About this podcast
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.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 216 episodes
- #193 Rhythm: The Sunlight Generator · 50 min · Season 16 Episode 11Seasonal affective disorder had Harrison Lin falling asleep on Zoom calls, so the mechanical engineer built a machine that generates sunlight indoors. Now Bryan Johnson starts…
- #192 HapWare: A Wearable to Help the Blind "See" · 48 min · Season 16 Episode 10Jack Walters built HapWare with Bryan, one of 20 blind people in the world with a PhD in computer science. Their haptic wristband lets you feel a smile, a wave, or an eye roll…
- #191 Haiven: AI Protection for Young Gamers · 43 min · Season 16 Episode 9Luke & Jen Ritchie sold three companies and built games for Pokémon GO and Barbie. Now these married founders are tackling a darker problem—protecting kids from the predators and…
- #190 Jubilee’s: Is $100M Thinking Too Small? · 53 min · Season 16 Episode 8Ashley is hiding vegetables in chocolate milk, and kids keep asking for more! She wants to do for chocolate milk what Poppi did for soda and Goodles did for mac and cheese. But…
- #189 Wonderade: Juice, Protein, or a Brand? · 53 min · Season 16 Episode 7After founding two successful beverage companies, Soylent and Kin, Matt Cauble is ready for his toughest customer yet – kids. Will the VCs snap, crackle, invest in his protein…
- #188 Church AI: Deploying God's Agents · 51 min · Season 16 Episode 6Four years ago, Iryll helped a friend plant a church and learned just how much time pastors spend doing admin. Now he's raising $600,000 for Church AI, an operating system that…
- #187 Paysquad: Buy Now, Pay Together · 47 min · Season 16 Episode 5Cam Richardson built Paysquad to make group payments easy with a button at checkout and no awkward Venmo requests. Can he convince VCs that Gen Z wants to pay together for all…
- #186 Supercool Earth: Making It Rain, Literally · 50 min · Season 16 Episode 4Dacia Leon wants to make it rain on demand. Cloud seeding technology isn't new – people have been making it rain with silver iodide since the '50s – but Supercool Earth pioneered…
- #185 it’s electric: Beating Tesla Was the Easy Part · 49 min · Season 16 Episode 3Tiya Gordon beat out Tesla for Boston's curbside charging contract. Instead of having to dig six feet down to tap into high voltage, it's electric EV chargers draw spare power…
- #184 Ventrix: The Gas Plant of the Future · 47 min · Season 16 Episode 2Beer, dry ice, and concrete all have one thing in common... they require CO2. Between demand for CO2 rising, and new gas plants taking a billion dollars to build, shortages are…
- #183 Pitz: Car Repair as Fast as an F1 Pit Stop · 52 min · Season 16 Episode 1Natalia Salcedo opens season 16 with a pitch for Pitz, her voice AI that helps mechanics repair cars in under 24 hours. She's proven the market in Mexico and Brazil. Can she…
- Season 16: Software Is Out. Cool Stuff Is In! · 4 min · Season 16Hardware that helps blind people see. Deeptech that controls the weather. The brightest lamp you've ever seen. And... milk? The Pitch is back on August 19th. Learn more about…
- Nectir Part 2: From Flat Round to The Biggest AI Deal in Education · 53 min · Season 15 Episode 8When Kavitta Ghai pitched her startup Nectir in 2024, she smashed the show's record and raised 1.4 million. Then she started to chase the biggest deal in education – the entire…
- #182 LIVE in NYC: 3 Startups, 3 Investors, 15 Minutes to Invest · 1 h 3 min · Season 15 Episode 7Live from New York, it's... The Pitch! Uche AI, greenIRR, and Wiggle Room were given just 15 minutes to pitch at the SEEN Summit hosted by Visible Hands. But is 15 minutes enough…
- #181 ROOK: The VC Vibe Check · 53 min · Season 15 Episode 6Marco Benitez moved his family to the US to build Rook, an API for wearables. But when a familiar face shows up in The Pitch Room, he learns just how much vibes matter in…
- #180 Climatta: Planet Vs. Money · 42 min · Season 15 Episode 5Iñaki wants to save the planet AND save companies money on their electricity bills. Can this outdoorsman convince the VCs there's a big earnings in big savings? This is The…
- #179 Minimis: Declaring War on Garmin · 42 min · Season 15 Episode 4Jo and Paul came all the way from Sydney with a prototype and a dream. They've designed AR sunglasses for cyclists and runners. Will the investors believe they can beat the tech…
- #178 CosmicBrain AI: How to Train Your Robot · 40 min · Season 15 Episode 3Anto has been obsessed with robots since he was 7. Now, he's building a company where anyone can train a robot with just a pair of VR glasses. Will he make our laundry folding…
- #177 Aleoop: Show Me The Sales! · 40 min · Season 15 Episode 2After losing a huge sale due to product gaps, Meghan Scanlon left Stripe to start Aleoop, an AI that helps product and sales teams close more deals. But will she be able to close…
- #176 Your AI Website Sucks. PeachWeb is the Future · 34 min · Season 15 Episode 1PeachWeb built 3D websites for some of the biggest brands in the world. Now Lucas is enabling everyone to create these jaw-dropping sites with his AI 3D website builder. But will…
