Fundraising FoxESSENCE VC — 2025 Investments
9 investments dated 2025 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Cline is an open source AI coding agent runtime that developers use inside their IDE, terminal, or embedded via an SDK to plan and execute coordinated multi-file code changes, run terminal commands, and automate workflows in CI pipelines.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Saoud Rizwan(Founder)in
Co-investors1984 Ventures Management, LlcEmergence Capital PartnersEssence Venture CapitalPace CapitalZero Prime Ventures
Comfy is an open-source tool for building repeatable visual AI workflows by chaining multiple AI models together.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Yoland Y.(Founder)inYaozhong Yan(Executive Officer, Director)Junhan Huang(Director)Yoland Yan(Founder)
BoardChristopher Paik(Director)inYannik Marek(Director)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesChemistryCraft VenturesEssence Venture CapitalFoundersGV (Google Ventures)+4 more
Daft is a data processing platform that transforms raw multimodal data (video, images, audio, sensor data) into training-ready datasets in a single pipeline.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sammy Sidhu(Founder)inJay Chia(Founder)inTony Wang(Founder)Patrick Ames(Founder)Ritvik Kapila(Founder)Maurice Weber(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArray Ventures Management LlcBasis Set VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Felicis VenturesMaterialized View Capital+12 more
Eventual's Direct Bill is a financial reconciliation platform for insurance agencies that automates the matching of carrier statements to policy records and accounting systems, eliminating manual spreadsheet work and reconciliation delays.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mohit Chawla(CEO)in
Co-investorsBlank VenturesPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)AlleyCorpArray Ventures Management LlcCaffeinated CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)+4 more
Good Start Labs builds game-based learning environments, benchmarks, and data-generation pipelines that produce verifiable rewards and real human feedback to train and evaluate AI models.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechGaming
Alex Duffy(Founder)inTyler(Founder)Tyler Marques(Founder)
Co-investorsInovia CapitalTIRTA VenturesEssence Venture CapitalGeneral Catalyst
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Kite builds payment infrastructure for an "agent-native" web, providing autonomous AI agents with verifiable identity, programmable governance, and stablecoin-based settlement.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSan Francisco, US
Scott Shi(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures8VCGeneral CatalystAlumni VenturesFaculty GroupRR2 Capital+11 more
Magic provides managed virtual assistant teams for executives and growing businesses, handling administrative tasks like calendar management, email, travel planning, and operational coordination.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSWashington, US
Mike Chen(CEO)inAaron Kemmer(Founder)inDavid Merriman(Founder)inNic Novak(Founder)inMichael Rubin(CFO)inBenjamin Godlove(CTO)
Co-investorsAltra VentureHustle FundMVP VenturesSilicon VenturesSprint VcTop Shelf Equity Funds C+10 more
Magic provides a bank-based payment solution that allows merchants to accept direct bank transfers at checkout, reducing processing fees and payment failures compared to traditional card payments.
E-commerceFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Chetan Kulhari(Founder)inDavid Guo(Founder)inRenasha Mishra
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesSoma CapitalY CombinatorBling CapitalFloodgateGeneral Catalyst+6 more
ZettaBlock provides a Web3 data platform that indexes and unifies on-chain and off-chain data across 12+ blockchains, offering pre-parsed datasets and low-latency GraphQL/REST/SQL APIs.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Evan Cheng(Co-founder & CEO)Scott Shi(Co-founder)inChi Zhang(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsHashed8VCGeneral CatalystSamsung NextAngel Collective Opportunity FundAlumni Ventures+7 more
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