Ankur Jain

Ankur Jain is a prominent venture capital professional and managing partner at Emergent Ventures, a firm Ankur founded in 2016 that specializes in early-stage investments. Jain has a rich background in the technology and investment sectors, having co-founded VAMA, Inc. and served as vice president at Nexus Venture Partners and Blumberg Capital, where Jain was involved in notable investments and board observerships for companies such as Braze and Cyvera. Prior experience includes strategy consulting at Accenture, engineering roles at Cisco, and software engineering at Digital Island. Jain holds a BS in Computer Science & Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, an MS in Computer Science from UCLA, and an MBA from The Wharton School.