# Primer Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Primer Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026.

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# Primer Ventures

Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 2 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund $17M, Sept 2024

Seed Series A Life Science Tools Therapeutics Genomics

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Deploying now

**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **121** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$47M** Rounds led **0 of 2**

Pitch Primer Ventures

## Primer Ventures highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series D: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> We focus on investing in breakthrough innovations and vast market opportunities in the fields of life science tools and therapeutics at early stage. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Life Science Tools Therapeutics Genomics
- **Based in:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[FORE Biotherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/fore-biotherapeutics)** Series D · US · Ventureburn **$67M** With 15 others
- **May** **[Countable Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/countable-labs)** Series A · Ventureburn **$26M** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$31M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Primer Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 327512

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**1** of 2 we have independently watched raise

[Fore](https://millionrounds.com/company/fore-biotherapeutics) Curiobioscience

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Latest fund on file

**$17M**

raised in Sept 2024

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$47M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *1*
- Series D *1*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Primer Ventures put money into.

[**FORE Biotherapeutics** $67M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fore-biotherapeutics)[**Countable Labs** $26M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/countable-labs)

## Quick answers about Primer Ventures

### What does Primer Ventures invest in?

Primer Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series D (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Science Tools, Therapeutics and Genomics.

### How active is Primer Ventures?

2 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2026.

### What has Primer Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: FORE Biotherapeutics (Series D, Jul 2026) and Countable Labs (Series A, May 2026).

### How big are Primer Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $47M.

### Is Primer Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Primer Ventures?

Primer Ventures is a VC firm based in Palo Alto, United States.

### How much does Primer Ventures manage?

About $31M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

### Has Primer Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2024, reporting $17M raised.

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