Seed to Harvest

Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures Charles Hudson On Raising a $73 Million Fund and Prioritizing People | Seed to Harvest Ep34

October 10, 2022 Paige Finn Doherty Episode 34
Seed to Harvest
Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures Charles Hudson On Raising a $73 Million Fund and Prioritizing People | Seed to Harvest Ep34
Show Notes

Seed to Harvest is a new podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

Today, I’m joined by Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, a classic seed stage investment firm based out of San Francisco, CA. Charles is a serial entrepreneur, previously founding Bionic Panda Games, 3rd Power LLC, and CH3 Media Holdings. Prior to founding Precursor Ventures he served as a Partner at Uncork Capital and as a Senior Associate at In-Q-Tel, the venture arm of the CIA. He is currently a Lecturer at Stanford’s GSB and a Board Member of multiple organizations, including H2, LightSide Games, Populus, and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).

00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Charles Hudson

05:35 Uncork Capital Founder Jeff Clavier doing it all

11:16 People sometimes make mistakes

18:08 What has changed at Precursor Ventures?

22:32 How Charles Hudson effectively manages relationships

28:30 Tips for writing an investor update

Show notes:

Charles Hudson | https://twitter.com/chudson?lang=en

Precursor Ventures | https://twitter.com/PrecursorVC

Jeff Clavier | https://twitter.com/jeff?lang=en

Uncork Capital | https://twitter.com/uncorkcap

Rashaun Williams | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashaunlwilliams/

Sydney Thomas | https://twitter.com/sydneypaige10?lang=en

Fern Mandelbaum | https://www.linkedin.com/in/fern-mandelbaum-a485851/