Vanessa Larco, a longtime venture capital investor best known for backing early-stage software and consumer technology, has launched a new firm aimed at a part of the startup market she argues has been underserved by mega-funds: the pre-seed and seed trenches where founders need time, attention, and hands-on support more than a brand-name logo.
Larco co-founded Premise VC with Mercedes Bent in early 2025, positioning the firm as a specialist fund that will invest exclusively at the earliest stages. The thesis is straightforward: as venture funds have ballooned into multi-billion-dollar… Read more





