Investing Profile

Timothy Chen(334)

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Managing Partner at Essence Venture Capital
essencevc.fundSeattle, Washington
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Networks Timothy is a member of
University of Washington Network
148 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Network
148 CONNECTIONS
Bessemer Venture Partners Network
147 CONNECTIONS
My Perfect Sale (acquired by Sugar, Inc) Network
131 CONNECTIONS
Cloudera Network
22 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Essence Venture Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
18

Timothy Chen is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Timothy Chen's Investments On Record (17)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Infracost
Series ANov 2025$19M
$22M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital), Robin Vasan (Mayfield), Yun-Fang Juan (Brighter Capital), Sudip Chakrabarti (Decibel Partners), Ludwig Schulze (Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund))
Fennel AI
Series UnknownAug 2025
Co-investors: Elizabeth Weil (Andreessen Horowitz), Steve Vassallo (Foundation Capital), Adam D'Angelo
Salus Cloud
SeedJun 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund))
Recce
Pre SeedApr 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries), In Sik Rhee (Rembrandt Venture Partners)
Nuon
Series ADec 2024$17M
SeedDec 2022
$17M
Co-investors: Patrick Chase (Redpoint Ventures), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Sandy Cass (Red Swan Ventures), James Wu (M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund), Meera Oak (Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)), Nkechi Iregbulem (Modyfi), Quinn Slack
Platform Engineering Labs
Pre SeedDec 2024
Co-investors: David Zwagemaker (Peak Venture Capital (Peak Ventures)), Dominik Tobschall (backtrace capital)
Restate
SeedJun 2024$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Jordan Segall (Redpoint Ventures), Jan Sessenhausen (Cusp Capital Partners), Sam Endacott (Northzone), Andrew Van Nest (Exceptional Capital), Erica Brescia (XFactor Ventures), Guy Fighel (Hetz Ventures), Chris Schagen (Self-employed), Neha Narkhede, Ameet Patel
Coana (acquired by Socket)
Pre SeedJan 2024$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital)

most interested in

Deep Technology in preferably enterprise space, but also open to consumer as well.

not interested in

Healthcare, Lifescience.

Timothy Chen's Experience

Apache Foundation Member Apache Software FoundationPresent
Software Development Engineer II 343 IndustriesPresent
Software Development Engineer II My Perfect Sale (acquired by Sugar, Inc)Present
Apache Foundation Member The Apache Software FoundationPresent
Lead Distributed Systems Engineer Mesosphere, Inc.Present
Lead Distributed Systems Engineer Borderland Engineering, Inc.Present
Advisor DataManPresent
Advisor Composure.aiPresent
Principal Software Engineer Sense Platform (acquired by Cloudera)Present
Principal Software Engineer ClouderaPresent
SVP of Engineering TendermintPresent
SVP of Engineering All in Bits (AiB)Present
Advisor MagalixPresent
Advisor Rupert.Present
Principal Engineer Lightning AIPresent
Seed Investor SignadotPresent
Seed Investor LaunchNotesPresent
Co-host Open Source Startup PodcastPresent
Operator Advisor Bessemer Venture PartnersPresent
Consultant Polygon LabsPresent
Seed Investor Resourcely (acquired by Anysphere)Present
Co-host The Infra PodPresent
CEO & Cofounder HyperpilotPresent
Managing Partner Essence Venture CapitalPresent
CEO Hyperpilot2016 - 2018

Timothy Chen's Education

University of Washington B.S., Informatics Informatics
University of Washington

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