Circle Lab, an AI avatar builder Liquid 2 Ventures aims to invest in founders who understand creators and their needs.Michael Ma, general partner
Carter Reum, a firm cofounder, added that he's looking for platforms that allow operators to scale faster, cost-effectively. Precursor Ventures will back creator-economy startups at the earliest stage possible, often before a team has a live product.Courtesy of Charles HudsonFounded in 2015, the generalist fund Precursor Ventures likes to back founders and startups at the earliest stage possible, often before the company has a live product.
Founded in 2013, SignalFire has grown into a massive early-stage fund with over $1.8 billion in assets under management. In February 2023, SignalFire announced that it had closed overSome of SignalFire's biggest creator-economy deals include Karat, a credit-card and financial-services platform for digital creators, and Storycraft, an AI-powered game-development tool for designers.
Principal investors Chris Harper and Katie Reiner have been behind many of the firm's creator-economy deals, including VoyceMe, a platform for manga and anime creators to manage and monetize their content, and Durable, an AI-powered website builder for solo entrepreneurs and creators.