E01. When an engineer became VC and his belief in Infra

E01. When an engineer became VC and his belief in Infra

Welcome to the first episode of InfraNative Talks. We invited Timothy Chen [https://x.com/tnachen] from Essence VC, talked about how he eventually became a venture capitalist, some hidden histories most people don't know. And of course, a bit more about Tim's belief in Infra. Essence VC [https://www.essencevc.fund/] is a Seattle based venture capital, with remarkable portfolio including LanceDB, DevZero and Tabular (recently acquired by Databricks). 00:55 beyond Tim's linkedin page 02:50 the hidden history of Mesos 09:46 building good product isn't enough 12:58 being an investor who can still code 15:30 VC was the last option for Tim 17:03 if time rewinds, would Tim still choose to be an investor 23:13 how to find the right deal 37:46 small story about Databricks 38:23 Tim's belief in Infra 42:38 good Infra should be as exciting without AI 48:10 Tim on WarpStream joining Confluent 53:51 In which company does Tim regret not making an early investment. Get full access to INP’s Substack at infranative.substack.com/subscribe [https://infranative.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]