Charles HudsonFounder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

Are you really your investor’s top priority? 💭

17 Jul 2025 · 0 min

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Charles Hudson gives fundraising advice emphasizing that founders must be a top priority for an investor (typically the investor's #1 or #2 priority) to get a deal done and feel momentum. If a company is lower priority, the investor may still work the deal but momentum and responsiveness will be limited. The clip is short, advisory, and directed at founders.

Be saying hi with them. Yeah, you actually wouldn't probably even respond to my email. So I think there is the art of I tell our companies all the time when they're fundraising. At most firms, if you want to get your deal done, you have to be the number one or number two priority for that person at that point in time. And if you're not, they'll still work on the deal. It's just you're not going to feel momentum and.