Precursor Ventures

Precursor Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. Specializing in pre-seed and seed-stage investments, the firm focuses on early-stage companies primarily in the consumer, digital health, education, fintech, marketplace, and software sectors. Precursor Ventures emphasizes investing in B2B and B2C applications, including hardware, and prefers to target opportunities within the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Toronto, while remaining open to other regions. The firm typically invests between $0.1 million and $0.25 million per company. Precursor Ventures prioritizes investing in people over products, reflecting its commitment to supporting entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of their journeys.

Marina Girgis

Senior Associate

Ashtan Jordan

Principal

Ayanna Kerrison

Senior Associate

Past deals in Publishing

Charter

Seed Round in 2022
Publisher of email newsletter intended to transform every workplace and catalyze organizations where all workers thrive. The company publishes a newsletter and other content, hosts events for workplace decision-makers, and offers an online training program on hybrid work, enabling businesses to have a tactical playbook for what work can and should be.

Brilliant Illustrations

Funding Round in 2022
Developer of bible study platform designed to reimagine texts for modern times. The company's platform integrates comics, groups, and gamification using new living translations of the scriptures, enabling users to get visualizations of the stories within the pages.

The Juggernaut

Seed Round in 2020
The Juggernaut is a digital media publication that documents the unstoppable rise of South Asians and South Asia. It was founded in 2018.

Tipe

Seed Round in 2020
Tipe Inc. is a company that specializes in developing an open-source headless content management system (CMS) tailored for teams. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in San Diego, Sacramento, and Austin, Tipe provides a customizable CMS that empowers users to create, update, preview, and publish content seamlessly. The platform is designed for developers, simplifying the process of managing content by generating an API-first CMS from a GraphQL schema. This allows non-developers to make content changes quickly, reducing the dependency on developers for frequent edits. By streamlining content management, Tipe enhances productivity and efficiency for teams involved in website development and maintenance.

Holloway

Seed Round in 2019
Holloway, Inc. publishes online guides. It offers a library of book-length online guides about work, written and regularly updated by teams of all the industry. Holloway, Inc. was formerly known as Feynman Labs, Inc. and changed its name to Holloway, Inc. in April 2018. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

The Juggernaut

Seed Round in 2019
The Juggernaut is a digital media publication that documents the unstoppable rise of South Asians and South Asia. It was founded in 2018.

The Athletic

Series B in 2018
The Athletic Media Company is an online sports media publisher that specializes in providing in-depth coverage of local and national sports for fans in North America. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, The Athletic offers a subscription-based platform that features articles, podcasts, and videos focused on various sports, including basketball and football. The company is dedicated to delivering authentic sports news free from advertisements and pop-ups, allowing users to engage with quality content produced by skilled local and national sports journalists. Through its platform, The Athletic connects sports fans with comprehensive information and updates about their favorite teams and athletes.

INKLO

Funding Round in 2017
INKLO is a mobile application aimed at transforming the experience of reading and writing. It offers exclusive stories from bestselling authors presented in bite-sized episodes released weekly. This innovative format encourages users to engage with literature in a more social and interactive manner, allowing them to enjoy storytelling in a fresh way. By combining elements of creative writing and reading, INKLO seeks to redefine how individuals experience and share written narratives.
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