# Essex Investment Management: portfolio, investments and team

> Essex Investment Management is a vc firm based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Mar 2001. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/essex-investment-management (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Essex Investment Management

Last cheque observed Mar 2001. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Consumer Electronics Robotics

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **9344** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$80M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## Essex Investment Management highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Consumer Electronics Robotics
- **Based in:** Duvall, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2001** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Novera Optics](https://millionrounds.com/company/novera-optics)** Series B · US **$83M** With 9 others
- **2000** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Protonex Technology Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/protonex-technology-corporation)** Series B · US **$80M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[eRoom Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/eroom-technology)** **$21M** With 10 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **6 named**

AG **Annemarie Gelata Mcmichael** Research Analyst, Non-Managing Member i Form ADV

JC **Joseph Claudius Mcnay** Chairman & Managing Member i Form ADV

MS **Michael Stephen Mccarthy** CCO/COO/Managing Member i Form ADV

NB **Nancy Beth Prial** Co-CEO & Managing Member i Form ADV

RJ **Robert Joseph Uek** Co-CEO & Managing Member i Form ADV

SS **Saralyn Sacks** Senior Portfolio Manager & Non-Managing Member i Form ADV

We also hold **15** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$713M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Essex Investment Management Company, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 109962

Funds on its Form ADV

**2** private funds, **$21M** in gross assets · filed Apr 2024

- Essex Performance Fund, L.P. *Hedge* 7 investors $14M
- Essex Micro CAP Growth Fund, LLC *Hedge* 8 investors $7.4M

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Protonex Technology Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/protonex-technology-corporation)** Bought by Ballard Power Systems **$30M** Jun 2015

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$80M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2001
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *2*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2000 2001

Often in the room with

- [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) 2
- [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) 2
- [North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-bridge-venture-partners-and-growth-equity) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Essex Investment Management. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital)[**Matrix Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners)[**North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-bridge-venture-partners-and-growth-equity)

## Quick answers about Essex Investment Management

### What does Essex Investment Management invest in?

Essex Investment Management invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer Electronics and Robotics.

### How active is Essex Investment Management?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2001.

### How big are Essex Investment Management's cheques?

The median round it joins is $80M.

### Is Essex Investment Management investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2001.

### Who does Essex Investment Management invest alongside?

Most often Intel Capital (2 rounds together), Matrix Partners (2 rounds together) and North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Essex Investment Management?

Essex Investment Management is a VC firm based in Duvall, United States.

### How much does Essex Investment Management manage?

About $713M, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### When was Essex Investment Management founded?

Essex Investment Management was founded in 1976.

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