Season 10: Deals, Dollars, Drama & YouTube!
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Apple PodcastsWe’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 new episodes on YouTube! Don’t miss our season premiere Wednesday, August 23rd at 7PM ET. Subscribe to The Pitch Show on YouTube.
If you want to invest alongside the VCs on The Pitch join us at thepitch.fund.
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The Panel
Pure Ventures
“I started my fund because I think I can identify talent and read people really well. At the early stage, I'm mostly betting on people.”
11 Tribes Ventures
“We look for unique founder-market fit, intense capital efficiency, and niche markets where there aren't a ton of people playing.”
Interlock Capital
“Our style within Interlock is to look and see what domain experts we have that could be relevant and helpful.”
Park Rangers Capital
“Everything I invest in, as an emerging fund, needs to have the potential to 100x. For the math to make sense.”
Behind Genius Ventures
“I think about investing in founders on three axes. Are they a good storyteller? Do they have a strong mission? And the third is execution velocity — how quickly do they execute when they've figured out the right priority.”
Al Bsharah: [clap] let’s go San Diego
The Pitch is back for season 10, with double the digits, double the deals, and double the drama.
Jillian Manus: You guys are morons.
Paige Doherty: That darn valuation.
Jillian: I'm not gonna do it if it's not six.
Beck Bamberger: Oh I’m in for 50k.
Neal Bloom: at least at 50k
Elizabeth Yin: 50k?
Al: 50k
Mark Phillips: 100,000.
Paige: 150
Josh Muccio: Did we just get you to make an off-thesis investment?
Elizabeth: Yes.
This upcoming season features more deals, and more dollars than any other season before. But it’s more than just the money, there’s something different about season 10. Could it be our new fund that lets listeners invest… or is it all the new investors we’re bringing on the show?
Erica Wenger: everything I invest in needs to have the potential to 100x.
Beck: Why are you doing this?
Paige: If you're profitable from the jump, why do you want to raise venture?
Martin Tobias: if you’re talking 3x, EBITDA, they need to be spitting out $20 million of EBITDA
Charles: That's a lot.
Martin: And that's a lot of [bleep]ing EBITDA
These guys are cut from a different cloth. And yeah they came in hot.
But so did the founders - we’re covering some new ground this season. Some of these companies are pretty wild. Yet surprisingly investable.
How ‘bout a new golf tour… for amateurs?
Dan Hershberg: Who's ready to tee it high and let it fly?
Beck: Oooh!
How bout an ex-Apple engineer making one ring to rule … all the lightswitches! We’ve even got a Peloton for horses.
Howie Diamond: Not everyone can afford a horse, you guys.
Well, not for the horses exactly. More for the humans, on the horses.
You’ll hear new technologies disrupting old markets like jewelers and convenience stores. And even a founder who’s taking on a whole continent!
Mariam Braimah: I want to introduce you to an industry that's currently experiencing 2x yearly growth, that you are not invested in, in Africa.
And we’ve got your college dropouts.
Chase Robbins: When I was a freshman at USC, I actually sold my first software business for 300k. // I also just love capitalism. [laughter]
Speaking of capitalism, how about some AI that finally answers the age-old question, “Is this cup really recyclable?” and finally…
We have the first ever pitch company to exhume a body!
Jillian: you could be the murderer and putting in misinformation. I would, if I was the murderer.
[HORROR SCREECH]
Jillian: but no, I'm not a murderer!
That’s right, your favorite business podcast is here to solve some true crime. But we’re not straying too far from our roots: I promise to bring the puns.
Josh: I think what's unique about this is it really is horse-led growth, which I think is the way -
Beck: Horse-led growth. [ba dump cha]
Howie: Wow.
Beck: Oh god, we’re done. We’re done!
You don’t want to miss these episodes.
Season 10 debuts on August 23rd and for the first time ever… we’re going to drop video pitches on YouTube! To celebrate, we’re hosting a YouTube premiere on August 23rd at 7pm eastern. You can subscribe to our new channel @thepitchshow
But don't worry, we're still available wherever you listen to podcasts. Just be sure to turn on new episode notifications in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app!
See you in two weeks in The Pitch Room.
Jillian: That was fun, in a weird twisty way.
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