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Precursor Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Precursor Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm that invests in founders' first institutional rounds. It has backed over 500 teams since 2015 and typically makes 30-40 new investments per year.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsgeneralistsoftwarehardwarepre-seedseedfirst-time founders
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Or find every investor that fitsPrecursor Ventures lists 117 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 23 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 71% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (20%), Fintech (13%) and AI & Machine Learning (12%). 92% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Techstars and Backstage Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Precursor Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Precursor Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 22 companies; its own site lists 117. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 10% |
| Seed | 71% |
| Series A | 19% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 2 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 9 | 2 |
| '26 | 12 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 97th | 118 companies |
| Recent activity | 97th | 13 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 83th | 81% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 64th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 14th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 15% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 12% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 7% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 11 |
| Techstars | 10 |
| Backstage Capital | 4 |
| Portfolia | 4 |
| The Pitch Fund | 4 |
| Accel | 3 |
| Capital Factory | 3 |
| Felicis | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers11497%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company33%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Precursor Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Precursor Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 4 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Precursor Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Precursor Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
117 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides insurance and compliance API for 1099 contractors | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a calendar service that allows users to add events to their calendar. | Space & DefenseHealthcare & Biotech | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| AgVend provides a customer management tool and platform for agribusinesses to streamline workflows and connect with customers | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aidaly employs family caregivers to provide home care services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Airtime helps teams record, present, and share over video. | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Alinia Ai helps regulated institutions comply with legal controls by translating them into automated supervision and enforcement for AI agents | AI & Machine LearningLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Jun 2019Series A | Page + round | |||
| Arternal provides software for galleries to manage their inventory, customer relationships, and sales | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ascent Autism provides online social skills training for individuals with autism | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Diem is a search engine that allows users to ask questions and interact with others. | Media & EntertainmentHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Vera solves the last mile problems of deploying Generative AI, to ensure consistency, reliability, and cost-optimization for AI-powered products and teams. | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and sells personal care products, including pads, liners, and body care items, for women as they age. | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AudioShake provides AI-powered audio separation and stem creation services for various industries, including film, TV, and music. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Oct 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Aunt Flow provides tampons and pads for businesses and schools | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Barndoor provides an AI gateway that governs and controls AI models, connections, and workflows for businesses. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| BevSuite provides full-service tech and marketing for beverage alcohol | Food & AgricultureMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Bindery is a creative agency and production studio that creates stories and campaigns for brands | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Bluecore Energy develops floating nuclear power plants for ports and cities | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Pre-Seed · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Bountiful provides data-driven yield forecasts and analytics for farmers and agricultural industry professionals. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Boutiq helps property managers and owners maximize their short-term rental revenue using data science and expertise | Real Estate & ConstructionLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- precursorvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Jun 2019
- Companies checked
- 117
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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