Investing Profile

Charles Hudson(6944)

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Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures
precursorvc.com/team_member/c...San Francisco, California
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Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 289 other investors on Signal.

Networks Charles is a member of
Stanford University Network
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Google Network
312 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
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Current Investing Position
Precursor Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
119
Current Fund Size
$31M

Charles Hudson is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Charles Hudson's Investments On Record (81)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Empromptu
Pre SeedDec 2025$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Edith Harbaugh
Alinia AI
SeedDec 2025$8M
Pre SeedMay 2024$2M
$10M
Co-investors: Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital), Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Frederik Hagenauer (Speedinvest)
The Beans
SeedOct 2025$5M
Pre SeedJun 2021$2M
$7.8M
Co-investors: Erica Brescia (Redpoint Ventures), Ruud Dekker (Kickstart Fund), Payam Zamani (One Planet Group), Laurel Mintz (Fabric Ventures), Jessica Mah (XFactor Ventures), Esther Dyson
Lore
Pre SeedOct 2025$1M
$14M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Ted Maidenberg (Tribe Capital), Shayon Sengupta (Multicoin Capital), Niraj Pant (Hack VC), Marc Weinstein (Mechanism Capital), Travis Scher (North Island Ventures), Brad Gillespie (IA Ventures), Zach Weinberg (Curie.Bio), Nat Turner (Operator Partners), Joel Spolsky, Balaji Srinivasan, Imran Khan, Regan Bozman, Tony Sheng, Jess Sloss
Cold
Pre SeedSep 2025
Dopl Technologies
Pre SeedDec 2024$2M
$2.3M
Co-investors: Haley Bryant (Hustle Fund), Matt Kozlov (Techstars)
Grw AI
Pre SeedDec 2024$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures)
Flex
SeedSep 2024$3M
$130M
Co-investors: Beth Turner (SV Angel), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Yash Patel (FTX Ventures), Liz Wessel (First Round Capital), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator), Mark Kahn (Bria Fund), Zaid Rahman (305 Ventures), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Saxon Baum

most interested in

API, Automation, Gaming, Government Technology, Hardware, Health and Wellness, Industrial, Internet and Mobile, IoT, Marketplace, Productivity, Proptech/Real Estate, Robotics, SaaS, Social, Supply Chain/Logistics, Transportation, Travel/Hospitality

not interested in

Advertising technology (adtech), marketing technology (martech), and sales enablement technology. We have good coverage in all those areas already.

Charles Hudson's Experience

Interim CEO Kahuna, Inc2016 - 2016
Interim CEO Kahuna2016 - 2016
Partner SoftTech VC2013 - 2015
Managing Partner and Founder CH3 Media Holdings LLC2010 - 2014
Co-Founder and CEO Bionic Panda Games2010 - 2013
Consultant WebMediaBrands2010 - 2012
Venture Partner SoftTech VC2010 - 2012
VP, Business Development Serious Business2008 - 2010
Managing Partner 3rd Power LLC2007 - 2009
Senior Director, Business Development Gaia Interactive2007 - 2008
New Business Development Manager Google2006 - 2007
Product Manager, MGA IronPort Systems2005 - 2006
Consultant Dashjack2005 - 2005
Student Chair MIT/Stanford VLAB2004 - 2005
Marketing Intern Cassatt Corporation2004 - 2004
Sr. Associate In-Q-Tel2000 - 2004

Charles Hudson's Education

Stanford University BA Spanish and Economics
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA