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Precursor Ventures is a classic pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2015 by Charles Hudson. The firm invests in people over product, typically writing checks up to $500,000 as the first institutional investor in software and hardware companies across North America.
Deal activity increased 180% year-over-year (14 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (53% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.6M (across 179 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
151
Fund Size
$66M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
14
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
198 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bluecore Energy | Seed | $50M | Sep 2026 |
 playmaker | Unknown | $1M | Aug 2026 |
 Idilio | Seed | $5.5M | Jun 2026 |
 XELLA HEALTH | Seed | $4.7M | Jun 2026 |
 Secludy | Seed | $4M | May 2026 |
 Sentra | Seed | $5M | Feb 2026 |
| FFeltsense Holdings | Seed | $5.1M | Feb 2026 |
 Feltsense | Seed | $5.1M | Feb 2026 |
| Idilio | Seed | $5.5M | Jan 2026 |
| XELLA HEALTH | Pre-Seed | $3.7M | Jan 2026 |
 ESAI | Unknown | $3M | Jan 2026 |
| Secludy | Seed | $4M | Jan 2026 |
 Empromptu | Pre-Seed | $2M | Dec 2025 |
 Interface | Seed | $3.5M | Nov 2025 |
 Scorbit | Seed | $5M | Nov 2025 |
 The Beans | Seed | $5.4M | Nov 2025 |
 Knack | Series B | — | Oct 2025 |
 Audioshake | Series A | $14M | Oct 2025 |
 Parento | Seed | $5.9M | Sep 2025 |
 Barndoor AI | Seed | $13.6M | May 2025 |
 Edera | Series A | $15M | Feb 2025 |
 Alinia | Seed | $7.5M | Jan 2025 |
 Agenda Hero | Seed | $5.6M | Jan 2025 |
| Barndoor AI | Seed | $13.6M | Jan 2025 |
 Boardy | Pre-Seed | $3M | Oct 2024 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator16 shared
Techstars13 shared
Gaingels12 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners10 shared
Bloomberg Beta10 shared
Backstage Capital8 shared
Uncork Capital8 shared
Abstract Ventures8 shared
Afore Capital7 shared
Homebrew7 shared
SV Angel7 shared
Comcast Corporation7 shared
Real Ventures6 shared
Social Capital6 shared
Maven Ventures6 shared
Patron6 shared
QED Investors6 shared
Class 5 Global6 shared
WndrCo6 shared
Ulu Ventures6 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026