# Precursor Ventures

> Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco venture capital firm backing software and hardware founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, often in their first institutional round. It combines early capital with fundraising guidance, practical advice and a founder community.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Charles Hudson (Founder and Managing Partner)
- **Products:** Pre-seed and seed investments, Founder support, US Fundraising Bootcamp
- **Notable:** Current homepage reports more than 500 teams backed since 2015., $66 million fifth fund announced in April 2025., Built a generalist first-institutional-round investment practice.

## Products & services

- **Pre-seed and seed investments** — Generalist software and hardware investments, typically up to $500,000 per initial check, with follow-on reserves.
- **Founder support** — Fundraising guidance, tactical advice, peer groups and founder community programming.
- **US Fundraising Bootcamp** — A London program advertised for May 18, 2026 with Cooley and ElevenLabs for European founders planning a US raise.

## Achievements

- Current homepage reports more than 500 teams backed since 2015.
- $66 million fifth fund announced in April 2025.
- Built a generalist first-institutional-round investment practice.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Hudson wrote that strict pre-seed definitions and prior round-size and valuation constraints were limiting the opportunities the firm considered; he did not promise that broader evaluation would change investments.
- **2026-06** — Hudson discussed fundraising, early-stage market changes and the evolution of Precursor on The Peel.
- **2026-05** — The firm advertised a London US Fundraising Bootcamp with Cooley and ElevenLabs.
- **2025-04** — Hudson confirmed the close of the $66 million fifth fund.

## Links

- Website: https://precursorvc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/precursor-ventures/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/PrecursorVC
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/precursorvc/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/precursorvc/

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Last updated: 2026-10-27