Emergent raises Series C funding round led by Creaegis at unicorn valuation
16 Jul 2026, 11:10 AMThe funding round saw participation from Claypond, Sentinel Global, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator.
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Vibe coding startup Emergent has raised $130 million in a Series C funding round led by Creaegis at a valuation of $1.5 billion that catapulted it to the famed unicorn club.
The funding round saw participation from Claypond, Sentinel Global, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator.
The startup said it will use the newly raised capital to expand its AI software creation platform, enhance its autonomous AI capabilities, and support its growing global user base.
Founded in 2025 by Mukund Jha and Madhav Jha, Emergent enables users to build production-ready web and mobile applications using autonomous AI agents without requiring coding expertise. The company claims that over 12 million applications have been created on its platform, with nearly 70% of users having no prior coding experience.
Emergent has raised a total of $230 million within a year. Prior to the latest round, the company secured $23 million in Series A funding in September 2025 and $70 million in a Series B round in January 2026.
With this fundraise, Emergent has become the third AI startup and seventh overall startup to join India’s unicorn club in 2026, following KreditBee, Neysa, Juspay, Skyroot, Sarvam AI, and Square Yards.
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