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Yazan 'Yaz' El-Baba

Yazan 'Yaz' El-Baba

Partner·Emergence Capital

Bio

Professional summary

Yaz El-Baba is a Partner at Emergence Capital, where he joined as an Associate in 2019 and was promoted to Partner in 2024. He has contributed to investments in Unify, Maze, Mechanical Orchard, Together, and Arcee AI. Before Emergence, he worked at LinkedIn in Business Operations and Corporate Development, leading go-to-market strategies and contributing to M&A and corporate venture initiatives.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

UnifyMazeMechanical OrchardTogetherArcee AI

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Emergence CapitalPartner2019 – Present
  • LinkedInBusiness Operations and Corporate Development

Education

  • University of Michigan Ross School of BusinessFinance and Strategy

Other partners at Emergence Capital

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Carlotta 'Lotti' Siniscalco

General Partner

Emergence Capital

Emergence general partner focused on fintech and B2B software investments.

B2B softwareEnterprise softwareFinancial servicesFintechSourcingTechnology
David Dworsky

David Dworsky

Principal

Emergence Capital

Emergence Principal and former early Retool operator focused on customer-obsessed B2B software founders.

B2B softwarecustomer-obsessed foundersenterprise AIproduct-led growth
George Kunthara

George Kunthara

Investor

Emergence Capital

Emergence Investor and former early Retool GTM operator focused on category-defining B2B products.

B2B softwarecategory creationcustomer experiencego-to-market
Gordon Ritter

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.

B2B softwareCategory creationIndustry cloud
Jake Saper

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.

Data automationEnterprise AIInfrastructure-enabled applications
Jason Green

Jason Green

Founder + General Partner (Emeritus)

Emergence Capital

Emergence co-founder and early investor in Gusto, Box, Yammer, Salesloft, and G2.

Board leadershipEnterprise softwareHuman potentialImpact investingSaaS
Joe Floyd

Joe Floyd

General Partner

Emergence Capital

Joe Floyd is a General Partner at Emergence Capital who backs enterprise founders and has led investments in companies including SalesLoft, project44, Genspark, and Together.ai. His profile highlights long-running work in AI infrastructure and founder support.

Analytics & BIB2B applications
Kabir Sial

Kabir Sial

Investor

Emergence Capital

Emergence Investor and former Palantir engineer focused on complex B2B software problems.

AI-native servicesB2B softwarecommercial softwareenterprise AI
Kevin Spain

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.

Go-to-market strategyIndustry cloudVertical SaaS
Kyle Murphy

Kyle Murphy

Principal

Emergence Capital

Emergence Principal and former Plaid GTM strategist focused on new products and B2B software.

B2B softwareenterprise AIfintechgo-to-marketnew products
Lotti Siniscalco

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.

AI applicationsEnterprise software
Rishub Nahar

Rishub Nahar

Investor

Emergence Capital

Emergence Investor and former Hightouch PM focused on customer-obsessed B2B software teams.

AI-native servicesB2B softwaredata infrastructureenterprise AImartech