Mac Conwell // RareBreed Ventures
Investor on The Pitch Seasons 9, 11 & 12
McKeever "Mac" Conwell II is managing partner at RareBreed Ventures. Mac is a former software engineer and was a former DOD contractor with top-secret clearance. He was a two-time founder with an exit and a failure. Next Mac moved on to venture capital via the Maryland Technology Development Corporation as part of their seed investment team. Mac went on to found RareBreed Ventures, a pre-seed to seed venture fund that invests in exceptional founders outside of large tech ecosystems.
Oct. 23, 2024
#148 ESAI
Can a college advisor disrupt the system from the inside? This is Julia Dixon's pitch for ESAI . Featuring investors Cyan Banister , Charles Hudson , Elizabeth Yin , Mac Conwell and Jesse Middleton . Register for our virtual…
Oct. 16, 2024
#147 Partytrick
Award winning event planner makes the pivot to tech. This is Virginia Frischkorn's pitch for Partytrick . ... Register for our virtual Season Finale Watch Party on December 11th pitch.show/party Applications are now open for…
Oct. 9, 2024
#146 ReCraft Beer
Two of Josh's favorite hobbies—beer and startups—collide in The Pitch Room. This is Dean Eberhardt's pitch for ReCraft . Register for our virtual Season Finale Watch Party on December 11th pitch.show/party Applications are n…
Sept. 25, 2024
#145 immersionED
Chad Wilson wants to disrupt history class with video games. This is The Pitch for immersionED . ... To invest with us, become an LP in thepitch.fund Register for our virtual Season Finale Watch Party on December 11th pitch.…
Sept. 11, 2024
#143 Vital Audio
What if you could take someone’s vitals, using just the sound of their voice? This is the pitch for Vital Audio . ... Register for our virtual Season Finale Watch Party on December 11th pitch.show/party To invest with us, be…
Sept. 4, 2024
#142 Kinometrix
One million patients fall in hospitals each year, and it costs US hospitals over $35 billion. What if they could all be prevented? This is Devina Desai's pitch for Kinometrix . ... Register for our virtual Season Finale Watc…
Aug. 28, 2024
#141 Christie's Chips
What happens when a Michelin-trained palate makes junk food with no junk? This is The Pitch for Christie’s Chips . ... Register for our virtual Season Finale Watch Party on December 11th pitch.show/party To invest with us, b…
Aug. 21, 2024
#140 geCKo Materials
Biomimicry (noun): the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes. Founder Capella Kerst invented a material that mimics a geckos' gravity defying grip. …
Aug. 14, 2024
#139 FutureMoney
Phil Barrar sold his last company for $65 million. Now he’s back in the game with FutureMoney , an investing platform that helps parents create generational wealth for their kids with the Junior Roth IRA™. To invest with us,…
July 31, 2024
Season 12: Tear Down The System
A new season is here! Fourteen pitches start August 14th with one crazy season finale to tie it all together. These startups will blow your mind, and if you’re an investor on the show… your wallet. BONUS: Stick around at the…
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…
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 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…
May 17, 2023
#114 Brevity: Your AI Pitch Coach
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…
April 12, 2023
#111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?
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…
April 5, 2023
#110 HandsDown: The Accelerator Pitch
Jenna Sereni believes the best product recommendations come from family and friends. That’s the genesis of her social shopping app, HandsDown. Her pitch starts out like normal - until the investors flip the script and start …
March 15, 2023
#107 Terrascope: A Computer Vision Tale
This tale starts with a problem Kehan Zhou found when trying to buy a hobby farm. Zillow didn’t have good search options for land and LandWatch.com was even worse, so Kehan ventured off to combine computer vision technology …
Feb. 22, 2023
#104 Dressd: Red Carpet or Red Ocean?
Clothing rental companies get a bad rap in the VC world. It seems like no matter how much money investors sink into them, they always just… fail? But today’s founder thinks she found a way to make it work. Capri Wheaton is g…
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 location of …
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 of…