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How to pitch when you’re at the inception stage | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Raising pre-seed and seed-stage capital at the inception stage means pitching without a product, users, or traction — just a vision and a founder story. In this TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 panel, Wesley Chan of FPV Ventures and Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures share what they look for in the earliest-stage founders and how to stand…

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Raising pre-seed and seed-stage capital at the inception stage means pitching without a product, users, or traction — just a vision and a founder story. In this TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 panel, Wesley Chan of FPV Ventures and Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures share what they look for in the earliest-stage founders and how to stand out when you have little more than an idea.

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  1. @vortex7730

    November 6, 2025 at 3:22 pm

    I checked thrice to confirm I’m not playing at 2x when Wesley was speaking

    • @Thr3_dot

      November 7, 2025 at 1:35 am

      Haha I always listen to my videos in 2x and I had to put it down to 1x lol he was dropping to much gems a second

    • @thewashrcompany

      November 9, 2025 at 12:05 pm

      Thought it was just me. Gotta drop it more

    • @choco.es.secret

      November 15, 2025 at 8:36 am

      I always 2x. I can’t do this slow azz talking

  2. @richrich2862

    November 6, 2025 at 3:54 pm

    difficult to get introductions when there are no connection with people they know due to distance – kind of is a bummer

    • @MAureliusHiggs

      November 7, 2025 at 9:05 am

      We live on the internet. You’re one connection away. Start publishing and refining your idea. Put out a message there. It will refine, and those who it’s for will find you.

    • @richrich2862

      November 7, 2025 at 11:05 am

      @MAureliusHiggsmy deep tech startup was shortlisted for an award – and the judges are from huge VCs locally and from EU and one from Silicon Valley.

    • @DJjussi1

      November 11, 2025 at 10:29 am

      That’s the test

  3. @sparshbohra4135

    November 6, 2025 at 4:28 pm

    13:33

  4. @skyeparker5822

    November 10, 2025 at 2:17 am

    I would love to know what googles 100 year plan is

  5. @BreezeTalk

    November 10, 2025 at 6:04 am

    We generally seem to be learning about the mindset and lifestyle of early stage investing.

  6. @mylocator

    November 13, 2025 at 2:31 pm

    there are some great insights and confirmations of visionary perceptions in this interview. vc and pedigree are not the best for a startups funding or futures. explains vc and startups failure rate. combined with most are a shell game false front. one look at there portfolios tells a founder everything.

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