Precursor Ventures

What is Precursor Ventures?

Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that targets a wide array of industries including Software (Web Marketplace SaaS), Education, Business Solutions, FinTech and Financial Services, Hardware and Manufacturing, Retail and E-Commerce, A.I. and Big Data, HealthTech and Fitness, Gaming and eSports, Analytics, Cloud Services and Infrastructure, Developer tools, Future Of Work, Healthcare and Wellness, Online Social, Consumer, and Woman Focused sectors.

They offer investments primarily in early-stage companies, with a focus on Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. They are characterized as a generalist VC fund, priding themselves on investing in people over products, by identifying strong entrepreneurs who demonstrate the potential for success regardless of the developmental stage of their product.

Their geographical reach extends beyond the U.S., encompassing Canada, Latin America, UAE, and Africa, emphasizing a broad global approach to investment. With a minimum investment size of $50,000 and a maximum of $1,000,000, Precursor maintains a 'sweet spot' for investments around the $100,000 mark.

The firm manages assets of about $31,000,000 and is committed to supporting diverse founding teams with scalable ideas that harness technology to address meaningful problems. Their specialty in Pre-Seed, Seed, and Early Stage investments reveals a willingness to support entrepreneurs from the inception of their ideas through growth phases, reflecting a dedication to fostering innovation and leadership within the start-up ecosystem. Positioned as thought leaders, they aim to act on their deep desire to learn about emerging areas and to stay ahead of trends by being adaptable and research-driven in their investment strategy.

What they say:

Precursor Ventures is a pre-seed and seed generalist fund, where we focuses on investing $50K-500K in pre-PMF companies (as early as the idea-stage!) with excellent founders based in North America.

What we look for: We invest in hardware and software companies at the earliest stage of their development based in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, UAE, and Africa. We are a Bay Area-based generalist fund that invests in people over product. We keep an open, curious mind and have a deep desire to learn about emerging areas and invest ahead of trends.

How we help: We have a lot of experience investing at the earliest stages of a company, often investing at just the idea-stage. Nothing is too early for us! We make quick decisions, usually within a week or two as we know that at this early stage we don't like to waste your time. As a portfolio company, we provide 1:1 support and access to our +400 portcos.