We're the investor that founders want.

Founded by a serial entrepreneur with several successful exits, we give founders quick feedback on investment decisions, a commitment to future rounds, and strategic and operational support – so they can focus on growing their business. We are a team of successful founders, investors, and operators, that love learning and investing in seed stage companies and supporting them through their stages of growth.

$25MM

Personal capital invested

Portfolio companies

75%

Follow-on investments

We invest in

Founders at the seed-stage of growth and beyond. We invest our own capital in the best startup ideas, unbound by traditional sector or geographic constraints. We have an affinity for empowering female, diversity and international founders - our current portfolio is comprised of 45% female and diverse founders and 55% international.

Why founders choose Emles

Bridge capital

Quick access to additional pre-Series A capital keeps you sprinting forward

Lending

Unique debt offering optimizes cost of capital and maximizes founders’ equity

Quick decisions

Receive investment decisions within 72 hours of the first meeting

Unconstrained

No boxes to check, no bureaucracy, nothing to defend, just the best ideas

“Nothing means more to an entrepreneur than when your investors stick with you and even double-down on their investment through each fundraising round – just like Gabriel did.”

“Manny understood our vision very quickly. Because of that, the time between our initial conversations and getting the details of our funding went very quickly – a speed that made us both happy and grateful.”

“Manny regularly reaches out to share important industry news, give me names of people I should talk to as industry connections or candidates we might hire, and he regularly shares tips on managing the company and fundraising strategies. It’s been really important to have that sounding board.”

“Commons’ commitment to helping underserved communities is very much aligned with Emles. Emles wants to serve diverse communities and partner with founders who had the skill and experience to fulfill that goal.”