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Essence Venture Capital

Venture Capital

Infrastructure-focused early-stage venture capital firm investing in enterprise developer tools, data infrastructure, and technical infrastructure startups.

Seattle, United States · 26+ investments · 26 portfolio companies

Pre-Seed
Seed
Early Stage
Artificial Intelligence
Developer Tools
Infrastructure
Open Source
Deep Tech
SaaS
Headquarters
Seattle, United States
Founded
2019
Website
essencevc.fund
AUM
$41.0M
Portfolio Companies
26
Total Investments
26
Last Investment
Sep 2025
Geographic Focus
United States, , S, U, a, d, e, i, n, s, t

Investment Thesis

Invests in infrastructure companies at pre-seed and seed stages, focusing on developer tools, data infrastructure, AI, and open source.

Essence Venture Capital is a Venture Capital firm based in Seattle, United States. It has made 26 investments in Artificial Intelligence and Developer Tools, including Workbrew, LanceDB and LaunchNotes.

Portfolio26

Co-investors24

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24 co-investors across 46 shared portfolio companies — who they back alongside, and how often they lead.

Venture Capital ×21 · Corporate VC ×3 · 32 shared rounds

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