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    Precursor Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2015

    Precursor Ventures is a generalist venture capital firm that focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in North America, prioritizing "people over product" by backing unproven, first-time entrepreneurs without requiring early traction or metrics. They aim to be the first institutional investor, building long-term relationships with founders across various software and hardware sectors.

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    Portfolio

    37

    Fund Size

    $200M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Stage Distribution

    Portfolio

    37 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    SentraSeed$5MFeb 2026
    Empromptu AIPre-Seed$2MDec 2025
    AudioShakeSeries A$14MOct 2025
    Barndoor AISeed$13.6MMay 2025
    HighnoteSeed$2.5MOct 2024
    EderaSeed$5MSep 2024
    why?!Pre-Seed$1.6MAug 2024
    ResetSeed$2.3MFeb 2024
    CharterSeed$1MFeb 2024
    Lion PoseSeed$3MJul 2023
    HeyloSeed$1.5MNov 2022
    Bloom CommunitySeed$2.5MSep 2022
    GuavaPre-Seed$2.4MJul 2022
    Hearth DisplaySeed$2.8MJul 2022
    AidalySeed$8.5MJun 2022
    Planet FWDSeries A$10MMay 2022
    EpochSeed$3.6MFeb 2022
    Dispatch GoodsSeed$3.7MDec 2021
    Heart to HeartPre-Seed$750KOct 2021
    Populus AISeed$5MMar 2021
    ZetaSeed$1.5MFeb 2021
    ReviSeed$2MDec 2020
    The JuggernautSeed$2MOct 2020
    TastemakersSeed$1MAug 2019
    HollowaySeed$4.6MAug 2019
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    Top Co-Investors

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    Last updated: 3 March 2026