Jake Saper
VCGeneral Partner, Emergence Capital
AI-native services and agentic enterprise software investor
San Francisco, CA$4M–$20M checks3 notable investments
SeedSeries ASeries B+
AIEnterprise SaaSRoboticsInfrastructureData
Background
Jake Saper is a General Partner at Emergence Capital, where he has spent over a decade backing enterprise AI companies. He attended Stanford's Graduate School of Business and previously worked as part of KPCB's Green Growth Fund. He focuses on the four AI models defining the current era: agentic software, AI-native services, AI infrastructure, and physical world AI. He has led investments in Ironclad, DroneDeploy, Guru, Textio, and Bedrock Robotics.
Investment Thesis
Invest in companies at the frontier of AI-native services, agentic software, AI infrastructure, and physical world AI.
Investment Focus
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B+
Typical check: $4M–$20M
Sectors
AIEnterprise SaaSRoboticsInfrastructureData
Based in: San Francisco, CA (North America)
Notable Investments
Last updated: Jun 11, 2026