Emerald Development Managers is an early-stage VC firm investing in elite scientific and engineering teams that are solving real problems. Deals are sourced from decades-long relationships with academic research institutions, operating managers, incubators, and like-minded VCs. Emerald’s expertise was developed over 25 years of funding venture capital and commercializing university research while simultaneously gaining invaluable experience founding, building, and operating an industrial unicorn that has returned over $1 billion to investors and still has a current market value over $1 billion. In addition to capital, Emerald brings experience, discipline, critical thinking, financing expertise, and significant hands-on involvement to the companies it supports. Emerald’s three main investment focus areas are Cybersecurity / Enterprise SaaS; Biotech / Healthcare IT; and Clean Tech / Industrial Tech.