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Essence VC

GeneralistSeattle, United StatesActiveWebsiteLinkedIn
Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+
GeographyUS
TypeVC
Last Activity-
Industry Focus
Industries
AIDefenseHardware
Technical BenchStrong
Investor TypeGeneralist
ExposureSome DeepTech Investments
Bio

Essence VC is an early-stage venture fund based in Seattle, founded by Timothy Chen, formerly SVP Engineering at Cosmos and cofounder of Hyperpilot (acquired by Cloudera), with early roles at Mesosphere and CloudFoundry. Naomi Walker-Garrett, previously in B2B go-to-market roles at Retool, Dataminr, and CircleCI, leads the platform team. The fund is currently deploying its fourth vehicle and backs...

Notable Investments
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Modal
O
Ollama
W
Warp
M
MotherDuck
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LanceDB
U
Unstructured
C
CodeRabbit
T
Tabular
T
Torq
S
Sardine
K
Keycard
T
TensorWave

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