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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…
@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
@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
@sparshbohra4135
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 pm
13:33
@skyeparker5822
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 am
I would love to know what googles 100 year plan is
@BreezeTalk
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 am
We generally seem to be learning about the mindset and lifestyle of early stage investing.
@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.