Emergence Capital

And then I was a box.

And then these VC investors and one of them, Jason Green, one of the founders of Emergence Capital found me and he was like, I think you need to come work with us.

And I did for seven and a half years.

And he was like, he's a very important person in my, my growth.

Then there are venture capital firms that's been around maybe for twenty years.

Uh, for example, Emergence Capital, that's specializing in B2B SaaS, or Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, that is investing in a lot of stuff and of course, this day, is leading, I think, in, uh, the field of AI.

The most important reason that successful venture capital firms last a long time is because they make these great investments that turn into home runs again and again and again.

A home run, effectively, is we invest $1, you get $100 or more in return, 100x as we say.

Then there are venture capital firms that's been around maybe for 20 years.

Uh, for example, Emergence Capital, that's specializing in B2B SaaS, or Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, that is investing in a lot of stuff and of course, this day, is leading, I think, in, uh, the field of AI.

The most important reason that successful venture capital firms last a long time is because they make these great investments that turn into home runs again and again and again.

A home run, effectively, is we invest $1, you get $100 or more in return, 100x, as we say.

To the name of your kids.

Let's go to Emergence Capital.

And Nidhi, just a tiny bit before, how do you get into venturing?

Yeah.

Honestly, I think we could go for two hours.

Yeah.

Emergence Capital.

So you joined Emergence Capital.

We're in this together to get everyone to buy into this new world era.

And, you know, Jake from Emergence Capital would say the same thing.

This would be his plug for his... his book and what he's working on.

But it's, it's true.

But next up, we got Verda, a Helsinki, Finland-based provider of full stack cloud infrastructure for AI developers.

They raised 189 million in new funding, including an oversubscribed Series B from Emergence Capital leading the round and joined by MUFG Innovation Partners, Supermicro, Varma, Lifeline Ventures, Six Degrees Capital, and a few more.

Now we've got Brahma AI.

Good name, by the way.

Number five, Virta raises $189 million for the GPU cloud investors once called too capital-intensive.

Ruben Bryan, founder and CEO of Virta, has raised $189 million in a Series B led by Emergence Capital, Bloomberg reported, giving his Helsinki-based AI cloud a valuation of at least $1 billion.

Virta declined to give Bloomberg the exact figure.

The oversubscribed round brings Virta's total funding to more than $450 million across equity and debt, according to Virta.

Funding news out of Helsinki.

Vida, the Helsinki-based AI cloud company, formerly known as Data Crunch, has raised $189 million in a round led by Emergence Capital.

The company says the financing values it at a billion dollars or more and brings total funding past $450 million.

Verda sells dedicated graphics processing capacity to European AI developers, a niche that has grown sharply as customers weigh data residency rules and pricing against the American hyperscalers.