Essence VC

Ollama is the easiest way to automate your work using open models, while keeping your data safe.

Warp is an AI and tech-driven transportation innovation company that helps transportation leaders design and deploy freight strategies combining FTL, LTL, and parcel for their networks.

Torq is transforming cybersecurity with its pioneering enterprise-grade AI-driven hyperautomation platform. It empowers organizations to instantly and precisely remediate security events and orchestrate complex security processes at scale.

ComfyUI is an open-source platform designed for generative AI, enabling users to create videos, images, 3D assets, and audio through a node-based workflow engine. It empowers creators by providing tools for visual and audio media production without the need for extensive coding knowledge.

Cline is an AI-powered coding assistant that integrates with popular IDEs like VS Code, providing advanced coding capabilities such as multi-file edits, deep context understanding, and agentic functionalities.

Unstructured provides a platform to transform complex, unstructured data into clean, structured data, enabling enterprises to leverage their data for Generative AI applications.

FluxNinja is the company behind Aperture, the industry’s first open-source flow control and reliability management platform for modern web applications. Aperture’s out-of-the-box adaptive flow control policies are effective in preventing cascading failures and ensuring end-user experience.

The AI risk platform for fraud, credit, and compliance

MotherDuck is a serverless data warehouse built on DuckDB, designed to provide analytics solutions for data teams, software engineers, and data scientists, enabling them to query data easily using SQL or natural language.

Early-stage investor focused on data and AI infrastructure, offering deep technical expertise, Silicon Valley–Asia cross-border experience, product and expansion support, and community-building via technical events and peer connections.

Solo-GP venture fund led by Robin Vasan, who has generated over $1.5B in distributions on ~$224M of invested capital and focuses specifically on cloud infrastructure and intelligent applications for technical founders with fewer than 10 employees. The fund writes $2-3M checks to lead early rounds while maintaining close founder relationships, and frequently co-invests alongside top-tier firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Accel on developer tools and infrastructure companies.

Early-stage investor with a large NYC platform: 20,000+ Data Driven NYC members, Guilds tied to 80% of unicorns, founders AI/data expertise, repeat-founder networks, and the 11-year MAD Landscape.

Early-stage investor combining venture-speed, agility, and independent risk-taking with differentiated access to one of the largest tech companies scale, entrepreneurial talent, and deep customer relationships.