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Sri Muppidi

Senior Associate, Venture Capital, Emerson CollectiveEmerson CollectivePalo Alto, CA

Current Firm

Emerson Collective

Investments

8+ companies

Focus

AI, Climate

About Sri Muppidi

Powell Jobs operates Emerson Collective as an unusually flexible LLC platform that blends philanthropy, venture investing, policy advocacy, media, and art as interchangeable tools for impact, while using media ownership like The Atlantic and creative partnerships to integrate journalism and storytelling into her investment strategy. She brings an operator's perspective from founding College Track, where she spent years mentoring first-generation college students directly, and designs Emerson as a place where great leaders come to do difficult things with beyond-the-grant support including capacity-building, leadership coaching, and multi-year operational assistance.

Focus Areas

AIClimateEdTechFintechDigital Health

Investment Stage

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+

Notable Investments

Sri Muppidi
Fern Mandelbaum
Guild Education
Gusto
Color
Deel
Boom Supersonic
Devoted Health