Backing ruthlessly iterative founders
investing pre-consensus™
Sector-agnostic. Founder-obsessive.
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Sector-agnostic.
Founder-obsessive.
Actinide
America’s atomic refinery
Aethero
Space-rated computers for processing data in orbit
American Housing Corporation
Vertically integrated housing manufacturing and development
Ares Industries
Smaller, lower-cost anti-ship cruise missiles
Arvist
Supply chain visibility
Blitzpanel
Rethinking how panels are built
Clearing
Banking for vacation rental operators
Daivin
Tankless dive gear
Dimensional
An open-source operating system for physical space
DroneForge
Turning drones into autonomous systems
Dynamo Air
Heavy-duty cargo robots for hard-to-reach places
Frenalytics
Learning software for people with cognitive deficits
Hayla
800V DC power systems for AI data centers
Hero
Selling everyday items faster with AI
Longshot
Gas accelerators for hypersonic testing and future space launch
Lumina
Electric, autonomous construction equipment
Mara
Autonomous, short-range robotic defense systems
Meridian
Measuring and improving AI search presence
Narsil
Rover swarms for critical-infrastructure surveillanceNeural Machine
Silent-speech earbuds for talking to AI
Orion
Hydro-powered sleep temperature control
PipeDream Labs
Underground pipes for rapid delivery
Poseidon
Unmanned cargo aircraft
Presidio Power Company
Developing and derisking battery storage projects
Radify Metals
Rare-earth metals through hydrogen cold-plasma reduction
Rainmaker
Cloud seeding and terraforming
RMFG
Contract manufacturing for robotics and advanced hardware
Root
Extensible community messaging
Stone Power
America’s turbine company
SubStrata
Behavioral intelligence for dealmakers
Tex
Heavy equipment sales and procurement
Texts (acq Automattic)
All your messages in one inbox · Acquired by Automattic
Vight Aero
Two-seat personal eVTOL aircraft
Vuecason
Next-generation 3D metal printing
Wardstone
Space-based interceptors for missile defense
Watoga
A co-pilot for mining operations
Western Chemicals
Turning wastewater into low-cost fuels
WeStrive
White-label software for gyms and member managementFrom the founders.
Browse the full collection“Michael Shor was too early, too supportive, too earnest, too plugged-in, too excited, too everywhere, and too founder-friendly.
Do not recommend unless you're building something big.”
“Michael was one of our first investors. He comes to conviction quickly and with confidence.”
“Michael is the biggest champion and advocate among our investors. Highly recommended for how founder focused he is. 10/10, no notes!”
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Founder & Solo General Partner
Michael Shor
Michael founded PRECONSENSUS to back ruthlessly iterative founders at the earliest stages.
After a decade in real estate, he moved into early-stage venture—sourcing companies, championing founders, and connecting them with the people who can help.
Based in Miami with his wife and seven children.
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From across the portfolio.
Rainmaker
“Can This Army of Drones Solve the West’s Water Crisis?”
nationalgeographic.com ↗
Orion Sleep
“I'm so mad that I love Orion's $2,195 AI mattress pad”
techcrunch.com ↗
Poseidon
“Poseidon Aerospace lands $60M ahead of first pilotless test flight”
techcrunch.com ↗
Actinide
“Plano company makes breakthrough on cancer treatment material”
fox4news.com ↗
mara
“Startup raises $7 million to build backpack-portable 8.8-ounce drone interceptors”
tomshardware.com ↗More coverage
Rainmaker
“Rainmaker scaling weather modification technology as nearly half of US faces drought”
foxbusiness.com ↗
Rainmaker
“Can cloud seeding fight drought? Startup Rainmaker just raised $100 million to find out”
fastcompany.com ↗
Rainmaker
“Drones hold secret to producing more rain, engineers say”
abcnews.com ↗
Actinide
“Actinide becomes first startup to ever enrich uranium, producing HALEU”
actinideinc.com ↗
Longshot
“'Space gun' startup hopes to offer U.S. military an affordable way to test hypersonic weapons”
aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org ↗Memes.
Actinide
Actinide
American Housing Corporation
American Housing Corporation
PipeDream Labs
Rainmaker
