# How To Fundraise As A Solo Founder | Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures)

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Podcast: [Solo Founders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/solo-founders-7728246)
Published: 2026-03-18T17:24:30+00:00
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## Resource

Charles Hudson is the founder and managing partner of Precursor Ventures, where he's invested in over 500 companies as a solo GP. He shares a data point that challenges the co-founder consensus: 25-30% of his portfolio companies lose a co-founder before Series A. In this conversation, he explains why talented solo founders beat mismatched teams, the real cost of dead equity, and why you should never give away 40% of your company just to make fundraising easier. Topics covered: - The co-founder breakup rate: 25-30% before Series A - Dead equity and cap table damage from co-founder departures - Rivalry and resentment dynamics in co-founding teams - Why investors underrate solo founders - The "team sport" analogy reframed - Denominator delusion: failed co-founding teams nobody counts - Don't give away 40% of your company for fundraising optics - Authorship and full accountability as a solo founder - Fundraising advice: don't apologize for being solo - Late-joining co-founders and how to evaluate them - The solo GP / solo founder kinship - The emotional reality: loneliness is 10x what you expect - Bear case and bull case for solo founding Guest: Charles Hudson — Founder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures. Solo GP. 500+ investments. Former partner at SoftTech VC (now Uncork Capital). Former Google and Genentech.

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