Investing Profile

Timothy Chen(330)

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Managing Partner at Essence VC
essencevc.fundSeattle, Washington
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18 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Mike Maples (Floodgate), Wayne Hu (SignalFire), and 15 other investors on Signal.

University of Washington Network
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Essence VC Managing Partner
$100K - $10.0M
$1M
16
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Salus Cloud
SeedJun 2025$4M
$4M
Recce
Pre SeedApr 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: In Sik Rhee (Vertex Ventures), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit)
Nuon
Series ADec 2024$17M
SeedDec 2022
$17M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Patrick Chase (Redpoint Ventures), James Wu (M12), Sandy Cass (Red Swan Ventures), Quinn Slack, Nkechi Iregbulem
Platform Engineering Labs
Pre SeedDec 2024
Co-investors: Dominik Tobschall (backtrace capital), David Zwagemaker (Peak)
Restate
SeedJun 2024$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Jordan Segall (Redpoint Ventures), Erica Brescia (Redpoint Ventures), Andrew Van Nest (Artisanal Ventures), Jan Sessenhausen (Cusp Capital Partners), Sam Endacott (Firstminute Capital), Neha Narkhede, Chris Schagen, Guy Fighel, Ameet Patel
Coana (acquired by Socket)
Pre SeedJan 2024$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital)
Commsor
Series BMar 2022$50M
$66M
Co-investors: Niki Pezeshki (Felicis Ventures), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital), Lolita Taub (Ganas Ventures), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Ben Hassler (Polymath Capital Partners), Drew Austin (Red Beard Ventures), Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), Carter Adamson (Atomico), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Ben Tossell, Sam Corcos, Casey Neistat, Alex Pattis, Julia DeWahl, David Peterson, Peter Kazanjy, Gina Bianchini, Andrew Gazdecki, Zachary Sims, Nkechi Iregbulem, Mathilde Collin, Elad Gil, Ben Lang, Sahin Boydas
Signadot
SeedFeb 2022$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Tomasz Tunguz (Theory Ventures), Charles Zedlewski, Adam Gross
Deep Technology in preferably enterprise space, but also open to consumer as well.
Healthcare, Lifescience.
CEO Hyperpilot2016 - 2018
University of Washington