The Pitch Show

Where startup founders raise millions and listeners can invest
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[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

A Johns Hopkins ER doctor, a Formula 1 engineer, and an artist walk into a VC meeting...

After reviewing 2,000+ startups, we found 12 were truly exceptional.

We brought the founders in front of a select group of VCs. Their response?

"My jaw is currently on the floor... I'm gonna hire your sourcing team. Dang." - @katepmcandrew

This season is special. These founders are extraordinary. And you don't want to miss a single moment.

Season 13 is here 🎬 You'll meet the first founder on March 5th.

🎥 Watch full episodes on YouTube and Patreon
🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform

Featuring @chudson @dunkhippo33 @jefielding @paigefinnn @bzises @srcasm @wweisman and @MarkPhillips11T

Watch the trailer 👇 and grab your popcorn because everyone showed up ready to negotiate… hard.

#ThePitchSeason13 🚀

[Paige Finn Doherty 🪩 @paigefinnn]

Behind Genius portfolio company Lotus featured in Time's Best Inventions of 2025...as in awe of Dhaval today as I was the day I met him on @thepitchshow!

https://t.co/Lcj15bfuHP

[Joe Magyer @Magyer]

Excited to share my conversation with @joshmuccio of @thepitchshow! Josh has a huge following but is usually on the other side of the mic so this was fun.

We talked about:

🐑 The dangers of consensus investing

🎥 The behind-the-scenes of how The Pitch works

⚖️ Whether the market matters more than the founder

Josh is great and I have a lot of respect for what he's built with The Pitch. It helps that my son loves The Pitch as well. I hope you enjoy and shout out to @peterliu for introducing us!

[Yev @YevP]

Great @thepitchshow season finale just dropped. New season filming in August, cannot wait:

https://t.co/FPJ0k1wBDm

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

🚨 The Pitch Season 13 Finale is LIVE 🚨

After 11 intense pitches and months of rigorous diligence, Season 13 wraps up with a bang. 🚀

This season, the power dynamic flipped.

Founders refused to play by traditional rules—turning down VC offers and speaking out boldly when investors ghosted.

The question is... how will that turn out for them?

Tonight, we reveal what happened next.
🎙️ 4 founder deep dives
⚡ Rapid-fire updates on the rest
💰 One final investment opportunity for listeners

This episode captures the raw emotion, unexpected twists, and relentless determination of founders who will stop at nothing to bring their vision to life.

📺 Watch LIVE and join me, Lisa, and fans of the show in the YouTube chat here https://t.co/RhOOLXb7rW

Don’t miss it—it’s everything you love about The Pitch, taken to a whole new level.

[Julian Alvarez @InfiniteJulian0]

being on The Pitch Show is one of the best experiences of my life! it's as fun as it is nerve wrecking, and i got some investments from it too!

both the team and the investors from The Pitch are amazing ppl, highly recommend applying if you're a founder 🚀

[Emmanuel B. @EmmanuelBr___]

As a 1st-time founder with 0️⃣ VC exposure, we oversubscribed our $1.2M pre-seed
A big part of our raise momentum came from the visibility + social proof sparked by the @thepitchshow. When your story hits, the right people lean in.
Getting in front of them? That’s the hard part.

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

"Where else in the world can a founder raise $1.4 million in 30 minutes?!?" - @KavittaG

🚨FOUNDERS 🚨 I'm excited to announce that The Pitch Show is taping a new season w/@voxmedia this August! Applications are open, we want to hear your pitch!

Fundraising for startups is notoriously hard. But founders on The Pitch… they make it look easy.

Over the last 5 seasons, 40 startups have collectively raised $13,781,087 directly from our show. Here's the breakdown:

- $6,855,000 from The Pitch Fund + VCs featured on the show
- $6,926,087 from listeners investing angel checks or via SPVs we host

But it’s more than capital, it’s community.

