Charles Hudson and Navin Chaddha be part of the Builders Stage at Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
📍 October 27–29, Moscone West, San Francisco
🎟️ Register now — Common Chook financial savings of as much as $668 finish September 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT

Why be part of this dialog on the Builders Stage?

This sincere and tactical dialog will cowl what actually issues when elevating your first institutional examine — from telling a compelling story to constructing belief with out traction. Charles Hudson and Wesley Chan will share the traits they persistently search for in zero-to-one founders, the pink flags that increase eyebrows, and the commonest errors first-time entrepreneurs make when fundraising.

Betting on individuals earlier than the product

Pre-seed and seed fundraising typically occurs earlier than there’s a product, person base, or traction. Which means traders are betting on the founder, not the enterprise. And few know the way to make that decision higher than Hudson and Chan. Between them, they’ve backed a whole lot of founders on the earliest phases, earlier than the pitch decks had been polished, earlier than there have been metrics to point out, and sometimes earlier than a single line of code had shipped.

Charles Hudson, managing associate of Precursor Ventures, has invested in additional than 400 corporations and supported over 450 founders. He’s constructed his status on backing individuals with daring concepts and distinctive views, saying just lately: “The sooner you make investments, the extra necessary it’s to imagine within the founder’s narrative and skill to adapt. It’s not nearly fixing an issue — it’s about whether or not I imagine you’re the one to do it.”

Wesley Chan, co-founder and managing associate at FPV Ventures, is understood for putting daring early bets on category-defining corporations. A Google veteran, he helped create Google Analytics and Google Voice earlier than shifting into enterprise, the place he’s backed unicorns like Canva, Robinhood, and Plaid. His investing philosophy facilities on figuring out mission-driven founders who can flip scrappy beginnings into lasting impression.

Actionable insights on elevating your first spherical

Whether or not you’re at present elevating or planning for the longer term, this session will equip you with actual, actionable recommendation on navigating early enterprise with readability and conviction. Don’t miss it reside, along with 200+ periods going down throughout 5 trade phases. Register now to save lots of

📍 TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — October 27–29, Moscone West, San Francisco
🎟️ Save as much as $668 if you register by September 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT.