Investing Profile

Timothy Chen(329)

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Managing Partner at Essence VC

essencevc.fundSeattle, Washington

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Timothy Chen's investing connections

18 Investors

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

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University of Washington Network

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Current Investing Position

Essence VC Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

Timothy Chen is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Cloud Infrastructure (Series A)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)Web3/Blockchain (Seed)Web3/Blockchain (Series A)Seattle / Portland AI (Seed)AI (Series A)Enterprise (Series A)Enterprise (Seed)

Timothy Chen's Investments On Record (13)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Recce	Pre SeedApr 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Jesse Robbins (Heavybit), In Sik Rhee (Vertex Ventures)
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
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), Guy Fighel, Chris Schagen, Neha Narkhede, 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: Drew Austin (Red Beard Ventures), Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners), Lolita Taub (Ganas Ventures), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Carter Adamson (Atomico), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Ben Hassler (Polymath Capital Partners), Ben Tossell, Sam Corcos, Casey Neistat, Alex Pattis, Julia DeWahl, David Peterson, Peter Kazanjy, Gina Bianchini, Andrew Gazdecki, Zachary Sims, Nkechi Iregbulem, Ben Lang, Sahin Boydas
Signadot	SeedFeb 2022$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Tomasz Tunguz (Theory Ventures), Charles Zedlewski, Adam Gross
mobile.dev	SeedJul 2021$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Emilie Choi (Coinbase Ventures), Tuomas Artman, Ty Smith, Surahbi Gupta, Pierre-Yves Ricau, Marco Palladino, Cecilia Stallsmith
HumanSignal	SeedJan 2021$4M	$29M
Co-investors: Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Anthony Goldbloom (AIX Ventures), John Vrionis (Unusual Ventures), Greg Brockman