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The
new Extra
Crunch Live series is taking flight this week. Later today we’re talking to Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee and Ted Wang
. This Thursday we’re keeping the parade of well-known investors coming, when Charles Hudson will join Natasha Mascarenhas
and I
for a deep-dive into all things pre-seed and seed.
Extra Crunch Live Episode 2: Charles Hudson will air at 3 PM PT/6 PM ET this Thursday. Important Note:
Extra Crunch members
will be able to ask their own questions live on the call.
Hudson has
been a guest on Equity
a few times
and even popped on stage at Disrupt. Why? Because he’s made a number of notable investments and he has a penchant for explaining the seed venture market in useful, easy-to-grok terms.
Precursor Ventures, Hudson’s firm, has raised a number of funds, and
filed paperwork
to put together a $40 million third fund earlier this year. If closed, the new vehicle would be Precursor’s largest to date. The firm previously raised two main funds, and one $10 million “opportunity” fund.
Hudson, along with senior associate
Sydney Thomas
and analyst Ayanna Kerrison
, tends to invest in software, Internet-focused, and ecommerce companies, according to Crunchbase data. However, other data indicates that the firm’s investment pace may have slowed in 2019 as the world unwittingly marched towards the new, COVID-19 era.
The new world we live in is precisely why we wanted to get Charles back for a chat. The
last time we spoke with him
Airbnb was still going public in 2020 on the back of a direct listing. We also chatted about which Y Combinator companies were the biggest was a topic of conversation. Now Airbnb’s
been forced to borrow expensive capital
, cut its valuation
, and is generally expected to delay its public debut. And Y Combinator is pulling back on its investing cadence
.
A new world, a changed world.
Before we let you go, while prepping for our talk with Hudson, we discovered that Precursor put money into both payment firm
Finix’s
seed round and Series A, according to Crunchbase data. The startup later raised a Series B
that would wind up being more complicated than it first seemed
.
If you aren’t
a member of Extra Crunch just yet, join up
and don’t miss any of the next few month’s worth of live chats that are going to be pretty damn cool.
You can find all the Zoom information below, as well as an AddEvent link to put the details directly onto your calendar.
See you soon!
