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Essence VC

North America, Washington, United States, Seattle

Description

Enterprise fund focusing on 1st time technical founders building in the infra / developer space

Investor Profile

Essence VC has made 37 investments, with 12 in the past 12 months and 5% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (65%)
  • Series A (19%)
  • Pre Seed (14%)
  • Series B (3%)

Country Focus

  • United States (84%)
  • Germany (5%)
  • Denmark (3%)
  • Canada (3%)
  • Israel (3%)
  • Australia (3%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Information Technology
  • Machine Learning
  • Saas
  • Cyber Security
  • Analytics
  • Software Engineering
  • Cloud Data Services
  • Internet
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Essence VC frequently co-invest with?

Angel Collective Opportunity Fund
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Co-Investments: 2
New Enterprise Associates
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 3
TN
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3
WV
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3
Samsung NEXT
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 2
Race Capital
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 2
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
SV Angel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
Greycroft
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Redpoint
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 2

Which angels does Essence VC often collaborate with?

CS
Europe, Berlin, Germany, Berlin
Shared Deals: 1
JD
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 2
AV
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
KS
North America, California, United States
Shared Deals: 2
CD
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 2
NM
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 2
CZ
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
AP
North America, United States
Shared Deals: 1
TH
North America, Pennsylvania, United States, Philadelphia
Shared Deals: 2
AK
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Essence VC?

Gable

Seattle, Washington, United States

Gable is a shift-left data management platform for collaboration to write and execute data contracts.

AnalyticsCollaborationData ManagementInformation TechnologySaaS
Series AMar 31, 2025
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
OpenInfer

San Mateo, California, United States

OpenInfer develops an AI inference engine for edge applications

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySoftware
SeedFeb 20, 2025
Amount Raised: $8,000,000
Nuon

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Nuon is a software company that develops cloud applications to build deployment models.

Cloud InfrastructureCloud ManagementSaaSSoftware
Series ADec 17, 2024
Amount Raised: $16,500,000
Fiddler AI

Palo Alto, California, United States

Fiddler provides enterprise model performance management software that allows monitoring, explaining, analyzing, and improving ML models.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataEnterpriseMachine LearningSoftware
Series BDec 12, 2024
Amount Raised: $18,600,000
Genmo

San Francisco, California, United States

Genmo is an artificial intelligence creative content generation platform that specializes in developing creative products.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)ContentDigital Entertainment
Series AOct 22, 2024
Amount Raised: $28,400,000
Distributional

Berkeley, California, United States

Distributional makes AI safe, reliable and secure.

A/B TestingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyProductivity Tools
Series AOct 8, 2024
Amount Raised: $19,000,000
Letta

San Francisco, California, United States

Letta is an AI company that enhances agent-based systems through advanced memory management.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningSaaS
SeedSep 23, 2024
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
Restate

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Restate build workflows, event-driven applications, and distributed services in a fault-tolerant manner with durable async/await.

Software
SeedJun 10, 2024
Amount Raised: $7,000,000
Unify

Dover, Delaware, United States

The Best LLM on Every Prompt

Artificial Intelligence (AI)SaaS
SeedMay 22, 2024
Amount Raised: $8,000,000
LanceDB

San Francisco, California, United States

LanceDB is a developer friendly, open source database for multi-modal AI.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information ServicesMachine Learning
SeedMay 15, 2024
Amount Raised: $8,000,000