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 Los Angeles, CA

Runner

Funding Round in 2022
Operator of a recruitment platform intended to connect startups with operations people looking for part-time work. The company's platform seeks to combat some tensions in early-stage startup building by helping them to add people that the team needs fractionally, along with helping individuals to curate their career path, enabling startups to get access to desired talents they need for growing their business.

Heart to Heart

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Heart to Heart is an audio-first dating app aiming to bring back some intimacy to the process of finding the right person for next foray.

Shop Latinx

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Operator of an online marketplace intended to sell lifestyle products designed by and for the Latinx community. The company's marketplace offers clothing, jewelry, art and collectibles, footwear, and cosmetics, enabling people to shop for a wide variety of products online.

Encantos

Seed Round in 2020
Encantos Media Studios is an entertainment and educational company based in Culver City, California, with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York. Founded in 2015, Encantos creates a diverse range of content, including apps, books, toys, and videos, aimed at empowering creatives to tell their stories. The company connects children with skilled storytellers through an online platform designed to teach essential 21st-century skills. Encantos has garnered recognition through numerous awards and accolades from prestigious organizations such as CNN, Forbes, and The New York Times, highlighting its commitment to quality educational content and innovation in children's media.

Betty Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Betty Labs Incorporated, founded in 2018 and based in Los Angeles, California, specializes in developing sports trivia applications aimed at enhancing fan engagement. The company's flagship product, Sideline, is a live mobile game that allows viewers to win money by making predictions about sports events as they unfold on television. This interactive experience transforms mundane moments into exciting opportunities for competition and social interaction among friends. Additionally, Betty Labs offers Locker Room, a social audio platform that connects fans with sports insiders and athletes for live discussions, creating a space for fans to engage deeply with topics and teams they care about.

LOOM

Seed Round in 2020
LOOM is a wellbeing platform empowering women through reproductive and sexual health education. Weaving together inclusivity, empathy and science, LOOM is an entirely new approach to health education that helps women thrive in their bodies at every stage. Founded in 2016 by Erica Chidi and Quinn Lundberg, LOOM is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Pod People

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Provider of on-demand workforce intended to assist industries with a vast network of hand-picked professionals across the globe. The company's platform offers audio, video and social storytelling production and has curated a global community of producers, editors, audio engineers and sound designers, enabling clients to get a professional workforce for their projects.

Eternal

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Eternal is a company that develops an avatar social network, which allows users to create and interact through personalized avatars. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the company launched a private beta of its platform in January 2020. Eternal aims to provide a unique social experience by enabling users to express themselves and connect with others in a virtual environment.

Gavel

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Documate is an AI-enabled app that allows lawyers and legal aid to create guided interviews that generate file-ready, fully assembled legal documents. Documate is web-based and works on all operating systems. It can be used for everything from intake to complex document assembly.

Whym

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Whym is an innovative text-based boutique that simplifies the shopping experience for career-focused women by allowing them to browse and purchase products through text messages. Founded by a team experienced in launching consumer products, Whym prioritizes convenience and personalization by enabling customers to interact with real people instead of automated systems. Users can initiate their shopping by texting a designated number, receiving a curated list of options that can be navigated using emojis. The unique Whym Wallet facilitates secure transactions without the need for passwords or PINs, streamlining the purchasing process. By focusing on niche, high-quality brands that align with modern values such as ethics and wellness, Whym caters specifically to the interests and needs of contemporary women. Products are shipped within one to four business days, and future purchases can be completed entirely via text, enhancing both ease and efficiency in shopping.

