Kevin Spain

General Partner at Emergence Capital

📍 San Mateo, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 18 investments📅 19 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
18
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19y
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2026
Bedrock Robotics brings advanced autonomy to the built world, helping the construction industry build at the pace todays society demands. Our technology upgrades existing heavy equipment, enabling truly autonomous operation with expert level quality and superhuman safety. At a time when we need to build faster than ever—from housing to data centers to factories and energy infrastructure—autonomous construction isnt just an innovation, its an economic necessity.
Investor
2025
Physical Intelligence is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world. We are a group of engineers, scientists, roboticists, and company builders developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power the robots of today and the physically-actuated devices of the future.
Investor
2025
We find the best experts in every professional domain and put their knowledge to work training frontier models. Through APEX, we measure whether those models can actually perform economically valuable work. Were also bringing that expertise to enterprises: deploying custom AI agents, staffing teams with vetted domain experts, and helping organizations encode their own knowledge into AI systems.
Investor
2025
Layer provides embedded accounting software for vertical SaaS platforms and neobanks that serve small and medium-sized businesses.
Investor
Jun 2022
Alchemy powers the blockchain infrastructure to accelerate the worlds leading financial applications. We provide enterprise-grade infrastructure that enables financial institutions, fintechs, and global enterprises to build and scale onchain applications across 80+ blockchain networks. Our platform delivers 99.99% uptime and sub-50ms response times, processing billions of transactions annually. Leading financial companies including Robinhood, Visa, Stripe, and Circle rely on Alchemy for mission-critical onchain operations. Were trusted by millions of organizations, from the largest enterprises to ambitious startups building the open economy. Headquartered in San Francisco and New York, Alchemy is building the foundational infrastructure for the open economy.
Investor
May 2022
Chainalysis offers cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions to global law enforcement agencies, regulators, and businesses as they work together to fight illicit cryptocurrency activity. Backed by Benchmark and other leading names in venture capital, Chainalysis builds trust in blockchains.  For more information, visit: www.chainalysis.com
Board Member
Feb 2018
UpKeep Asset Operations Management Platform is a mobile first CMMS, EAM & IIoT suite of solutions proven to streamline the work order process and take you from reactive to preventive maintenance. Our cloud-based Asset Operations Management system is mobilizing teams, modernizing workflows, and maximizing operational efficiency for over 3,000 customers including Shell, Yamaha, Unilever, McDonalds, Subway, Pepsi, and Marriott. Weve raised $50 million in venture capital following a recent Series B funding round led by Insight Partners, Emergence Capital, Mucker, Bain, Battery, FundersClub, and Y Combinator. Were headquartered in Los Angeles, CA and have 100+ remote team members across the US. Weve been recognized as a "Best Place to Work" multiple years in a row by fostering an inclusive and mission-driven culture. UpKeep is ranked the #1 Facility Management software on Gartner, #1 Maintenance Management software on G2 Crowd, and FrontRunners on Software Advice.
Board Observer
Sep 2017
Blend Labs Inc., (NYSE: BLND) is the leading origination platform for digital banking solutions. Financial providers— from large banks, fintechs, and credit unions to community and independent mortgage banks—use Blend’s platform to transform banking experiences for their customers. Better banking starts on Blend. To learn more, visit blend.com.
Board Member
Jun 2016
Prospect by IrisVR (owned by Autodesk) is a leading product for immersive design review and collaboration. Prospect, is used by BIM and VDC teams, design firms, and engineers who coordinate 3D models and implement design and construction processes. Because Prospect integrates with Revit, Rhino, Navisworks, SketchUp, and other 3D tools out of the box, you can instantly create an immersive VR experience that allows you to present to clients and work more effectively with your team. The software is compatible with the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, and Windows MR headsets. Prospect is available for a free trial at www.irisvr.com.
Board Member
Sep 2015
Crunchbase is the leading provider of private-company prospecting and research solutions. 75 million users—including salespeople, entrepreneurs, investors, and market researchers—use Crunchbase to prospect for new business opportunities. And companies all over the world rely on us to power their applications, making over 6 billion calls to our API each year.
Board Member
Mar 2015
Build with certainty, operate with confidence. That’s why thousands of construction, oil and gas and renewable energy companies use DroneDeploy on a daily basis. We help them automate reality capture using drones, robots and 360 cameras – combining this data in one platform for AI-powered analysis. From aerial and ground views of construction progress to automated gauge readings and methane leak detection, DroneDeploy is shaping the future of reality capture.
