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Essence VC

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Total investments 28
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 27
Rounds per year 5.60
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.04
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Technology
  • Machine Learning
  • SaaS

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Genmo

Content
Digital Entertainment
22 Oct 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Distributional

08 Oct 2024 -

Letta

Information Technology
Machine Learning
$10M23 Sep 2024 -

Unify AI

Artificial Intelligence
E-Commerce
Messaging
$8M22 May 2024 Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

LanceDB

Artificial Intelligence
Information Services
Machine Learning
$8M15 May 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Teleskope

Security
Software
$5M30 Apr 2024 New York, New York, United States

Coana

Developer Tools
Software
$1M23 Jan 2024 Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark

Vera

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$2M05 Oct 2023 New York, New York, United States

Yurts Technologies Inc

Software
Web Development
$16M19 Sep 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

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Total investments 28
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 5.60
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.04
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Genmo

Content
Digital Entertainment
22 Oct 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Distributional

08 Oct 2024 -

Letta

Information Technology
Machine Learning
$10M23 Sep 2024 -

Unify AI

Artificial Intelligence
E-Commerce
Messaging
$8M22 May 2024 Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

LanceDB

Artificial Intelligence
Information Services
Machine Learning
$8M15 May 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Teleskope

Security
Software
$5M30 Apr 2024 New York, New York, United States

Coana

Developer Tools
Software
$1M23 Jan 2024 Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark

Vera

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$2M05 Oct 2023 New York, New York, United States

Yurts Technologies Inc

Software
Web Development
$16M19 Sep 2023 San Francisco, California, United States
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