Fuse Inventory

Seed Round in 2019
Fuse Inventory, Inc. provides a software-as-a-service based inventory planning and management platform. It offers Fuse Inventory, an inventory forecasting platform to plan demand and inventory levels; and automatically prompts to re-order. The company’s platform also enables users to see sales, forecast, and inventory data charted in one central interface; highlights important events that impact business; and avoids stock-outs and overstocks. Fuse Inventory, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Fuse Inventory

Seed Round in 2019
Fuse Inventory, Inc. provides a software-as-a-service based inventory planning and management platform. It offers Fuse Inventory, an inventory forecasting platform to plan demand and inventory levels; and automatically prompts to re-order. The company’s platform also enables users to see sales, forecast, and inventory data charted in one central interface; highlights important events that impact business; and avoids stock-outs and overstocks. Fuse Inventory, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Whym

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Whym is an innovative text-based boutique that simplifies the shopping experience for career-focused women by allowing them to browse and purchase products through text messages. Founded by a team experienced in launching consumer products, Whym prioritizes convenience and personalization by enabling customers to interact with real people instead of automated systems. Users can initiate their shopping by texting a designated number, receiving a curated list of options that can be navigated using emojis. The unique Whym Wallet facilitates secure transactions without the need for passwords or PINs, streamlining the purchasing process. By focusing on niche, high-quality brands that align with modern values such as ethics and wellness, Whym caters specifically to the interests and needs of contemporary women. Products are shipped within one to four business days, and future purchases can be completed entirely via text, enhancing both ease and efficiency in shopping.

Whym

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Whym is an innovative text-based boutique that simplifies the shopping experience for career-focused women by allowing them to browse and purchase products through text messages. Founded by a team experienced in launching consumer products, Whym prioritizes convenience and personalization by enabling customers to interact with real people instead of automated systems. Users can initiate their shopping by texting a designated number, receiving a curated list of options that can be navigated using emojis. The unique Whym Wallet facilitates secure transactions without the need for passwords or PINs, streamlining the purchasing process. By focusing on niche, high-quality brands that align with modern values such as ethics and wellness, Whym caters specifically to the interests and needs of contemporary women. Products are shipped within one to four business days, and future purchases can be completed entirely via text, enhancing both ease and efficiency in shopping.

Care3

Seed Round in 2018
Care3, Inc. is a developer of a care-sharing mobile application aimed at enhancing coordination among patients, families, and care teams. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company focuses on reducing health disparities, particularly among seniors, people of color, and individuals with disabilities. The application simplifies clinical care plans by breaking them down into manageable, step-by-step activities communicated in plain language. This approach allows users to share their care plans with both family and professional caregivers, facilitating a supportive environment that enables patients to live comfortably at home and minimize hospital visits.

ARTERNAL

Seed Round in 2018
ARTERNAL offers a customer relationship management software for art galleries and museums. The company provides a platform that enables users to store contact information, track sales activity, collect customer data, send individual previews, and allocate staff and resources. The platform can be accessed on the Web and smartphones. ARTERNAL was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Joany

Series A in 2017
Joany Inc., also known as Joany Health Insurance Services, is an online insurance brokerage based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016. The company specializes in simplifying the process of buying and managing health insurance through its digital platform, which leverages machine learning and predictive modeling to tailor insurance options to individual consumer needs. In addition to insurance brokerage services, Joany provides healthcare concierge services, including doctor matching, billing assistance, and other support to help clients navigate the complexities of healthcare. The company aims to enhance the overall experience of using health insurance, making it more accessible and efficient for consumers.

Joany

Seed Round in 2016
Joany Inc., also known as Joany Health Insurance Services, is an online insurance brokerage based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016. The company specializes in simplifying the process of buying and managing health insurance through its digital platform, which leverages machine learning and predictive modeling to tailor insurance options to individual consumer needs. In addition to insurance brokerage services, Joany provides healthcare concierge services, including doctor matching, billing assistance, and other support to help clients navigate the complexities of healthcare. The company aims to enhance the overall experience of using health insurance, making it more accessible and efficient for consumers.

Joany

Seed Round in 2016
Joany Inc., also known as Joany Health Insurance Services, is an online insurance brokerage based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016. The company specializes in simplifying the process of buying and managing health insurance through its digital platform, which leverages machine learning and predictive modeling to tailor insurance options to individual consumer needs. In addition to insurance brokerage services, Joany provides healthcare concierge services, including doctor matching, billing assistance, and other support to help clients navigate the complexities of healthcare. The company aims to enhance the overall experience of using health insurance, making it more accessible and efficient for consumers.
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