Charles HudsonFounder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

Is seed investing still a goldmine?

1 Oct 2026 · 0 min

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In this YouTube video, Charles Hudson examines the current state of seed‑stage investing, arguing that the market has matured significantly over the past 15 years. The speaker emphasizes that the performance bar for seed investors is now much higher: strategies that relied on merely B‑plus execution can no longer generate top‑tier returns. Opportunities that once allowed modest execution to succeed are now scarce, and successful seed investors must consistently operate at a high level across all aspects of the investment process. The discussion sets the stage for a broader analysis of why seed investing has become more competitive and what founders and investors need to adapt to remain effective.

What is true though, for everybody is that the bar is really, really high because back to my first point, the market is maturing, right? And so there's almost no strategy out there where you can have, you know, B+ execution and get A results. There was a time 15 years ago where within seed stage investing, I think you could absolutely do that. But today I think those, those opportunities are very, very few and far between. You should really be executing at a high level no matter what you're doing. I