Charles Hudson, Managing Partner and Founder of Precursor Ventures, talks about how he founded Precursor Ventures and why he is unafraid to back unproven first-time entrepreneurs. Charles gives useful tips for founders embarking on finding product-market fit, and shares his thoughts on bridge funding.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

[3:57] Starting early in venture capital as an undergraduate; what you enjoy, and what you miss

[8:49] Why Precursor is unafraid to back unproven, first-time entrepreneurs

[11:50] $1m pre-seed funding can quickly vanish due to lack of clarity on the product-market fit.

[16:26] How bridge funding can be helpful to entrepreneurs

Non-profit that Charles is passionate about: San Francisco-Marin Food Bank

About Guest Speaker

Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner and Founder of Precursor Ventures. For more than three decades, Charles has made seed-stage investments in startups in the internet and mobile spaces. Prior to founding Precursor, he identified investment opportunities in mobile infrastructure, mobile applications, and marketplaces as a Partner at Uncork Capital. Before that, he co-founded Bionic Panda Games (a mobile games startup), held business development roles for Gaia Interactive, Google, and Serious Business, was a Product Manager for IronPort Systems, and worked at In-Q-Tel, CIA’s venture capital fund.

About Precursor Ventures

Precursor Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that seeks to invest in a company's first round of institutional investment and focuses on investments in B2B software applications, B2C software and services, and connected hardware. Precursor’s portfolio includes: AnyRoad, Afriex, Arternal, Ascent Autism, Bloom, Bobbie, Documate, Nomad, Encantos, Healthie, Knack, Sagelink, and Zeta.

Next Week’s Episode

Coming up next week in Episode 74, we welcome a special guest, Heather Harnett, CEO and Founding Partner of Human Ventures, to talk about how she identifies ‘futurists’ to back them until the market sees their value.

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