CS
Carlotta 'Lotti' Siniscalco
General Partner
Emergence Capital
Emergence general partner focused on fintech and B2B software investments.
Bio
Professional summary
Joe Floyd is a General Partner at Emergence Capital and has worked with founders at the firm for more than a decade. Emergence names SalesLoft, project44, Genspark, and Together.ai among investments he has led. His profile also highlights AI infrastructure as a focus area, including the firm’s 2024 investment in Arcee.ai. Joe previously worked at American Capital, where he contributed to investments in HomeAway and PeopleMedia. He holds an MBA from Wharton and degrees in Economics and Business Administration from UC Berkeley.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Series Aearly growth
Sector
enterprise softwareAI infrastructureB2B applicationsanalytics and business intelligence
Thesis
enterprise entrepreneursAI infrastructurego-to-market and startup performance metrics
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
SalesLoftproject44GensparkTogether.aiArcee.aiHomeAwayPeopleMedia
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with the enterprise problem, the founder’s resilience, and the operating metrics that prove the business can compound. Joe’s profile suggests a strong fit for AI infrastructure, B2B applications, and founders who want active help on fundraising, go-to-market, and category-building.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his focus on AI infrastructure and Arcee.ai.
- 2Mention Beyond Benchmarks or Emergence’s work on GenAI trends and startup performance metrics.
- 3If relevant, connect your go-to-market motion to his enterprise entrepreneur playbook work.
- 4His profile emphasizes support for immigrant and underrepresented founders; reference this only if authentically relevant.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Emergence lists Joe’s November 2025 posts on Genspark and context systems.
Emergence lists his June 2025 writing on startup performance metrics.
Emergence states that he led creation of Beyond Benchmarks, an annual survey on GenAI trends, fundraising, and company performance metrics.
Emergence notes his 2024 investment in small language model company Arcee.ai.
Other partners at Emergence Capital
12 more profiles
David Dworsky
Principal
Emergence Capital
Emergence Principal and former early Retool operator focused on customer-obsessed B2B software founders.
George Kunthara
Investor
Emergence Capital
Emergence Investor and former early Retool GTM operator focused on category-defining B2B products.
Gordon Ritter
Founder + General Partner
Emergence Capital
Gordon Ritter is Founder and General Partner at Emergence Capital, known for enterprise software investing and early backing of Salesforce and Veeva.
Jake Saper
General Partner
Emergence Capital
Jake Saper is a General Partner at Emergence Capital investing at the frontier of enterprise AI. His stated themes include AI-native services, agentic software, and physical-world AI.
Jason Green
Founder + General Partner (Emeritus)
Emergence Capital
Emergence co-founder and early investor in Gusto, Box, Yammer, Salesloft, and G2.
Kabir Sial
Investor
Emergence Capital
Emergence Investor and former Palantir engineer focused on complex B2B software problems.
Kevin Spain
General Partner
Emergence Capital
Kevin Spain is a General Partner at Emergence Capital with a track record that includes Doximity, Blend, and Augmedix. His background combines venture investing, entrepreneurship, and corporate development experience at Microsoft.
Kyle Murphy
Principal
Emergence Capital
Emergence Principal and former Plaid GTM strategist focused on new products and B2B software.
Lotti Siniscalco
General Partner
Emergence Capital
Lotti Siniscalco is a General Partner at Emergence Capital with deep fintech expertise. Her official profile names investments including Oyster, Federato, Method, Strala, Casap, and Harper.
Rishub Nahar
Investor
Emergence Capital
Emergence Investor and former Hightouch PM focused on customer-obsessed B2B software teams.
Santi Subotovsky
General Partner
Emergence Capital
Santi Subotovsky is a General Partner at Emergence Capital whose investments include Zoom, Chorus, and Openpath. His profile emphasizes founder relationships, communications software, and helping companies scale globally.