# Essential Consultants

> Essential Consultants is a VC fund in Portland backing Biopharma and Life Science. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026

Essential Consultants is a VC fund in Portland focused on Biopharma and Life Science. Holding Company

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biopharma | 1 | 100% |
| Life Science | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Absci | Absci is the drug and target discovery company harnessing deep learning AI and synthetic biology to expand the therapeutic potential of proteins. We built our Integrated Drug Creation™ Platform to identify novel drug targets, discover optimal biotherapeutic candidates, and generate the cell lines to manufacture them in a single efficient process.Biotech and pharma innovators partner with us to create the next generation of protein-based drugs, including Bionic Proteins™ containing nonstandard amino acids, and other novel drug designs that may be impossible to make with other technologies. Our goal is to enable the development of better medicines by Translating Ideas into Drugs™. For more information visit www.absci.com. | $12M | Series C | May 30, 2018 | https://www.absci.com/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AGC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asahi-glass-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Corporation Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greenbridge Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenbridge-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oregon Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oregon-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Phoenix Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phoenix-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Washington Research Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/washington-research-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Essential Consultants invest in?

Essential Consultants invests primarily in Biopharma, Life Science and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Essential Consultants last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Essential Consultants closed in May 2018. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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