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The Pitch
Where startup founders raise millions and listeners can invest. Host Josh Muccio takes listeners behind closed-doors and into the room where deals are made. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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#169 Mappa: Can Voice AI Find You a Job… or a Date?
Sarah Lucena built Mappa to decode the hidden signals in your voice—revealing who you are and where you belong. From jobs to relationships, she believ...
Season 14: What VCs Really Want
Unicorns. Weird things. Founders who'll blow through brick walls. The best in venture tell us exactly what they want to invest in. Season 14 starts Oc...
#168 Finnecto: Where Deals Don’t Die
Ariel Puga wants to save deals from dying in procurement purgatory. His traction is strong, but will the investors see how big this could be in Latin...
#167 Levee: Cleaning Up Hotels' Dirty Secret
Knock, knock! AI wants to inspect your room. Al Lagunas grew up watching his mom clean hotel rooms. Now he’s building Levee, an AI-powered app to make...
#166 Awear: Whoop For Your Brain
Antonio used an Apple Watch to improve his physical health. But he couldn't find a wearable to help him in the same way with his mental health. So he...
Season 13 Finale: Founders Flip the Script
You heard the pitches. Now hear the aftermath.
The Season 13 Finale brings you founder wins, surprises, pivots—and one last chance to inv...
#164 Sundae: LTK for Groceries
Anastasia Trofimova sold everything, moved across the world and started Sundae to make food content shoppable—linking influencers, grocery carts, and...
#163 CurieDx: AI Pocket Doctor
After a decade in the ER, Dr. Therese Canares built CurieDx—an AI-powered app that can detect strep throat from a smartphone photo with 88% accuracy....
#162 Jungle: Your AI Study Coach
Julian Alvarez wants to turn every student into a super-learner. With $1M in ARR and 180,000 monthly active users, he’s off to a strong start. Can Jun...
#161 Material: F1 Engineer 3D Prints Batteries?!
Formula 1 engineer Gabe Elias got bored designing cars for Mercedes. Using his experience on the championship team he’s created a manufacturing method...
#160 Science On Call: AI Agents… for Restaurants
Forget slick dashboards—Luisa Castellanos is betting that the future of restaurant tech support is... texting. Her startup Science On Call is already...
Wanna pitch on season 14?
Raising money for your startup? Good news—applications for Season 14 of The Pitch are now open! General partner Lisa Muccio and venture scout Peter Li...
#159 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
With deals from LinkedIn, Figma, and a Fortune 100 giant, Kelsey Willock’s startup Aura Finance is off to a strong start. But will early traction be e...
#158 Avelo: The World’s First Smart Running Shoe
Royi Metser’s smart running shoe promises fewer injuries—but are runners ready to subscribe to their shoes?
This is The Pitch for Avelo. Featuri...
#157 KAV Sports: A New Era in Manufacturing
Typically a startup pitch that requires building a manufacturing facility would send VCs running for the hills. But could Whitman Kwok's high margin,...
#156 Barberino’s: Italian Luxury Takes on the American Dream
Michele Callegari has grown Barberino's to the #1 luxury men's grooming brand in Italy. Can he replicate the same success in the US – and if he does,...
#155 Folio: The $1.2B Opportunity Nobody Saw
Cathy Huang wants to unlock millions of dollars for millions of new internships. But with her round already closed, will there be room for everyone wh...
#154 Lockstop: Secure the Bike, Save the World
Mike Burton wants to help every city turn drivers to riders with his smart bike lock. But will his “no checks under $100k” approach leave him backpeda...
Season 13: The Human Side of Venture
A Johns Hopkins ER doctor, a Formula 1 engineer, and an artist walk into The Pitch Room... meet this season's extraordinary founders! We screened 2,00...
#153 Season 12 Finale 🎉
The culmination of fourteen pitches, six months, and over $3.8M invested by VCs and listeners, this is the season 12 finale.
*Disclaimer: No off...
#152 Oma Health
Khaylah Epps wants to change the face of healthcare in the south.
This is The Pitch for Oma Health. Featuring investors Cyan Banister, Charles H...
#151 Feedback Intelligence
Is your AI hallucinating? This AI can fix it.
This is Chinar Movsisyan's pitch for Feedback Intelligence. Featuring investors Cyan Banister, Cha...
#150 Remynt
Gwyneth Borden has a vendetta.
This is The Pitch for Remynt. Featuring investors Cyan Banister, Mac Conwell, Ben Taft and Elizabeth Yin.
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#149 Dopl
Could robots bring healthcare access to rural America?
This is Ryan James' pitch for Dopl. Featuring investors Cyan Banister, Charles Hudson, Jo...
#148 ESAI
Can a college advisor disrupt the system from the inside?
This is Julia Dixon's pitch for ESAI. Featuring investors Cyan Banister, Charles Hudso...
#147 Partytrick
Award winning event planner makes the pivot to tech.
This is Virginia Frischkorn's pitch for Partytrick. Featuring investors Cyan Banister, Mac...
#146 ReCraft Beer
Two of Josh's favorite hobbies—beer and startups—collide in The Pitch Room.
This is Dean Eberhardt's pitch for ReCraft. Featuring investors Cyan...
#145 immersionED
Chad Wilson wants to disrupt history class with video games.
This is The Pitch for immersionED. Featuring investors Cyan Banister, Charles Hudso...
#144 Bridgefy
What happens when disaster strikes and the internet goes down?
This is Jorge Rios' pitch for Bridgefy. Featuring investors Cyan Banister, Charle...
#143 Vital Audio
What if you could take someone’s vitals, using just the sound of their voice?
This is Nyamitse-Calvin Mahinda's pitch for Vital Audio. Featuring...
#142 Kinometrix
One million patients fall in hospitals each year, and it costs US hospitals over $35 billion. What if they could all be prevented?
This is Devin...
#141 Christie's Chips
What happens when a Michelin-trained palate makes junk food with no junk?
This is Christie Buck's pitch for Christie’s Chips. Featuring investor...
#140 geCKo Materials
Biomimicry (noun): the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes.
Founde...
#139 FutureMoney
Phil Barrar sold his last company for $65 million. Now he’s back in the game with FutureMoney, an investing platform that helps parents create generat...
Season 12: Tear Down The System
A new season is here! Fourteen pitches start August 14th with one crazy season finale to tie it all together. These startups will blow your mind, and...
#138 The Exit: Selling LearnVest for $375 Million
Alexa Von Tobel started thinking about money after her dad died when she was young. By the time she got her first job out of college, she was horrifie...
#137 Gnara: Disrupting Your Pants
As a glacier guide in Alaska, Georgia Grace Edwards had a problem: her pants. While the male guides just unzipped and did their business, she had to f...
#136 KredFeed: The Next Mexican Unicorn?
Lending is one of the oldest markets in recorded history. But founder Luis Sánchez believes there’s an opportunity that remains untapped… manufacturin...
#135 Thoras AI: The Twin Effect
Twin sisters Nilo and Jennifer Rahmani used to be site reliability engineers. Where they worked night and day to keep servers running at companies lik...
#134 RobeCurls: From TikTok to Target
When women started curling their hair with bathrobes, Emily Kenison didn't see a silly TikTok trend. She saw the creation of a new market – heatless h...