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Essence Venture Capital — 2021 Investments

4 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Artilleryartillery.ioin𝕏Seed · Jul 2021

Artillery is a performance testing toolkit that provides load testing, Playwright-based end-to-end testing, and production monitoring capabilities for web applications and APIs.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLimerick, IE

Hassy Veldstra(Founder)inHasan Minatullaevich Veldstra(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardEliot Durbin(Director)in

PartnerTimothy Chen· solo GP

Co-investorsY CombinatorAccuro Trusteesboldstart venturesFirst Round CapitalGeneral CatalystLowercase Capital+2 more

Dodgeballdodgeballhq.comAug 2021acquired by Spreedly

Spreedly operates an open payments platform that lets merchants orchestrate their payment stack, securely vault customer payment methods, manage fraud and authentication, and accept payments initiated by AI agents across multiple processors.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Adam Hiatt(Executive Officer, Director)in

PartnerTimothy Chen· solo GP

Co-investorsGaingelsMana VenturesPoint72 VenturesRuntime Ventures

Poggio Labspoggiolabs.comin𝕏Jul 2021

San Francisco-based Poggio Labs builds AI "revenue agents" that generate continuously updated account plans inside Salesforce.

San Francisco, US

Connor Doyle(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMatthew Slotnick(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

PartnerTimothy Chen· solo GP

Co-investorsAccelSpark Capital

Uniformuniform.devin𝕏Nov 2021

Uniform is a composable digital experience platform that enables brands to create, personalize, and deliver omnichannel experiences by integrating content, data, and technology from multiple sources.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Henry Birkholm Petersen Lars(Executive Officer, Director)Bjarne Hansen(Director)Adam David Conn(Executive Officer, Director)Olexandr Shyba(Director)

BoardTeddie Wardi(Director)inShruti Gandhi(Director)in

PartnerTimothy Chen· solo GP

Co-investorsArray Ventures Management LlcInsight PartnersElad Gil

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.