Founders get access to a community of 100,000+ founders, angels, and LPs who don’t just listen, they engage. Your next Fortune 500 customer, strategic partner, key hire, or angel investor is already tuned in, waiting to hear your pitch.

We’re looking for 18 startup founders with grand ambitions of building a generational company and changing the world. If selected, you’ll get undivided attention from some of the top early-stage VCs & angels in the world.

- @dunkhippo33 @HustleFundVC 🚐

- @cyantist @LongJourneyVC 🚀

- @chudson @PrecursorVC 🌱

- @srcasm @flybridge 🌉

- @immad @mercury 💳

- @katepmcandrew @_baukunst 🎨

- Rohit Gupta @ Future Communities Capital 🏘️

- and more! (BTW: We’re looking to bring more emerging managers on the show. Comment below if you’re interested or know someone who’d be a good fit)

Founders get a solid 30-40 minutes to pitch VCs in-person. Lisa, Peter, Anna and I do everything we possibly can to prepare our founders for success in the room.

🎯 Craft your pitch for maximum impact — We deconstruct your standard investor pitch and rebuild it with a clear narrative flow – adding tension, momentum, and emotion.

🧠 Tell a story people won’t forget — We help you zero in on the one thing that truly matters and cut everything else. From vision to traction to market, every part of your pitch is framed to land with maximum impact.

🤝 Get matched with the right VCs — We carefully pair you with investors based on stage, thesis, and the underrated X-factor: vibes.

What’s the catch?

Founders travel to the Bay Area for a few days, if you land a deal on the show, we ask that you hold allocation for The Pitch Fund to coinvest.

No bs contracts, predatory terms or BS.

We’ll invest our time and resources to help you pitch the best VCs in the world. In return, we just ask that you let us go on the journey with you!

We want to change the world just as much as you do. We’re building the venture platform we wish existed when we started.

Are you in?

To apply: take 2-minutes to fill out our form! Applications close June 30th.

Google/ChatGPT “Apply to The Pitch” OR drop a comment below and I’ll send you the link.

PS: We invest in just about every kind of startup – building in cities all across the US and abroad

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

Doctor creates AI that outperforms humans at medical diagnosis 🔬
88% accuracy vs doctors' 64%
VCs still said no because she couldn't focus on one customer type 💀
Great tech ≠ great strategy
#startup #AI #healthtech #VC #focus #entrepreneur
@chudson @jefielding @dunkhippo33 @paigefinnn @srcasm

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

ER doctor creates app that detects strep throat from phone photos with 88% accuracy 🔬📱
Pitched $4M but VCs said: "Pick one lane - B2B or consumer, not both"
Sometimes the best founders get the toughest feedback 💪
#startup #healthtech #AI #entrepreneur #pitch #fyp
@chudson @jefielding @dunkhippo33 @paigefinnn @srcasm

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

Former history teacher: "Students keep saying history is boring"
Also former history teacher: builds $1.5M gaming startup to make history immersive
ImmersionED drops students into colonial Boston where they analyze multiple perspectives and develop critical thinking skills.
94% of schools want it. Students find it 40% more engaging.
But investors worried about content creation costs and education sales cycles.
Sometimes the best solutions come from those who lived the problem 🎮📚
#edtech #startup #gaming #education #innovation #founderstory #techtok
@chudson @dunkhippo33 @macconwel @cyantist @srcasm

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

This founder solved a century-old beer problem that wastes 30% of every batch 🍺

$45M revenue track record ✅
Partnership with Brooklyn Brewery ✅
30% cost savings for breweries ✅
Revolutionary hop processing tech ✅

VCs: "Not our wheelhouse" 🤡
Sometimes the biggest opportunities are hiding in plain sight
#startup #beer #innovation #vc #entrepreneur #techtok #brewing #opportunity #gameChanger
@chudson @dunkhippo33 @macconwell @srcasm @cyantist

