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Emerald Development Managers

909 3rd Ave Fl 15, New York City, NY, 10022, United States

Overview

Emerald Development Managers is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage growth equity investments. The firm deals sourced from decades-long relationships with academic institutions, operating managers, angels, and like-minded VCs. In addition to capital, they bring experience, discipline, critical thinking, financing expertise, and significant hands-on involvement to the companies and support, and often refer to what they do as providing mentor capital.

Total investments
22
Lead investments
8
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
4

Sector focus

  • Business Development
  • Finance
  • Financial Services
  • Venture Capital
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Investment portfolio

  • Random Power

    Led · Equity · Dec 2025

    Random Power is an Italian deep-tech company translating quantum physics research into commercially deployable security hardware. Its core product line is a Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) platform, including a QRNG ASIC that embeds quantum randomness directly into IoT and embedded devices and a 64-channel board designed for data-centre and cloud environments. Built on technology created within the EU ATTRACT programme coordinated by CERN, the solution produces high-entropy, non-deterministic numbers critical for post-quantum cryptography and future-proof data protection. The company’s approach is fully compatible with standard CMOS processes, enabling on-chip integration at low power and cost. More than €2.6 million in fresh venture capital will fund the industrialisation and certification of these products, expand the commercial team, and deepen partnerships in Europe and the United States. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article, underscoring the firm’s early-stage status.

  • Una Software

    Led · Seed · May 2025

    Una Software builds a cloud-based, AI-powered FP&A solution aimed at mid-market and enterprise customers who need faster, more adaptive financial planning. The platform offers revenue-connected forecasting, an AI Finance Assistant, an action tracker and a growing library of best-practice templates, effectively turning traditional back-office reporting into proactive, data-driven decision-making. Recent product releases added AI-powered predictive forecasting and broadened the scope into a holistic Corporate Performance Management suite. The company reported a breakout year of rapid revenue growth and expanding commercial footprint, though specific figures were not disclosed. Headquartered in Toronto, Una is led by newly appointed CEO Michael Morrison, whose background includes leading Fluence Technologies and Jirav. Co-founder Clayton Ramnarine has moved into the Chief Revenue Officer role to spearhead global go-to-market efforts. The fresh capital will be used to deepen Una’s AI agent framework, expand its template library, and scale sales, marketing and partnerships.

  • Uviquity

    Led · Seed · May 2025

    Uviquity develops solid-state far-UVC (200-230 nm) semiconductor light sources designed to provide safe, continuous, chemical-free disinfection for air, food, and water. Its core technology is a proprietary photonic integrated circuit that couples blue laser light into frequency-doubling waveguides to produce a scalable, single-chip far-UVC solution. The company says the chip can be made small enough to fit on the tip of a finger and to integrate into standard photonic packages for fixtures, air handling systems, food processing equipment, agricultural protection systems, water purification, and consumer appliances. Uviquity emerged from stealth with $6.6M in seed funding to accelerate R&D and productization of its platform. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Raleigh, N.C. Uviquity positions its semiconductor approach as a more compact, energy-efficient, durable, and scalable alternative to bulky gas-discharge far-UVC lamps.

  • Proscia

    Participated · Equity · Mar 2025

    Proscia provides an enterprise pathology platform, Concentriq, plus a precision medicine AI portfolio and real-world data to accelerate development and use of therapies and diagnostics. The company’s products are used daily by pharmaceutical companies and a global network of diagnostic laboratories. Proscia holds FDA 510(k) clearance and CE‑IVDR certification for its diagnostic software. Led by CEO David West, the company focuses on enabling AI to advance precision medicine and tackle diseases such as cancer. Proscia recently raised $50M, bringing its total funding to $130M, and intends to use the proceeds to grow its customer footprint and advance Concentriq’s AI capabilities. Proscia develops a digital pathology software platform and AI applications that automate tasks such as quality control and tumor identification. Its open platform enables partners, customers, and developers to build and deploy disease-specific AI tools, and the company works with cloud providers like AWS and Azure to scale enterprise deployments. The platform is used by 14 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies to leverage pathology image data for drug discovery and development. Proscia recently received FDA clearance for its software, which allows it to expand into the U.S. diagnostic market. The company raised a $9 million extension to its Series C, bringing the round to $46 million, and plans to use the funds to accelerate commercial growth and further develop its AI-powered applications. Proscia positions itself to address a global pathologist shortage and rising cancer rates as digital pathology adoption accelerates toward widespread use in the next 5–7 years. Proscia provides the Concentriq® platform, which combines enterprise scalability with a broad portfolio of AI applications for digital and computational pathology. Led by CEO David West and based in Philadelphia, the company serves customers including 10 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies and the Joint Pathology Center, which selected Concentriq to digitize a tissue repository of over 55 million slides. Proscia raised $37M in a Series C to accelerate adoption of computational pathology and strengthen its market and product leadership. The company plans to use the funds to scale commercial operations and expand its sales, marketing, and support teams. Proscia also intends to grow distribution partnerships following a recent OEM agreement with Siemens Healthineers. These investments are aimed at expanding its AI-driven pathology offerings and commercial footprint. Proscia offers the Concentriq digital pathology platform combined with AI-powered applications to digitize high-resolution tissue biopsy images and unlock new insights for laboratories, health systems, and life sciences companies. The company plans to expand its AI application portfolio (building on its DermAI application), grow its data assets, and accelerate commercial expansion by ramping up global sales, marketing, and support teams. Proscia will also advance its regulatory strategy to pursue FDA clearance, building on its existing CE Mark and MDSAP certification. Since closing a Series A in 2018, Proscia has amassed customers including Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the Joint Pathology Center, and 10 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies. JPC selected Concentriq to digitize the world’s largest human tissue repository of over 55 million slides. The company positions its software and AI to transform pathology’s historically analog workflows into data-driven diagnostics to improve patient outcomes and accelerate biomedical research. Proscia offers a cloud-based, modular digital pathology platform used by thousands of pathologists, scientists, histotechnicians, and lab managers at more than 300 clinical and research facilities worldwide. The platform integrates with labs' existing environments and technology ecosystems to enable digital adoption, streamline image-based workflows, and open imaging and analytics revenue streams. Proscia is building AI-enabled, disease-specific modules that sit atop its platform to augment pathologists' evaluations and improve diagnostic efficiency and quality. The company plans to commercialize new clinical AI workflows targeting high-volume, high-impact cancers, with its first module, DermAI™, scheduled for release in December 2018. Proscia positions these technologies to increase access to care, reduce turnaround times and costs, and unlock data from tissue to advance cancer research and diagnosis. The company was founded by a team from Johns Hopkins and the University of Pittsburgh to improve clinical outcomes in the fight against cancer.

  • ETCH

    Led · Seed · Jul 2023

    ETCH develops a process that eliminates carbon from natural gas to produce both clean hydrogen and solid carbon. Its ETCH ProcessTM, formulated in the labs of Johns Hopkins University and a recipient of a competitive DOE ARPA‑E grant, can convert nearly 100% of natural gas input into hydrogen and solid carbon regardless of scale. The technology uses a modular design that requires minimal maintenance. ETCH sources earth‑abundant materials that can be obtained domestically to reduce supply‑chain disruption and enhance energy security. The company raised $7.5M in Seed funding from Emerald Development Managers and intends to use the proceeds to begin commercialization of its products.

Team

  • Neil Cohen

    Founder and Chairman

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  • Ian Tolfree

    Entrepreneur-in-Residence

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  • Joshua Smith

    Vice President, Investor Relations

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  • Charles Collins

    Managing Director

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