/Investor DB

Essentia Ventures — Full Portfolio

19 tracked investments · listed companies and verified rows first

Ambarellaambarella.comin𝕏NASDAQ: AMBA

Ambarella develops video compression and autonomous vehicle technologies as a semiconductor company.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTSemiconductors

Feng-Ming (Fermi) Wang(Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer)John A. Young(Chief Financial Officer)inChan W. Lee(Chief Operating Officer)inFermi Wang(Founder)Leslie Kohn(Founder)

Co-investorsCoalitionDag VenturesMatrixRiverwood Capital

actnano mobilityactnano.comin𝕏

actnano develops PFAS-free, gel-state conformal coatings (Advanced nanoGUARD) that protect printed circuit boards and electronics from water, condensation, and harsh environments.

CleantechHardwareNew MaterialsCambridge, US

S. Taymur Ahmad(Executive Officer, Director)inTaymur Ahmad(Founder)inWilliam Brewer(Executive Officer)inJames F. Sheridan, Jr.(Executive Officer)Ivan Ardemagni(Executive Officer)inTimothy Scott Housefield(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBMW i VenturesEmerald Technology Ventures AgGC VenturesLiquidity CapitalMaterial ImpactSeraph Group+2 more

Airfoxcbinsights.comin𝕏

CB Insights provides a market intelligence platform that offers verified data, analytics, and predictive scoring on over 12 million private and public companies.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCartaCatalytic Impact FoundationCRV (Charles River Ventures)InCountry+7 more

Brighter AIbrighter.aiin𝕏

brighter AI develops AI-based anonymization technology for video and image data, protecting identities in video content while preserving data utility.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBerlin, DE

Marian Klee(Managing Director, Co-Founder and Former CEO)inLars Larsen(Managing Director)

Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnerseCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERSeCapital Entrepreneurial Partners AGG+D Ventures

Graphongraphon.aiin𝕏

Graphon is a pre-model intelligence layer that converts enterprise multimodal data—video, audio, documents, images, logs, and databases—into persistent relational memory, giving LLMs and AI agents connected context for more accurate reasoning.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Arbaaz Khan(Founder & CEO)inClark Zhang(Co-Founder & CTO)inDeepak Mishra(Co-Founder & COO)in

Co-investorsAurumCourtside VenturesHitachi VenturesLightscape PartnersSamsung NextB37 Ventures+4 more

Intangibleintangible.aiin𝕏

Intangible is an AI 3D studio that enables creative professionals to generate, control, and refine 3D content for advertising, film, retail, events, architecture, and deeptech applications using a spatial intelligence engine.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSan Francisco, US

Bharat Vasan(Founder)inBharadwaj Srinivasan(Executive Officer, Director)Charles Migos(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCrosscourt VenturesCrosslink CapitalGaingelsPlay Time VenturesBlumberg Capital+1 more

Kinetic hub networkkinetic.autoin𝕏

Kinetic builds hardware, robotics, and AI systems for automotive repair, helping service providers diagnose and repair modern vehicles with precision and speed.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsCosta Mesa, US

Sander Marques(Founder)inHaytham Elhawary(Founder)

Co-investorsAutomotive Ventures MobilityConstruct CapitalMenlo VenturesAbstract VenturesAntlerBalerion Space Ventures+6 more

Loomboticloombotic.comin𝕏Seed

Loombotic manufactures custom wire harnesses for hardware teams using AI-powered design interpretation and automated assembly.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsToronto, CA

Lucas Crupi(CEO)inEthan Breit(CTO)in

Co-investorsRoot Ventures Manager, LlcTheory Forge VenturesY CombinatorAg Ventures AllianceBuckley Ventures Management Company LlcPeterson Venture Partners+2 more

Parasailparasail.ioin𝕏

Parasail provides AI inference compute on a flexible fleet that scales with usage, letting companies commit to output (tokens) rather than long-term hardware purchases.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep Tech

Mike Henry(Founder)inTim Harris(Founder)in

Co-investorsBanyan VenturesBasis Set VenturesIneffable VenturesKindred VenturesSamsung NextThreshold Ventures+2 more

Swift Navigationswiftnav.comin𝕏

Swift Navigation provides low-cost, high-accuracy GPS and GNSS positioning solutions for autonomous vehicles, mobility applications, and mass-market uses.

Deep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationCalifornia, US

Timothy Harris(CEO and Co-Founder)

Co-investorsClear VenturesEnerTech CapitalEvolution VenturesFirst Round CapitalFraser McCombs CapitalGen Capital+19 more

Tau Motorstaumotors.cominFeb 2018

Tau Motors develops a software-defined power conversion platform spanning motors, inverters and controls for electrified systems.

EnergyHardwareMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US

Jonathan Ellman(Director)Walter Wesley Pennington III(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsDns CapitalFinindusYes VC

Tayatayanecklace.com

TAYA makes a wearable voice accessory worn like a necklace that captures spoken thoughts, notes, and reminders with a single button press and resurfaces them later.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardware

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesDorm RoomFemale FoundersMaC Venture CapitalA16Z SpeedrunNVIDIA

ZaiNarzainartech.comin𝕏Aug 2021

ZaiNar develops a platform for Physical AI that uses existing wireless networks to provide real-time positioning and sensing without satellites, cameras, or dedicated infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRedwood City, US

Philip Kratz(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Jacker(Executive Officer, Director)Curtis MacDonald(Director)inAlexander Hooshmand(Director)

BoardSteve Jurvetson(Director)inJerry Yang(Co-founder & former CEO, Yahoo!)

Co-investorsAlchemist AcceleratorAlpana VenturesCP VenturesEvolution VC PartnersFuture Venturesgener8tor+7 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Charter AiCoannotateKanuMyworkbenchVoaigeWorkbench Ai

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.