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Josh Muccio

39 statements across 27 episodes · 19 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 24, 2024 by Josh Muccio · across every show →

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Apr 24, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Muccio: The Pitch Fund offers $100K investment in FranShares
“We would love to invest a 100,000 if you'll have us.”
Josh Muccio Apr 24, 2024 ▶ 35:07 $4M at Stake! Will This Franchise Business Opportunity Transform Alternative Asset Investing?
May 15, 2024 negative
Opinion
Muccio: The Pitch tested Descript and disliked automated pre-editing tools
“We've tried using Descript. We don't like tools like that, but we do need help on the marketing on the other side.”
Josh Muccio May 15, 2024 ▶ 21:50 $1.5M on the Line! Raising Venture Capital for the Future of Podcast Automation Software!
May 29, 2024 neutral
Insight
Muccio: VC Investment Window Closes Once Category Consensus Forms
“The time to invest is now, before everyone else catches up. Because once all the VCs agree that heatless hair care is the future, the opportunity will have passed.”
Josh Muccio May 29, 2024 ▶ 31:34 $3M in Sales – But Can This Heatless Hair Care Innovation Win the Startup Funding Competition?
May 29, 2024 neutral
Insight
Muccio: Founders Creating New Markets Must Master Category Storytelling
“When you're pitching a new market, the founder has to be that much better at telling the story. You have to be the spokesperson for your business and the market.”
Josh Muccio May 29, 2024 ▶ 31:16 $3M in Sales – But Can This Heatless Hair Care Innovation Win the Startup Funding Competition?
Jun 26, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Muccio: CredFeed Is Vertical Software With Factoring as a Wedge
“People are seeing this as a lending company, but I actually think CredFeed is more like vertical software. Luis is using factoring as the Trojan horse to get people to use his software, automating the accounts and receivables from manufacturing companies.”
Josh Muccio Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 33:36 "70% of Mexican SMBs Fail Due to Cash Flow: Can FinTech in Latin America Save Them?"
Aug 21, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muccio: Gecko Materials' round is overcommitted but lacks a lead investor
“After the show, we found out from Capella that her round is actually overcommitted, and yet she hasn't been able to raise a dime of it because she's waiting on a lead investor to step up and price the round.”
Josh Muccio Aug 21, 2024 ▶ 20:03 Stanford Engineer: Gecko-Inspired Space Velcro
Sep 11, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Muccio offers $50,000 investment from The Pitch Fund to Vital Audio
“Well, if you could carve out 50 K for the pitch fund, that'd be great.”
Josh Muccio Sep 11, 2024 ▶ 18:29 Will VCs Invest in Vital Audio's Voice-Based Health Monitoring Tech?
Oct 30, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
The Pitch Fund targets $50,000 starting investment into Dopl
“Yeah, it'd be probably 50,000 as our starting point, and then we'd move up just depending on valuation.”
Josh Muccio Oct 30, 2024 ▶ 19:09 Will VCs Bet $4M on This Robot Healthcare Startup?
Nov 6, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
The Pitch Fund commits $50K to Remynt
“And Gwyneth, the Pitch Fund would also like to invest. If you can hold 50 K for us, that'd be awesome.”
Josh Muccio Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 19:00 Will These VCs Bet on Her Startup? | $100K on the Line for Remynt!
Dec 12, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Josh Muccio: The Pitch Fund will invest $50,000 in OMA Health
“Well, we'd love to take max 50,000. I mean, the Pitch Fund would love to invest in your company.”
Josh Muccio Dec 12, 2024 ▶ 1:46:03 Season 12 Finale: What Happened After The Pitch?
Dec 12, 2024 positive
Insight
Josh Muccio: Humans in the loop can become a defensible software moat
“I get it's really easy if it's just pure software because it just scales easier, but also having humans in the process can also become a moat.”
Josh Muccio Dec 12, 2024 ▶ 49:13 Season 12 Finale: What Happened After The Pitch?
