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Emerson Collective

Family Office · Founded 2004 · Palo Alto, United States

Family office founded by billionaire philanthropist Laurene Powell

107 portfolio companies Family Office · $18B invested · 147 investments · Investor rank #146 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 107 ↑ 81% 5y
Decacorns 4 ↑ 300% 5y
Thoroughbreds 18 ↑ 50% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

Emerson Collective’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Emerson Collective still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names Emerson Collective directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 RampDecacorn · Fintech · USA $44.0B
  2. 2 DeelDecacorn · Fintech · USA $17.3B
  3. 3 Mistral AIDecacorn · Enterprise Software · France $13.8B
  4. 4 Devoted HealthDecacorn · Health · USA $12.9B
  5. 5 Redwood MaterialsUnicorn · Energy · USA $7.0B
  6. 6 World LabsUnicorn · Robotics · USA $5.0B
  7. 7 Color HealthUnicorn · Health · USA 5% $4.6B $230M
  8. 8 humans&Unicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $4.5B
  9. 9 Guild EducationUnicorn · Education · USA 3% $4.4B $132M
  10. 10 Commonwealth Fusion SystemsUnicorn · Energy · USA $4.0B
  11. 11 Aurora SolarUnicorn · Energy · USA 2.5% $4.0B $100M
  12. 12 Chai DiscoveryUnicorn · Health · USA $3.8B

Estimated value = Emerson Collective’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Emerson Collective also appears inside investor groups in Deel, Devoted Health, Watershed, X-energy, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Emerson Collective’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Emerson Collective’s transaction record.

$9.1B IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $4.0BEnergy
$6.5B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series AConsumer Electronics
$1.8B acquisition · 2024
Entered Series B+Fintech
$1.7B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $79MFood
$1.3B acquisition · 2023
Entered Series B+Health
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Emerson Collective’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 107 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA100
  2. France2
  3. UK2
  4. Canada1
  5. Iceland1
  6. Israel1
By sectorCount
  1. Health34
  2. Energy19
  3. Enterprise Software18
  4. Education14
  5. Fintech10
  6. Media10
  7. Transportation6
  8. Food5
  9. Jobs Recruitment4
  10. Robotics3
  11. Consumer Electronics2
  12. Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+57
  2. Series A32
  3. Seed18
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth60
  2. Breakout Stage34
  3. Early Growth13
  4. Mature1
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Emerson Collective’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 107 tracked.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Energy · Unicorn
$4.0B
Mistral AI
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$14B
Ramp
Fintech · Decacorn
$44B
Redwood Materials
Energy · Unicorn
$7.0B
Devoted Health
Health · Decacorn
$13B
X-energy
Energy · Unicorn
$4.0B
ElevateBio
Health · Unicorn
$2.6B
World Labs
Robotics · Unicorn
$5.0B
Deel
Fintech · Decacorn
$17B
Twelve
Energy · Unicorn
$2.0B
Antora Energy
Energy · Unicorn
$2.5B
Boom Supersonic
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.2B
Gusto
Fintech
$9K
Carbon
Consumer Electronics · Unicorn
$2.4B
Guild Education
Education · Unicorn
$4.4B
Chai Discovery
Health · Unicorn
$3.8B
ArsenalBio
Health · Unicorn
$1.3B
Truphone
Telecom
$1
Formation Bio
Health · Unicorn
$1.5B
Aurora Solar
Energy · Unicorn
$4.0B
Color Health
Health · Unicorn
$4.6B
humans&
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$4.5B
Handshake
Education · Unicorn
$3.5B
Field AI
Robotics · Unicorn
$2.0B
Rubicon
Food
$79M
Unite Us
Health · Unicorn
$2.1B
Umoja Biopharma
Health · Unicorn
$1.1B
Shattuck Labs
Health
$607M
Zap Energy
Energy
$520M
Saildrone
Robotics
$500M
Harmonic
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.4B
Synthekine
Health
$538M
Amplify
Education
Midi Health
Health · Unicorn
$1.0B
MACRO
Media
$600M
OpenGov
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.8B
io
Consumer Electronics · Unicorn
$6.5B
PosiGen
Real Estate
$400M
MycoTechnology
Food
$340M
CARGO Therapeutics
Health
Homebase
Jobs Recruitment
$550M
Watershed
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.8B
Kerecis
Health · Unicorn
$1.3B
Udacity
Education · Unicorn
$1.0B
PrognomiQ
Health
$230M
Revolution Foods
Food
$40M
The Athletic
Sports
$550M
Syndio Solutions
Enterprise Software
$200M
Proximie
Health
$320M
Walking Fish Therapeutics
Health
$292M
Stipple Bio
Health · Unicorn
$2.2B
Brain Technologies, Inc.
Health
$200M
Xcimer Energy
Energy
$400M
Eleanor Health
Health
$250M
Nautilus Data Technologies
Enterprise Software
$153M
Panorama Education
Education
$300M
Brightwheel
Education
$600M
Clade Therapeutics
Health
$348M
InduPro
Health
$340M
Mnemo Therapeutics
Health
$330M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Emerson Collective’s portfolio founders come from.

189 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States165
  2. France5
  3. Iceland5
  4. India2
  5. Argentina1
  6. Canada1
  7. Netherlands1
  8. Peru1
  9. Switzerland1
  10. United Kingdom1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University37
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology18
  3. Harvard University16
  4. University of California, Berkeley9
  5. Yale University9
  6. Stanford University Graduate School of Business7
  7. Harvard Business School6
  8. Princeton University6
  9. University of Cambridge6
  10. London School of Economics and Political Science4
Previous companyCount
  1. Stanford University12
  2. Alphabet | Google11
  3. McKinsey & Company11
  4. Meta9
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology6
  6. Goldman Sachs5
  7. Microsoft5
  8. Amazon4
  9. Apple4
  10. Boston Consulting Group4