Aliya Lakhani
Associate
Precursor Ventures
Precursor Associate focused on sourcing, diligence, and early-stage founder support.
Bio
Professional summary
Mia Farnham joined Precursor full-time as a Principal and checkwriter in 2024 after being part of the firm's first MBA intern cohort in 2021. Before Precursor, she was a Principal at SteelSky Ventures, a women’s health-focused fund, and led Growth & Operations at Attn: Grace, a Precursor portfolio company. She began her career at Deloitte in M&A and restructuring, focused on consumer products and healthcare transactions. She holds an MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and a BS from Cornell University.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
pre-seedseed
Sector
consumerhealthcarewomen's health
Thesis
earliest-stage foundersconsumer and healthcare opportunitiesoperator-led founder support
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Attn: Grace
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a founder-market-fit story, especially for consumer, healthcare, or women's health businesses where operating nuance matters. Her background suggests she may value founders who understand growth, operations, category trust, and the realities of scaling in sensitive consumer or healthcare markets.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference her experience at SteelSky Ventures for women's health or healthcare pitches.
- 2Connect operational scaling lessons to her Growth & Operations role at Attn: Grace.
- 3Mention The Learning Corner only if relevant to the founder's learning or company-building narrative.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Joined Precursor full-time as a Principal and checkwriter in 2024.
Co-hosts or participates in The Learning Corner podcast with Charles Hudson.
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