Dec 12, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muccio: Christie's Chips raised $200K total, including $120K from show LPs
“Not to be a bummer, but, ah, Ben still hasn't invested in Christie's chips. Yet. But you all did. After the show, LPs invested another 120,000, bringing her total raise so far to 200 K.”
Josh Muccio Dec 12, 2024 ▶ 30:41 Season 12 Finale: What Happened After The Pitch?
Mar 3, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Josh Muccio: Bokoff and Investors Actually Agreed on Retail Strategy
“I think Peter and the investors were in agreement about retail all along, but that didn't really come across in his pitch.”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 29:19 #2 iMirror
Mar 3, 2025
Insight
Muccio: Investor pushback during pitches signals active engagement
“When investors raise concerns about your product, it means they're really engaging with your pitch. So as long as you've got convincing answers ready, you're in good shape.”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 7:56 #9 Tuckrbox
Mar 3, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Josh Muccio: CDC data shows 60% of obese US children live above poverty
“The CDC reports that about 60% of obese children in the U.S. Live above the poverty level.”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 15:22 #9 Tuckrbox
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Host Josh Muccio reveals James Altucher ghosted the show and founders
“We never heard back from him and to our knowledge, neither have any of the founders who pitched him on our show.”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 28:57 #26 Dynofit
Mar 3, 2025
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Matteo Teravazi's Listener Syndicate Invested $53,000 in Qleek
“Together, through their new syndicate, they invested a total of 53,000 dollars in the company.”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 18:35 #27 Qleek Pt. II: What Happened After The Pitch
Mar 3, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Muccio: Founders usually mask pitch regrets behind polished platitudes
“Nine out of 10 times, I guarantee you, if a founder had regrets about coming on the show, they'd mask those regrets behind, it was a learning experience, or I'm very grateful for the feedback I received.”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 36:03 ‘It Was a Disaster’
Mar 3, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muccio: Outside investor reported Bluefoot founders lowered their valuation
“We did talk off the record to an outside investor who decided not to go in on Bluefoot, and they told us that Rami and Rachel did end up lowering the valuation.”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 32:14 #64 Startup Sale! 80% Off
Mar 3, 2025
Insight
Muccio: Founders Must Pitch the First Stage, Not the Moonshot
“You've got to right size your business for the stage that you're in. You can't shoot for the moon straight away. First, you've got to get your plane off the ground at Kitty Hawk. So, What you have to do is find a way to get your first investors to buy into the…”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 25:39 #74 Stop Killing Your Plants
Mar 4, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muccio: James Altucher ghosted every founder he committed to on The Pitch
“He did that to every founder he committed to on our show, and he also did it to the show.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 18:33 #96 A Test of Time
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Josh Muccio: The Pitch is raising $500k at a $5M cap
“And we're actually here raising a 500,000 dollar, I don't know, friends and family. We could call it a pre-seed. I don't really care. It's at a five mil cap. We've got some legendary investors involved, and I would love to have more of you along for the journe…”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 20:58 #101 Josh Pitches The Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Muccio: The Pitch is publicly raising a venture fund under Rule 506(c)
“There's now something called a five-oh-six-C classification that allows us to publicly raise a fund from accredited investors. So, I'm excited to invite you, the listeners of The Pitch, to partner with us by becoming LPs in The Pitch Fund.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 46:24 #101 Josh Pitches The Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Assertion Open · timeframe Mar 2026
Muccio: Over $900,000 was committed to five startups at Chicago event
“We had over 900,000 dollars committed to five startups over the course of three days.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 16:10 #101 Josh Pitches The Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Josh Muccio: The Pitch averages 80k to 120k listeners per episode
“And we have something like 80 to 120,000 listeners on every single pitch episode we publish.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 20:02 #101 Josh Pitches The Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Muccio: Terrascope officially signed its enterprise government contract
