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  • Finix lands $17.5 mln Series A
    Iris Dorbian- 16 July 2019

    San Francisco-based Finix, a payments infrastructure platform, has secured $17.5 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round with participation from Insight Venture Partners, Aspect Ventures, Visa, Homebrew, Precursor Ventures and Act One Ventures.

  • Homeroom snags $3.5 mln seed
    Iris Dorbian- 27 June 2019

    Homeroom, a platform for after-school enrichment programs, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Forerunner Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Felicis Ventures, Precursor Ventures and Kapor Capital.

  • Homeroom snags $3.5 mln seed
    chris@arsenalvp.com- 27 June 2019

    Homeroom, a platform for after-school enrichment programs, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Forerunner Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Felicis Ventures, Precursor Ventures and Kapor Capital.

  • Pico pulls in $4.5 mln seed
    Iris Dorbian- 30 May 2019

    Pico, a provider of audience relationship management solutions, has secured $4.5 million in seed financing, according to an announcement https://trypico.com/newsroom/pico-raises-seed-round/ on its site. Precursor Ventures and Stripe led the round. In addition to the funding, Charles Hudson, a managing partner at Precursor Ventures, has been added to Pico's board of directors.

  • Elaine Kunda’s Disruption Ventures makes Hostfully its first woman-led deal
    Kirk Falconer- 1 May 2019

    Canadian women-focused venture firm Disruption Ventures cut its first cheque, backing a startup that serves the fast-emerging vacation-rentals sector. Disruption invested in the US$1 million seed round of Hostfully, a San Francisco software provider that helps rental-property managers streamline operations and engage with guests. Disruption Managing Partner Elaine Kunda said Hostfully matches the type of woman-founded startup her firm is looking to back. Kunda in 2018 launched Disruption to invest up to $1 million in North American early-stage tech companies founded and managed by female entrepreneurs. A second deal, this one located in Canada, is in the offing, Kunda said.

  • Precursor Ventures rakes in $31 mln for sophomore fund
    Iris Dorbian- 1 March 2019

    Precursor Ventures has raised $31 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1719453/000171945319000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml The San Francisco-based venture firm is an early-stage venture firm focused on pre-seed investments in the San Francisco, New York, Toronto and Los Angeles metropolitan regions.