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Essence VC's AI portfolio
Essence VC has backed 22 AI startups in rounds we track, $566M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Kite.
Funding by segment
- Series A$411M10
- Pre-seed and seed$56M7
- Stage not reported$29M3
- Series B$70M2
Where they are based
- United States21$539M
- Germany1$27M
United States
GermanyFounded
5 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M1
- $1M to $10M6
- $10M to $50M14
- $50M to $250M1
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
17 of 22 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United States21
- Germany1
Startups by country, 2 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Series A
10 startups · $411M raised
KiteKite augments coding environment with the use of internet’s programming knowledge and machine learning.United States$236M
ClineCline is an open-source AI coding agent company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2024 by Saoud Rizwan.United States$27M
RestateRestate is a modern mortgage platform for mortgage loan officers and their clients.Germany$27M- TTeleskopeUnited States$25M
HumanSignalHumanSignal is a software development company based in San Francisco, founded in 2019 and formerly known as Heartex.United States$25M
DistributionalDistributional is an enterprise technology company focused on creating a modern platform for safe and reliable AI.United States$19M
NuonNuon Medical, founded in 2010 by Alain Dijkstra, is a technology partner that enhances conventional cosmetic packaging by integratUnited States$17M
ClarifyClarify is an AI-native, autonomous CRM platform designed for modern revenue teams.United States$15M
Pre-seed and seed
7 startups · $56M raised
- SKStandard KernelUnited States$20M
LettaLetta is a San Francisco-based AI startup founded in 2024, specializing in an operating system for building stateful AI agents.United States$10M
OpenInferOpenInfer is an AI inference infrastructure company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2024.United States$8.0M
Log10Log10 is a food safety testing and quality services company.United States$7.2M
FearnFearn was founded by leading patent professionals from top-tier law firms, and PhDs in artificial intelligence.United States$5.5M
SuperframeSuperframe is an AI software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2023.United States$5.0M
MixpeekMixpeek is a multimodal search and indexing platform that processes unstructured data, including videos, images, audio, documents, and text.United States$650K
Stage not reported
3 startups · $29M raised
DevronDevron is a federated data science platform that helps teams build and train AI models on distributed and private data without theUnited States$14M
GraftOur Modern AI platform enables anyone to build production-ready AI apps in a few clicks.United States$10M
ElotlElotl is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in developing a nodeless Kubernetes platform and AI infrastructure engine.United States$5.0M
How this map is made. Every startup here works in AI and has raised money in a round we track that names Essence VC as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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