“Right before we published this episode, we heard from Kayhan. That contract he was talking about earlier, it's signed.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 30:12 #107 Terrascope: A Computer Vision Tale
Mar 4, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Josh Muccio: Ariana Vargas resumed fundraising for Stigma below $1M target
“Ariana is officially back to fundraising, for a smaller amount than the million she was asking for on her show.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 30:16 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Gemist secures a record-breaking $650,000 syndicate investment on The Pitch
“So we got 300,000 from Neil. That's 250 K from Mark puts you at 550,000. You've got a 100,000 coming from the pitch fund. That puts you at 650,000 dollars, which is I think the biggest investment we've ever had on the show.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 29:50 #115 Gemist: The Crown Jewel of Venture
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Opinion
Muccio: Spatial Memories Offer No Advantage Over Normal Video on Mobile Phones
“Can I just say this is a whole different experience versus viewing it on the phone, like viewing it on the phone. I don't think that's better than just viewing a normal video. That this is something else entirely.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 28:42 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Mar 4, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Muccio: The Pitch Fund commits to investing in Wist
“I think I think we want to invest in this. I think we want to invest in you.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 34:23 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Mar 12, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Muccio: A $16M valuation sits at The Pitch Fund's typical price ceiling
“This is like right at the ceiling of the price we usually do. Unless we're investing in a baller company like Will's. Gecko materials. We make exceptions.”
Josh Muccio Mar 12, 2025 ▶ 25:18 The $1.2 Billion EdTech Opportunity Nobody Saw
Apr 9, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Josh Muccio offers $150k investment into Aura Finance from The Pitch fund
“No, I was just gonna say, I know you're talking to different leads, but this actually is in model for us, so we would love to invest through the listeners of the show, a 150,000, and then if there's more room, potentially do a syndicate, so I don't know where …”
Josh Muccio Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 27:20 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 30, 2025 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Material has closed $1.5 million of its $3 million seed round
“He's closed 1.5 million of his three million dollar round.”
Josh Muccio Apr 30, 2025 ▶ 39:39 Will VCs Back 3D-Printed Conformal Batteries?
May 14, 2025
Disclosure
Dr. Canaris: CurieDx could raise $2M for sales and fund R&D via grants
“So, since Josh asked, yeah, if we were to do something on the order of two million, would that sound more like in range? And then what we would accomplish there is just sales, and we leave R&D stuff for federal grant funding.”
Dr. Therese Canaris May 14, 2025 ▶ 25:34 This App Detects Strep from a Selfie…What?!
Jun 25, 2025
Disclosure
Muccio: The Pitch Fund invested $100K in Jungle's $300K round
“The Pitch Fund also invested a 100,000, so we were part of your 300,000 dollar mini round.”
Josh Muccio Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 29:22 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
Jun 25, 2025
Insight
Josh Muccio: Founders should never name a price without existing terms
“Founders, never, ever say a price for your round unless you already have terms.”
Josh Muccio Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 1:00:51 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
Jun 25, 2025 positive
Insight
Muccio: UI, UX, and brand create defensible moats for AI apps
“Looking at some of these more mature apps like jungle where you realize like, no, actually the user interface can be a moat. The user experience, the brand becomes the moat. And yeah, everybody's using the same models on the other side, but like, The end user …”
Josh Muccio Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 29:53 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
Jun 25, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
The Pitch Fund invests $50K in Lockstop at $5M cap
“We talked to Kara from the Parks and Rec Department in Rogers, Arkansas, and decided to invest 50,000 in lockstop at a five million dollar valuation cap.”
Josh Muccio Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 16:18 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
Jun 25, 2025 positive
Assertion Open · timeframe Jun 2025
CavSports raised $2.4M and opened Buffalo facility post-pitch
“Since the pitch, Cav launched their top secret helmet you saw on the show at the Sea Otter Classic. They also opened their new manufacturing facility in Buffalo, New York. The facility is so small, it could fit inside a Chipotle. And they ended up raising 2.4 …”
Josh Muccio Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 33:22 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
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