Precursor Ventures

Precursor Ventures, established in 2015, is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. It focuses on pre-seed and seed funding for B2B and B2C software applications and hardware companies. The firm primarily invests in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Toronto, with a secondary focus on other North American geographies. Precursor Ventures typically invests between $0.1 million and $0.25 million per company, aiming to make around 18 to 20 investments. The firm's investment strategy prioritizes people over product at the earliest stage of a startup's journey, and it has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider to promote diversity and inclusion in its portfolio.

Marina Girgis

Principal and Checkwriter

Charles Hudson

Founder and Managing Partner

Ashtan Jordan

Principal

Ayanna Kerrison

Senior Associate

Past deals in Streaming

Highnote

Venture Round in 2024
Highnote is an innovative audio creators platform tailored for musicians, podcasters, and voiceover artists. It provides tools for capturing notes, annotating audio files, and collecting feedback seamlessly. Users can ask questions, create polls, and compare multiple versions of their work, all within a single interface. The platform allows listeners to respond and provide feedback directly on audio tracks without the need for account creation or app downloads. By facilitating high-quality audio streaming and efficient workflow management, Highnote aims to enhance collaboration and streamline the creative process for audio creators globally. As the industry for creator tools and services approaches a significant market size, Highnote positions itself as a pivotal resource for empowering music makers and audio professionals.

PodcastAI

Seed Round in 2024
PodcastAI is a technology company that specializes in AI-driven tools for podcast production. It aims to streamline content creation by automating text-to-audio conversion, making podcasting more efficient and accessible for creators and media companies worldwide. The company's platform transforms podcasters into producers, enabling them to generate entire episodes using artificial intelligence, thereby facilitating swift and effective episode publication.

Highnote

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Highnote is an innovative audio creators platform tailored for musicians, podcasters, and voiceover artists. It provides tools for capturing notes, annotating audio files, and collecting feedback seamlessly. Users can ask questions, create polls, and compare multiple versions of their work, all within a single interface. The platform allows listeners to respond and provide feedback directly on audio tracks without the need for account creation or app downloads. By facilitating high-quality audio streaming and efficient workflow management, Highnote aims to enhance collaboration and streamline the creative process for audio creators globally. As the industry for creator tools and services approaches a significant market size, Highnote positions itself as a pivotal resource for empowering music makers and audio professionals.

Fireside

Seed Round in 2021
Co-Founded by Falon Fatemi and Mark Cuban, Fireside is the first interactive Web3 streaming platform that turns creators and brands into the studio, networks, and streaming platforms of the future and invites audiences not to just view content, but participate in it. Fireside has already attracted creators like Jay Leno, Melissa Rivers, Craig Kilborn, and the Creator of HBO’s Entourage who are leveraging Fireside to invent new show formats and launch next generation entertainment networks. For more information or to request access to Fireside, please visit www.firesidechat.com or download Fireside for iOS.

Bytewax

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bytewax is a developer of a data streaming processor that enables users to build custom pipelines for transforming data and making real-time predictions. The platform is designed to enhance accessibility and flexibility in stream processing, catering to data scientists and engineers who require the ability to handle complex workflows. Bytewax supports a wide range of applications across various industries, including industrial internet-of-things, finance, consumer technology, and cybersecurity. Its software allows clients to connect to numerous data sources and utilize an extensive ecosystem of data processing libraries, facilitating efficient development and deployment of machine learning models. By streamlining the development process, Bytewax helps users save time, reuse code, and enhance the overall effectiveness of their data-driven projects.
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