Precursor Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in North America. The firm focuses on investments in B2B and B2C software applications and hardware. Precursor Ventures has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
- Total investments:
- 544
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
- Fund size:
- $66M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Precursor Ventures invests in
Stages Precursor Ventures invests in
Countries Precursor Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$7M
- Pre-Seed
- $120k–$2.5M
- Series A
- $6M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 125 (23%)
- Artificial Intelligence 64 (12%)
- Health Care 47 (9%)
- Information Technology 45 (8%)
- SaaS 40 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 258 (47%)
- Pre-Seed 124 (23%)
- Series A 46 (8%)
- Funding Round 45 (8%)
- Series B 9 (2%)
Country
- United States 382 (70%)
- Canada 7 (1%)
- Mexico 3 (1%)
- United Kingdom 3 (1%)
- France 2 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Hudson
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 125 | Find email | |
Ashtan Jordan
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Ayanna Kerrison
Senior Analyst, Investor
|
Senior Analyst, Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Marina Girgis
Investor
|
Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snag operates an AI-powered housing marketplace and rental discovery platform. | $4M / Seed / Sep 22, 2026 | ||
| Bluecore Energy is a maritime nuclear energy startup that builds compact, zero-emission small modular reactors (SMRs) on floating barges to democratize access to clean energy. The company develops portable, water-cooled power systems designed to scale and meet the energy demands of heavy maritime operations, coastal communities, and major ports. | $50M / Seed / Sep 03, 2026 | ||
| Edgerun Industries builds military exoskeletons. Backed by Y Combinator with active development across the U.S. and international partners. | Pre-Seed / Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| Claryx is building the hospital immune system, reading the genomes of confirmed patient infections, linking related cases as outbreaks, and tracing each back to its likely source. When that source is in the building (a sink, a shared piece of equipment, a particular room), Claryx finds it by matching the patient's strain against a digital twinof the hospital's microbiome, sequenced from its air, its water and its surfaces, all on proprietary chemistry cheap enough to run continuously. Founded by brothers Kurt and Dirk Hackenberger, Claryx is based in New York and live across multiple health systems. | $3.5M / Pre-Seed / Aug 04, 2026 | ||
| Dopl Technologies develops remote robotic ultrasound systems that combine robotics, telepresence, and AI to expand access to diagnostic imaging. Its platform enables healthcare providers to perform ultrasound examinations remotely, helping hospitals and clinics address workforce shortages and improve access to imaging services. The company focuseson diagnostic imaging solutions for rural and underserved healthcare settings. | $6.3M / Seed / Jul 27, 2026 | ||
| Pilot Protocol is the developer of a peer-to-peer networking protocol designed to enable secure communication between autonomous AI agents. | $4.5M / Seed / Jul 27, 2026 | ||
| Bluecore Energy is a maritime nuclear energy startup that builds compact, zero-emission small modular reactors (SMRs) on floating barges to democratize access to clean energy. The company develops portable, water-cooled power systems designed to scale and meet the energy demands of heavy maritime operations, coastal communities, and major ports. | $10M / Pre-Seed / Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| Courtroom offers AI tools to simulate juries and judges for litigation teams. Teams can test briefs, arguments, and case strategies before trial. The platform supports every stage of courtroom advocacy while maintaining attorney-client privilege and enterprise security. Courtroom’s tools aim to optimize case outcomes through early, data-driveninsights. Trial teams can prepare for real decision-makers in a controlled environment. | Pre-Seed / Jun 11, 2026 | ||
Idilio
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Idilio TV is a media‑tech startup building an AI‑powered microdrama platform primarily for Spanish‑ and Portuguese‑speaking audiences. | $5.5M / Seed / Jun 09, 2026 | |
| Nagish stands for 'Accessible' in Hebrew and our mission is to make phone calls more accessible. We believe that everyone should have the right to use a phone without having someone listening to their private calls. Nagish gives its users full ownership of their calls by converting text-to-speech and speech-to-text in real-time so thatone side of a phone call could type and read while the other side can hear and speak. | $85M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| See all 544 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Precursor Ventures invest in?
Precursor Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 544 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Precursor Ventures's check size?
Precursor Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$7M at Seed, $120k–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Precursor Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Precursor Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Precursor Ventures?
The team at Precursor Ventures includes Charles Hudson (Managing Partner), Ashtan Jordan (Principal) and Ayanna Kerrison (Senior Analyst, Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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