bend the odds on the journey from emerging to iconic.
  • We have ~$3.5B in AUM, and our investments include iconic B2B software companies like Salesforce, Veeva, Gusto, Box, Bill.com, Doximity, and Zoom, as well as emerging AI leaders like Together.ai, Physical Intelligence, and more πŸš€πŸš€πŸš€
Venture CapitalStart-upsStrategyBusiness StrategyManagement ConsultingFinancial Modeling+11

Kleiner perkins caufield & byers

Investor

Jun 2013 – Feb 2014 Β· 8 mos Β· San Francisco Bay Area

  • As part of KPCB's Green Growth Fund, I sourced opportunities and led due diligence in the geospatial, ag tech, and enterprise SaaS sectors.

Astonfield renewables

General Manager - Global Strategy, Business Development, and Operations

Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 Β· 3 yrs Β· Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Astonfield is a developer of utility-scale solar power plants in emerging markets, including India, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • As a member of the executive team, I helped to set and execute a corporate strategy to position Astonfield as a leading provider of renewable energy in emerging markets.
  • I led the firm’s Mid East and Africa Business Development initiatives and played a core role in strategic procurement, corporate communications, and equity financing efforts.

Katzenbach partners (booz & company)

Senior Associate

Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 Β· 3 yrs Β· New York City

  • Katzenbach Partners was a generalist management consultancy with a focus on integrating strategy problem-solving with insight into organizational effectiveness. Founded by former McKinsey Director Jon Katzenbach, the firm merged with Booz & Co. in 2009.
  • I led strategic engagements for Fortune 500 clients, focusing largely on the energy sector (upstream, midstream, and downstream).

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

Stanford University

MS Environment & Resources

Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

Yale University

BA β€” Political Science and International Studies

Jan 2002 – Jan 2006

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