Board Member
Jan 2014
B2B Commerce is how every product arrives on every shelf, in every store. B2B is different. It’s complex. It’s about relationships. We believe that the experience of B2B buying and selling can be better. That suppliers can build even stronger relationships with their customers. We’ve made it our mission to help manufacturers & distributors grow their business by making it easy for their customers to order the right products from them, in-person and online. The Handshake B2B Commerce platform makes buying and selling simple, intuitive and mobile. Sales reps and their customers can rapidly place orders on any device, anywhere, anytime. Pen and paper, faxes and phone calls - your time is over.
Board Member
Aug 2013
Augmedix (Nasdaq: AUGX) delivers industry-leading, ambient medical documentation and data solutions to healthcare systems, physician practices, hospitals, and telemedicine practitioners. Augmedix is on a mission to help clinicians and patients form a human connection at the point of care with seamless technology. Augmedix’s proprietary Notebuilder Platform extracts relevant data from natural clinician-patient conversations and converts that data into medical notes in real time, which are seamlessly transferred to the EHR. The company’s platform uses Automatic Speech Recognition, Natural Language Processing including Large Language Models, and medical documentation specialists to generate accurate and timely medical notes. Leveraging this platform, Augmedix’s products relieve clinicians of administrative burden, in turn, reducing burnout and increasing both clinician and patient satisfaction. Augmedix is also leading the revolution in leveraging point-of-care data by making connections between millions of clinician-patient interactions and analyzing them to deliver actionable insights that elevate patient care. Augmedix saves clinicians up to 3 hours per day, improves productivity by as much as 20%, and increases satisfaction with work-life balance by over 40%. Augmedix is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with offices around the world. To learn more, visit www.augmedix.com.
Board Member
Mar 2013
Welltok drives consumer actions that matter. Only Welltok delivers solutions built on a single, secure platform that includes a massive consumer database, machine learning and multi-channel engagement that drives and accounts for targeted actions. As the award-winning consumer activation company, healthcare organizations and others trust Welltok to activate their populations in meaningful ways.
Board Member
Mar 2011
Founded in 2010, Doximity is the leading digital platform for medical professionals. The company’s network members include over 80% of U.S. physicians across all specialties and practice areas. Doximity provides its verified clinical membership with digital tools built for medicine, enabling them to collaborate with colleagues, stay up to date with the latest medical news and research, manage their careers and conduct virtual patient visits. Doximity’s mission is to help doctors be more productive so they can provide better healthcare for their patients. Learn more: https://linktr.ee/doximity
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2026
Bedrock Robotics brings advanced autonomy to the built world, helping the construction industry build at the pace todays society demands. Our technology upgrades existing heavy equipment, enabling truly autonomous operation with expert level quality and superhuman safety. At a time when we need to build faster than ever—from housing to data centers to factories and energy infrastructure—autonomous construction isnt just an innovation, its an economic necessity.
2025
Investor
2025
Physical Intelligence is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world. We are a group of engineers, scientists, roboticists, and company builders developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power the robots of today and the physically-actuated devices of the future.
Investor
2025
We find the best experts in every professional domain and put their knowledge to work training frontier models. Through APEX, we measure whether those models can actually perform economically valuable work. Were also bringing that expertise to enterprises: deploying custom AI agents, staffing teams with vetted domain experts, and helping organizations encode their own knowledge into AI systems.
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2025
Layer provides embedded accounting software for vertical SaaS platforms and neobanks that serve small and medium-sized businesses.
2022
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Jun 2022
Alchemy powers the blockchain infrastructure to accelerate the worlds leading financial applications. We provide enterprise-grade infrastructure that enables financial institutions, fintechs, and global enterprises to build and scale onchain applications across 80+ blockchain networks. Our platform delivers 99.99% uptime and sub-50ms response times, processing billions of transactions annually. Leading financial companies including Robinhood, Visa, Stripe, and Circle rely on Alchemy for mission-critical onchain operations. Were trusted by millions of organizations, from the largest enterprises to ambitious startups building the open economy. Headquartered in San Francisco and New York, Alchemy is building the foundational infrastructure for the open economy.
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