Season 11
July 24, 2024
#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 horrified to learn that there weren’t any financial resources online. So she built…
July 10, 2024
#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 find a secluded place and completely undress in the freezing tundra. So Geo…
June 26, 2024
#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… manufacturing companies in Mexico. Can Luis mint a Mexican unicorn? Or will the invest…
June 12, 2024
#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 like Slack. But Nilo and Jen left their cushy jobs in tech to build Thoras AI…
May 29, 2024
#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 hair care. This lawyer-turned-inventor decided to capitalize on the craze b…
May 15, 2024
#133 PodcastAI: Josh Gets Displaced
We thought it would take years before AI could replace a podcast host. That is, until founder Edward Brawer slid into Josh’s DMs to pitch his startup, PodcastAI . Edward thinks he can make podcast producers 10x more producti…
May 8, 2024
#132 The Exit: Selling Shipt for $550 Million
Since the beginning of The Pitch, we’ve told one story: what it’s like to raise money for a startup. But what about the rest of the journey? On our new segment, The Exit, we talk to startup founders who’ve done the impossibl…
May 1, 2024
#131 Flock AI: Model Generated Models
What if your favorite online store had models that look like you: your skin tone, your height, your body shape? That question propelled Vita Mallela to start Flock AI . Their AI generated models could help brands eliminate p…
April 24, 2024
#130 FranShares: Invest in Franchises
After spending a decade as a franchise broker, Kenny Rose decided to break out on his own and start FranShares . An alternative investment platform where anyone can invest in franchises. Now you can own a piece of your local…
April 17, 2024
#129 RedDrop: Pitching the Big Vision
Monica Williams wants to revolutionize the period experience for tweens. With $5 million in sales in just two years, she’s on her way. Now she wants to raise venture to scale her bootstrapped company. Will Monica get to pitc…
April 10, 2024
#128 ChurchSpace: Airbnb for Churches
Growing up as a pastor's kid, Emmanuel Brown saw what a financial burden church real estate can be. Churches sit empty 70% of the week even though they have commercial kitchens and professional sound systems and oh so much s…
April 3, 2024
#127 Nectir: The Classroom of the Future
Kavitta Ghai struggled in school due to autism and ADHD until a positive experience with a college professor transformed her academic journey. Convinced this was the future, she launched a startup to make classrooms more acc…
March 20, 2024
Season 11: We're Bringing the Heat
The Pitch is back for season 11! Recorded for the first time in front of a live studio audience, we invited the top startup founders and VCs from across the country to join us in Miami. Visionary founders will pitch everythi…