The Past, Present, and Future of Pre-Seed | Charles Hudson, Precursor

Podcast: The Peel with Turner Novak · Turner Novak

Opublikowano: 2026-06-25

Charles Hudson started Precursor Ventures in 2015, and helped create pre-seed as a category. Ten years and hundreds of Day 0 checks later, few investors have backed as many first-time founders, making him the perfect person to talk through the state of the category today. We talk about why this is the hardest moment for pre-seed/seed investing he can remember, why sitting out of bubbles can be more dangerous than joining, how he hands his junior team real money to make their own bets, and urgency and “the last $250k ef...