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

This founder had 180K users and $1M ARR but VCs still said NO 😳
The reason? 12-19% monthly churn rate
"If you have a bucket with a hole, it's better to fill the hole than spray a fire hose at it" 💧
Sometimes brutal feedback is exactly what founders need to hear
Revenue without retention = expensive customer acquisition
#StartupLife #VC #Founder #Churn #ProductMarketFit #AI #EdTech #SaaS #Entrepreneurship #StartupMetrics #BusinessLessons #TechStartup #VentureCapital #Growth #Retention
@chudson @dunkhippo33 @srcasm @bzises @katepmcandrew

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

Single mom loses everything in COVID → Builds AI party planner → $47M pipeline → VCs fighting to invest 🎉
Virginia turned 16 years of event planning expertise (Ferrari, LVMH, $100M+ events) into Partytrick - the SaaS disrupting the $322B events industry
Sometimes your biggest setback is your biggest setup 💪
#partytrick #startup #entrepreneur #eventplanning #ai #womenentrepreneur #thepitch #venturecapital #business #innovation
@dunkhippo33 @benmtft @cyantist @macconwell

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

She just Netflix'd event planning 📺➡️🎉
Instead of paying $200K per custom event, companies now pay $65K/year for unlimited AI "blueprints"
The results:
📈 $47M pipeline
📈 VCs instantly interested
📈 20 brands subscribed
Platform economics > custom services
Game changer 🔥
#entrepreneur #ai #eventplanning #netflix #startup #platform #viral
@dunkhippo33 @macconwell @cyantist @benmtaft

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

She lost her $100M event business during COVID 📉
Built an AI that plans events better than humans 🤖
Now has $47M pipeline + VCs begging to invest 📈
The app tells you exactly what to buy, when to set up, how to execute - like a $200K planner for $15K
Ultimate revenge story 🔥
#entrepreneur #ai #eventplanning #startup #womeninbusiness #viral
@dunkippo33 @macconwell @cyantist @benmtaft

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

Her dad died unexpectedly during COVID. Instead of breaking, she asked:
"What if everyone could host like my dad did?"
That question became Partytrick - AI that democratizes professional event planning 🎉
Current results:

$47M pipeline
20 paying customers
VCs fighting to invest
Turning grief into connection

Purpose > profit (but getting both) 💙
#entrepreneur #purpose #womeninbusiness #ai #eventplanning #startup #grief #legacy #connection #viral
@dunkhippo33 @macconwell @cyantist @benmtaft

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

Plot twist: She bootstrap $1.5M into her own startup instead of asking VCs for money first 💰
Now those same VCs are fighting to get into her round 😂
Virginia built Partytrick (AI event planning) with:

$47M pipeline
20 paying customers
Zero dilution until she was ready

Bootstrap > begging
The power move was real 👑
#bootstrap #entrepreneur #womeninbusiness #startup #eventplanning #ai #success #vc #viral
@dunkhippo33 @chudson @cyantist @benmtaft

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

Dad: "You have such a cute little lifestyle business"
Virginia: builds AI startup disrupting $322B industry
From planning Ferrari events → losing everything in COVID → building Partytrick with $47M pipeline
VCs fought over her $1.3M round after ONE pitch 🔥
Plot twist: Dad was an entrepreneur too. Sometimes family doubt hits different but becomes the best fuel 💪
#entrepreneurship #womeninbusiness #ai #startup #eventplanning #success #motivation #viral
@dunkhippo33 @chudson @cyantist @benmtaft

[The Pitch Show @thepitchshow]

She lost her $100M event planning empire during COVID.
Now VCs are fighting over her $1.3M round 🎉
Virginia Frischkorn turned 16 years of industry expertise into Partytrick - an AI platform disrupting the $322B events industry.
The results:

$47M pipeline
20 brands in pilot
Multiple VC commitments
$9M valuation

Sometimes your biggest setback becomes your greatest comeback 🚀
#entrepreneurship #womeninbusiness #startup #eventplanning #tech #resilience #viral
@dunkhippo33 @benmtaft @cyantist @macconwell