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$15M	$18M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital), Yun-Fang Juan (Brighter Capital), Robin Vasan (Mango Capital), Sudip Chakrabarti (Decibel Partners)
Salus Cloud	SeedJun 2025$4M	$4M
Recce	Pre SeedApr 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: In Sik Rhee (Vertex Ventures), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit)
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: Dominik Tobschall (backtrace capital), David Zwagemaker (Peak)
Restate	SeedJun 2024$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Erica Brescia (Redpoint Ventures), Jordan Segall (Redpoint Ventures), Andrew Van Nest (Artisanal Ventures), Jan Sessenhausen (Cusp Capital Partners), Sam Endacott (Firstminute Capital), Guy Fighel, Neha Narkhede, Ameet Patel, Chris Schagen
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), Tristan Pollock (Cool Climate Collective), Ben Hassler (Polymath Capital Partners), Drew Austin (Red Beard Ventures), Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Lolita Taub (Ganas Ventures), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), Carter Adamson (Atomico), Sam Corcos, Elad Gil, Ben Tossell, Ben Lang, Julia DeWahl, David Peterson, Peter Kazanjy, Gina Bianchini, Andrew Gazdecki, Sahin Boydas, Zachary Sims, Mathilde Collin, Nkechi Iregbulem, Alex Pattis, Casey Neistat