Charles Hudson and Navin Chaddha join the manufacturers’ scene at Disrupt 2025

More than 10,000 founders, investors and technological initiates will meet in Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27 to 29 for Techcrunch Disrupt 2025 – One of the most anticipated technological conferences of the year.

Of the 250+ technological leaders that go up on stageDo not miss this out -of -competition panel on the manufacturers’ stage with two of the investors at the start of the most respected stadium in Venture: Charles Hudson precursor companies and Navin Chaddha de Mayfield. Their session plunges into one of the most difficult moments of any startup route: increasing your first round when everything you have is a vision.

Why join this conversation on the manufacturers’ stage?

This honest and tactical conversation Will cover what really matters when you increase your first institutional check, to tell a convincing story to the construction of traction without traction. Hudson and Chaddha will share the features they regularly look for at the founders from zero to one, the red flags that lift the most common eyebrows and errors for the first entrepreneurs during fundraising.

Betting on people before the product

The collection of pre-series funds and seeds often occurs before there is a product, a user base or a traction. This means that investors are betting on the founder, not on the company. And little know how to improve this call that Hudson and Chaddha. Between them, they supported hundreds of founders in the early stages, before the pitch terraces were polished, before there were measures to show, and often before a single line of code is shipped.

Charles Hudson, Precursor Ventures director partner, has invested in more than 400 companies and supported more than 450 founders. He built his reputation on supporting people with daring ideas and unique prospects, saying recently, “The earlier you invest, the more important it is to believe in the story and the founder’s ability to adapt. It is not only a question of solving a problem – it is to know if I believe that you are the only one to do so.”

Navin Chaddha, managing partner of Mayfield, brings decades of experience by identifying the founders of Breakout and guiding businesses to evolve. With more than $ 120 billion in equity value created thanks to its investments, Chaddha thinks that the first steps are when the values of the founders count the most. “We first invest in people, the markets in second position and the third product”, “ He said. “We are looking for founders who focus on the mission and wired for resilience.”

Useable ideas on the rise of your first round

Whether you are currently raising or planning the future, this session will give you real and usable advice on early navigation with clarity and conviction. Do not miss him live, in addition to Over 200 sessions taking place on five stages of industry. Register now to save Up to $ 675 before the price increase after July!