Priora VC
Investing in what comes first.
Priora's latin meaning is "the earlier things" or "what comes first."
Our thesis
We invest where others hesitate.
Pre-seed and growth opertunities, across AI, infrastructure, and frontier technology.
Concentrated bets — we go deep with fewer founders, not shallow with many.
Long-term capital with the patience to let category-defining companies compound.
Operators first. We've built, shipped, and scaled — we know what hard looks like.
Partner investments
Focus areas
Where we invest.
ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE
Tools that make organizations faster, leaner, and more capable.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The foundational layer — compute, data, and developer tooling.
SPORTS/GAMING
Rebuilding entertainment financial systems from first principles.
DEFENSE TECH
Technology that protects and projects national capability.
DEEP TECH
Science-driven ventures with decade-long compounding potential.
AI
Ttransformational AI Investing
The team
Built by operators.
Marcus Holt
Managing Partner
Elena Vasquez
General Partner
James Okafor
General Partner
Nadia Stern
Partner, Operations
Get in touch
Building something that matters?
We meet founders at the earliest stage as well as growth stages. If you're working on a hard problem, we want to hear from you.
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