We are an early-stage venture capital fund investing in founders who adopt or develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems to revolutionize the industrial sector.

Our Track Record.

$160m+

Deployed Capital

Investments

Successful Exits

Top Decile

Performance

Our Investment Team.

Marco co-founded Hella Ventures, Jordan co-founded AEye (Nasdaq IPO), Steven was a partner at Kleiner Perkins and co-founded Oculii (acquired by Ambarella), and Frank served on the Management Board of HELLA and Investment Committee for HELLA Ventures. All 4 co-founders actively participated and invested in the AEye and Oculii, which served as the springboard for their relationships and successful investment careers.

Marco Marinucci

Co-Founder

General Partner

Frank Huber

Co-Founder

Venture Partner

Jordan Greene

Co-Founder

General Partner

Christoph Knedel

Venture Partner in Residence
(rep. NEOM)

Steven Hong

Co-Founder

Venture Partner

Our Advisors.

Luminaries of the automotive industry supporting our fund and portfolio.

Jon Lauckner

Former CTO General Motors

Mary Chan

COO Nikola, BoD Magna

ESSENTIANEWS

Press

Apr 8, 2024

PWC & Essentia Ventures - Future of AI in the Automotive Industry

Podcast with PwC, Strategy& (Jonas Seyfferth) and Essentia Ventures about the influence of AI on the Industrial Market.

IPO

Feb 17, 2021

Lidar maker AEye to go public via $2 billion deal

The deal with CF Finance Acquisition Corp III is expected to provide AEye with gross proceeds of $455 million, raised by the SPAC during its IPO and from private investors including GM Ventures, Subaru-SBI and Intel Capital, among others.

Press

Aug 4, 2022

Investors Watch for Startup Red Flags

Marinucci says “We have to adapt to this new world. Fewer experiments on the research side will be funded. We must be more selective and predict where the market will be in five years.”