Emergent raises $70 million in Series B funding led by Khosla Ventures, SoftBank
20 Jan 2026, 08:52 PMThe funding round saw participation from Prosus, Lightspeed, Together, and Y Combinator.
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Vibe coding startup Emergent has raised $70 million in its Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
The funding round saw participation from Prosus, Lightspeed, Together, and Y Combinator.
The Series B funding round comes less than three months after Emergent's $23 million Series A round led by Lightspeed, bringing the company's total capital raised to $100 million within seven months of launch.
The startup will use the fresh capital for team expansion, faster product development, and entry into new markets.
Emergent was founded by former Dunzo co-founder Mukund Jha and his brother Madhav Jha in 2025. Mukund Jha previously co-founded Dunzo, one of India's prominent hyperlocal delivery platforms, bringing significant startup and operational experience to Emergent. Dunzo, which had attracted marquee investors including Google and Reliance, however, shut down last year.
Emergent enables users to build full-stack, production-ready web and mobile applications using autonomous agents, managing the entire development lifecycle from design and testing to deployment and scaling, while also offering built-in monetisation through integrated billing partners such as Stripe.
Emergent claims to have scaled its annual recurring revenue from $100,000 at launch to $50 million within seven months. The company currently has more than 5 million users across over 190 countries, with adoption driven largely by entrepreneurs and small businesses building and launching commercial software products. The company is targeting to cross $100 million in ARR by April 2026.
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