Emanuel began his career at Morgan Stanley in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group within the Investment Banking division. Subsequently he enrolled at Harvard Business School, where he received his MBA in 2007. Upon graduation, he joined Andor Capital, after which he worked with a number of hedge funds, including Clovis Capital, Sandler Capital, and Hutchin Hill Capital, where he focused on special situation investment opportunities.

In 2016 until 2019, Emanuel became a founding member and managing director at Bayfield Court Capital Management, a hedge fund that focused on event driven and special situation investment opportunities across companies’ capital structures. He joined Emles Advisors LLC in 2019 as the SVP of Investments. He heads venture investing for Emles Venture Partners, a seed venture fund with ~50 portfolio companies that span 5 continents across the globe.