Investing Profile

Timothy Chen(332)

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Managing Partner at Essence VC

essencevc.fundSeattle, Washington

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Timothy Chen's investing connections

20 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Mike Maples (Floodgate), Wayne Hu (SignalFire), and 17 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 (16)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Infracost	Series ANov 2025$19M	$37M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital), Sudip Chakrabarti (Decibel Partners), Robin Vasan (Mango Capital), Yun-Fang Juan (Brighter Capital)
Salus Cloud	SeedJun 2025$4M	$4M
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
Platform Engineering Labs	Pre SeedDec 2024
Co-investors: David Zwagemaker (Peak), Dominik Tobschall (backtrace capital)
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), Neha Narkhede, Chris Schagen, Guy Fighel, 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: Niki Pezeshki (Felicis Ventures), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Lolita Taub (Ganas Ventures), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Tristan Pollock (Cool Climate Collective), Ben Hassler (Polymath Capital Partners), Drew Austin (Red Beard Ventures), Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), Carter Adamson (Atomico), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Sahin Boydas, Ben Tossell, Sam Corcos, Casey Neistat, Alex Pattis, Julia DeWahl, David Peterson, Peter Kazanjy, Gina Bianchini, Andrew Gazdecki, Zachary Sims, Nkechi Iregbulem, Mathilde Collin, Elad Gil, Ben Lang