Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with a focus on investing in start-ups in the San Francisco Bay, New York, and Ontario areas. It generally makes initial investments in amounts varying from $100,000 to $250,000.It invests in various industries including consumer, digital health, education, enterprise, financial technology, hardware, marketplaces, media, and software-as-a-service. It has made more than 198 investments and has made 18 exits. As of February 2020, it has more than 148 companies in its portfolio.
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Range Labs is a San Francisco-based software company developing tools for organizations, teams, and individuals be more productive and work together.
Elroy Air is an American startup company intending to replace land delivery trucks on inefficient routes with unmanned cargo aircraft.
A healthcare technology company offering a medical professional hiring platform for hospitals.
A technology company specializing in creating enterprise software. It was founded in 2013 and is located in San Francisco, California.
A software company that uses data to analyze how people move with transportation within cities. It is located in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2017.
Medinas Health is an artificial intelligence company providing a marketplace for surplus medical equipment and supplies. It participated in the YC S18 cohort of Y Combinator.
A company that participated in the F1 cohort of Y Combinator. It provides financial services to self-employed, freelancers, independent contractors and entrepreneurs
EvaBot is a San Francisco-based company founded by Rabi Gupta, Akshay Gupta, Satwick Saxena and Ashish Kumar.
Carrot Fertility is a company designing fertility plans and benefits for employees
Intellimize is a San Mateo, California-based company founded by Guy Yalif, Brian Webb and Jin Lim.
Teampay is a New York-based company founded in 2016.
Payment processing company.
Spot is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 by Dylan Marriott, Daniel Nicolae and Julia Shaw.
ShearShare is a company founded by Courtney Caldwell.
The Relish Media Group is a San Francisco-based company founded by Ashley Wellington-Fahey.
Noyo is an API platform provider for the online health insurance industry.
Butterfly is a company founded in 2014 by David Mendlewicz, Marcus Perezi-Tormos and Simon Rakosi.
The Juggernaut is a publication for South Asian stories.
Zenrez is a San Francisco-based company.
SVAcademy is a San Francisco-based company.
TrustLayer is a San Francisco-based company.
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Charles Hudson
Founder and Managing Partner
Sydney Thomas
Senior Associate
Further reading
Precursor Ventures just raised a second fund to zero in on pre-seed-stage startups
Connie Loizos
Web
March 5, 2019
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
E795: Charles Hudson Precursor Ventures: how not to mess up Seed, product, team, investors, goals
February 13, 2018
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