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EMERGING Activity

Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.

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Mathew Focht discussed how tech and entertainment are reshaping restaurant valuations in an interview with The Consumer VC.

Interview with The Consumer VC on valuing experiential restaurant concepts

theconsumervc.com

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EMERGING | Activity | F4

Podcast

Founding Managing Partner Mathew Focht discussed EMERGING's $100M fund and restaurant-tech thesis on the Consumer VC podcast.

Mathew Focht on Consumer VC

open.spotify.com

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Team Change

Named G.J. Hart, former Red Robin and Torchy's Tacos CEO, as Managing Partner.

G.J. Hart joined as Managing Partner

finance.yahoo.com

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Investment

Experience Fund XPR named TAiV, a venue-media and hospitality technology layer running across 4,053 live locations, as a first-close investment.

Taiv

prnewswire.comAUG 14, 2026

AUG 14, 2026

Investment

Experience Fund XPR's first-close investment in State of Play, an experiential hospitality venue operator, at roughly $35M investment value.

State of Play

State of Play EMERGING

prnewswire.comAUG 14, 2026

AUG 14, 2026

New Fund

Launched the $300M Experience Fund (XPR), $500M hard cap, co-sponsored 50/50 with Promethean Investments, to back AI, automation, and IP infrastructure in hospitality.

Experience Fund (XPR)

prnewswire.comAUG 14, 2026

AUG 14, 2026