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Essence VC is a specialized venture capital firm that primarily invests in early-stage (pre-seed and seed) infrastructure, developer tools, and applied AI companies. Their strategy focuses on backing deeply technical founders, offering hands-on technical partnership, and aiding in community building and scaling.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Their most common stage is seed (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.8M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
13
Fund Size
$41M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
13 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Infracost | Series A | $15M | Nov 2025 |
 Cline | Series A | $32M | Jul 2025 |
 Nuon Inc. | Series A | $16.5M | Dec 2024 |
 Workbrew | Seed | $5M | Nov 2024 |
 Letta | Seed | $10M | Sep 2024 |
 Restate | Seed | $7M | Jun 2024 |
 Unify | Seed | $8M | May 2024 |
 Coana | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Jan 2024 |
 Orb | Series A | $19.1M | Mar 2023 |
 Common Fate | Seed | $3.1M | Dec 2022 |
 Immerok | Seed | $17M | Oct 2022 |
 LaunchNotes | Series A | $15M | Jun 2022 |
 Graft | Pre-Seed | $4.5M | May 2022 |
Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator3 shared
Sequoia Capital2 shared
SV Angel2 shared
GV (Google Ventures)2 shared
Redpoint Ventures2 shared
M12 (Microsoft)2 shared
Alumni Ventures Group2 shared
468 Capital1 shared
Greylock Partners1 shared
Menlo Ventures1 shared
Base Case Capital1 shared
Scribble Ventures1 shared
South Park Commons1 shared
Insight Partners1 shared
Cowboy Ventures1 shared
Atlassian Ventures1 shared
The New Normal Fund1 shared
Bull City Venture Partners1 shared
Felicis Ventures1 shared
Hugging Face1 shared
Last updated: 16 April 2026