Investing Profile

Timothy Chen(333)

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Managing Partner at Essence VC

essencevc.fundSeattle, Washington

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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 (16)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Infracost	Series ANov 2025$19M	$22M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital), Ludwig Schulze (Alumni Ventures ), Sudip Chakrabarti (Decibel Partners), Robin Vasan (Mango Capital), Yun-Fang Juan (Brighter Capital)
Salus Cloud	SeedJun 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund))
Recce	Pre SeedApr 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries), In Sik Rhee (Rembrandt Venture Partners)
Nuon	Series ADec 2024$17M SeedDec 2022	$17M
Co-investors: Patrick Chase (Redpoint Ventures), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Meera Oak (Alumni Ventures ), Nkechi Iregbulem (Modyfi), Sandy Cass (Red Swan Ventures), James Wu (M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund), Quinn Slack
Platform Engineering Labs	Pre SeedDec 2024
Co-investors: Dominik Tobschall (backtrace capital), David Zwagemaker (Peak Venture Capital (Peak Ventures))
Restate	SeedJun 2024$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Jordan Segall (Redpoint Ventures), Jan Sessenhausen (Cusp Capital Partners), Sam Endacott (Northzone), Andrew Van Nest (Exceptional Capital), Erica Brescia (XFactor Ventures), Chris Schagen (Self-employed), Neha Narkhede, Ameet Patel, Guy Fighel
Coana (acquired by Socket)	Pre SeedJan 2024$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital)
Commsor	Series BMar 2022$50M	$66M
Co-investors: Terrence Rohan (Index Ventures), Zachary Sims (Bowery Capital), Niki Pezeshki (Felicis Ventures), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Ben Lang (Notion Capital), Tristan Pollock (Cool Climate Collective), Ben Hassler (Polymath Capital Partners), Drew Austin (Red Beard Ventures), Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Lolita Taub (Ganas Ventures), Ben Tossell (Ben Tossell's Rolling Fund), Alex Pattis (Riverside Ventures), Julia DeWahl (Elkhorn Ranch), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), David Peterson (Angular Ventures), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), Carter Adamson (Atomico), Nkechi Iregbulem (Modyfi), Andrew Gazdecki (500 Global), Casey Neistat, Sam Corcos, Gina Bianchini, Mathilde Collin, Peter Kazanjy

most interested in

Deep Technology in preferably enterprise space, but also open to consumer as well.

not interested in

Healthcare, Lifescience.

Timothy Chen's Experience

CEO Hyperpilot2016 - 2018

Timothy Chen's Education

University of Washington

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