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Essence Venture Capital
About
Essence VC is an engineer-first solo-GP firm founded in 2019 by Timothy Chen and based in Seattle. It backs deeply technical first-time founders in infrastructure, enterprise and developer tools, writing early cheques of $100,000 to $250,000. Holdings include Jasper.ai and Warp.dev, and Fund IV raised $41m in 2025.
Industries
AI Infrastructure
Stage focus
SeedSeries ASeries B
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