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The Pitch
Real entrepreneurs. Real investors. Real money.
Go behind the closed doors of venture capital and into the room where deals are made. You'll learn how investors think and why some startups strike gold while others crash and burn.
Where to start
New to The Pitch? Start with episode 101 to hear Josh Muccio pitch investors on his own show.
Feb. 8, 2023
#102 Tether: Bodyguard of the Grid
Founder Luis Medina Rivas travels across the world to pitch his big vision on how to solve one of the most important problems of our time - energy. His pitch is close to perfect. However, the VCs worry about the …
Nov. 30, 2022
#101 Josh Pitches The Pitch
The Pitch is back! And a whole lot has changed since buying the show from Gimlet, bringing host Josh Muccio and cofounder Lisa Muccio somewhere they never thought they’d be — pitching in front of the investors…on their own sh...
Nov. 23, 2022
Our Comeback Season Is Here!
Welcome back to The Pitch! This season, we head to Chicago to meet 14 founders with 12 business ideas big enough to change the world. Everything from a better ketchup to a potential solution to one of the biggest problems …
Recent Episodes
#120 Bevz: A Tech Bro Walks Into a Corner Store...
Sept. 27, 2023
Jason Vego wants to disrupt an industry so old school he has to sell door to door. Yet somehow his SaaS platform for convenience stores boasts a 95% conversion rate from free trial. Another number comes up in The Pitch Room …
#119 Amateur Golf Society: Venture Capital vs. Private Equity
Sept. 20, 2023
Dan Hershberg loves golf. So much so that he founded the Amateur Golf Society – a PGA-style tour that any golfer can participate in. The investors think his flexible tournament model is a hole in one. But things get complica…
#118 Uncovered: The Business of True Crime
Sept. 13, 2023
If you're murdered in the US, there's only a 57% chance your killer will be found. Jim Brown aims to change this statistic by enabling the massive true crime community to solve cold cases on his website Uncovered.com. But my…
#117 Lotus: Hardware Hail Mary
Sept. 6, 2023
Despite a decade in engineering at Apple, Dhaval Patel didn’t have any smart technology in his home. So he designed a ring that converts every home into a smart home – using old technology found in your typical TV remote. Bu…
#116 Kimoyo: Is This African Startup Venture Backable?
Aug. 30, 2023
When Mariam Braimah led product design at Netflix she struggled to find participants in Africa to test new products. So she started Kimoyo Insights, a research analytics platform that helps companies like Microsoft & Flutter…
#115 Gemist: The Crown Jewel of Venture
Aug. 23, 2023
When Madeline Fraser tried to design her engagement ring online, she was stunned to find it couldn’t be done. After bringing a cash deposit to a rando in LA, Madeline got her custom ring and, with it, a new business idea. Sh…
Season 10: Deals, Dollars, Drama & YouTube!
Aug. 9, 2023
We’re back for Season 10 with double the digits, double the deals, and double the drama. Your favorite investors return along with some new voices ready to shake up The Pitch Room. And for the first time ever, we’re posting …
#114 Brevity: Your AI Pitch Coach
May 17, 2023
Co-founders Kelvin Johnson and Max Huc know first impressions are everything. That’s why they created Brevity, an AI powered software to help craft a persuasive first pitch. But pitching a pitch product to a room full of pit…
#113 HILOS: Is This The Perfect Business?
May 10, 2023
The fashion industry is one of the most wasteful and inefficient industries on the planet, and Elias Stahl wants to reinvent it. His company, HILOS, is creating an entirely new supply chain for shoes, made on demand with 3D …
Rapid-Fire Recap + San Diego Meetup 🏄♂️
April 26, 2023
Our next episode drops in two weeks, until then here’s the recap on what’s been happening at The Pitch. You can check out The Pitch Fund portfolio here , RSVP for our San Diego meetup on June 7th, and most importantly, subsc…
#112 Natrion: The Holy Grail of Battery Tech
April 19, 2023
Alex Kosyakov claims to have discovered the holy grail of battery technology, a solid-state battery capable of mass production for electric vehicles. And with the ever increasing demand for EVs, investors are supercharged by…
#111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?
April 12, 2023
Founder Ariana Vargas wants to destigmatize talking about mental health. So she built a social app. No wait, now it’s a Slack app for the workplace? This founder is willing to do whatever it takes to secure investment - mayb…
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About the Host
Josh Muccio
Host of The Pitch Show // general partner at The Pitch Fund
Josh is an entrepreneur-turned-podcaster at The Pitch. He got his start in 2010, pitching his e-commerce business to a panel of investors to complete his finance degree. After exiting the business in 2014, Josh ventured into the world of podcasting and started The Pitch. The show has been listened to by tens of millions, and to-date, investors on The Pitch have put over $10mm in companies that got their start on the show.