Precursor Ventures

?? Job Alert ?? Nectir is actively seeking a talented Senior Account Executive to join their growing team! If you or someone in your network is passionate about driving impactful results, check out the job details and apply below. ?? Nectir is a communication platform for education that encourages collaborative learning through connecting students in the same classes. https://lnkd.in/gS6W7cU2

Congrats to ESAI on their $1.25M pre-seed raise! ?? https://lnkd.in/d4REbyPE

Congrats to Boardy on their $3M pre-seed raise! ?? https://lnkd.in/gvqpHqic

?? Reminder to apply for the Precursor Pre-Seed Bootcamp! If you are raising your first institutional round of funding, this invite-only event is designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools to secure pre-seed funding. Whether you're exploring an idea or have recently launched, this workshop will guide you through the early stages of fundraising. Join us for an insightful day with panelists like: Michael Esquivel from Fenwick & West Vivien Ho from Pear VC Anne Dwane from Village Global Sara Deshpande from Maven Ventures Rishi Taparia from Garuda Ventures Ellen Chisa from boldstart ventures …and more to be announced! Apply now to secure your spot: https://lnkd.in/gNQH6MuG ?? Date: November 20, 2024 ?? Location: San Francisco ? Workshop: 9 AM - 5 PM PT | Dinner: 6 PM - 8 PM PT

Congrats to the Highnote team on raising $2.5M in additional funding! ?? https://lnkd.in/eFVAh33U

Congrats to team Finix on their Series C raise! ??? Finix is leading the charge in payments innovation, delivering a powerful, all-in-one solution for ISVs, marketplaces, and merchants. Their low-code/no-code approach allows businesses, even those with minimal developer resources, to easily access advanced payments functionality for both the US and Canadian markets.

Congrats to Concourse on their $4.7M seed raise! ?? https://lnkd.in/dXgyKKGw

? BINDERY DROP ? Our first four books are officially releasing today. It would be impossible to summarize the philharmonic-level orchestra of activity that has gone into building both this company and this launch over the past year, but there isn’t enough space in a single post to thank the many people who have worked so tirelessly to make it happen. We believe the reason so many have coalesced around Bindery is because our mission matters. We’re here to build a more diverse, equitable, and independent world of books. The book industry at large has suffered as the media landscape has disintegrated over the last two decades. Especially, authors have suffered, forced to sit by as debuts become increasingly hard for publishers to break out in a rapidly fragmenting consumer landscape, as authors’ earnings dropped with their sales projections (42% on average over the last decade), and as the business doubled down on “sure bets” that look like existing bestsellers. We decided to create a publishing model that is structurally different. Bindery empowers tastemakers, who lead highly engaged communities of readers, to start their own publishing imprints and choose what books get published next. This means authors and stories that are “too niche” or “too genrebendy” for a traditional publisher to take a risk on are ones that we are happy to publish. Community investment is what makes this possible—readers are driving the kinds of stories that get created here. And community investment is also what makes us believe these stories will not be small at all. The run-up to this launch has been peppered by our books gracing dozens of “biggest and buzziest” and “best of fall” lists. We’re in second printings for several ahead of launch. Two authors have earned out their advances on subsidiary rights sales including audio for all titles, foreign editions in Germany, Italy, UK, Czech Republic, Russia, and Ukraine, subscription box buys, and film option interest. You will find Bindery Books in hundreds of independent bookstores and libraries, Barnes & Noble, and Walmart, with endorsements from heavy hitters like Rebecca Yarros, Rebecca Thorne, Melissa Albert, Emily Habeck, and TJ Klune. Behind the scenes, it’s been a whirlwind and the hardest and best work we’ve ever done. And we’re just getting started. If you would like to support us and the incredible authors we’re publishing this season, please pick up a copy at your favorite bookstore—and if they aren’t carrying it already, ask them to! Know that by supporting Bindery you are making a real contribution to change. --Matt Kaye and Meghan Harvey, cofounders

Congrats to Healthie on their oversubscribed $23M Series B raise! ?? https://lnkd.in/dY8bgHhN

Congrats to ClaimSorted on the recent $3M pre-seed raise! ?? https://lnkd.in/ejNVjpPz