Essentia Venture Capital

Essentia Venture Capital is a venture capital firm with a presence in San Francisco and Tel Aviv that invests in early-stage startups. Founded in 2022, the firm focuses on companies with Israeli roots and those operating in the artificial intelligence for the industrial sector. Essentia partners with companies at the early-growth or post-product-market-fit stage, when the product is developed but the strategy for scaling is still being defined.

The firm's investment team includes General Partners Zur Allon, Ran Dagan, Marco Marinucci, Jordan Greene, and Steven Hong. Marinucci previously co-founded Hella Ventures, Greene co-founded AEye which had a Nasdaq IPO, and Hong was a partner at Kleiner Perkins and co-founded Oculii, which was later acquired.

Essentia Venture Capital operates as a generalist investor with a portfolio spanning enterprise software and deep tech. The firm's business model is based on making equity investments in startups and supporting them to scale. They have invested in companies across various industries, including aerospace, auto tech, and enterprise software. Their portfolio includes investments in companies such as Swift Navigation, Intangible, Voaige, and Magnus Metal.

Keywords: venture capital, early-stage startups, industrial AI, Israeli startups, post-product-market-fit, deep tech, enterprise software, automotive tech, aerospace tech, investment firm, startup funding, scale-up support, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, portfolio management