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Muccio: Pre-seed VCs must take bets on technology moonshots
“This is the point of Venture capital and investing at Prec, like it's to invest in technology. We're not going to know the, this is the moonshot pitch. And I think those are the pitches that you have to make the bets on. And it's, there's no way to de-risk it.…”
Lisa Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 32:29 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
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The Pitch Fund Backs Modern Picnic
“The Pitch Fund is investing in Modern Picnic.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 36:59 #109 Modern Picnic: Surviving the Adpocalypse
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The Pitch Fund commits $100K to Jungle alongside Flybridge's $50K
“The pitch fund is in for a 100,000 alongside Jesse's 50,000 dollar check.”
Josh Muccio May 7, 2025 ▶ 43:19 VCs Offered $2M — Will This Profitable Startup Survive the Pitch?
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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?
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Muccio: The Pitch Fund dropped Wist after Elizabeth Yin passed
“And as you may know, the Pitch Fund typically invests alongside the VCs on her show. So in our minds, the deal was off for us too.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 22:18 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
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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?
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The Pitch Fund Invests $50K in CredFeed
“So, the Pitch Fund is investing 50,000 in cred feed.”
Josh Muccio Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 34:13 "70% of Mexican SMBs Fail Due to Cash Flow: Can FinTech in Latin America Save Them?"
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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?
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The Pitch Fund commits $50K follow-on investment to ChurchSpace
“The Pitch Fund is gonna be following on, on, on this investment, so we'd love to invest 50 K if you'll have us.”
Josh Muccio Apr 10, 2024 ▶ 33:59 $1.2M at Stake! Will This Food Entrepreneurs Startup Dominate the Peer-to-Peer Space Rental Market?
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Muccio: Elizabeth Yin and The Pitch Fund invested $200k in Aware
“A week later, Elizabeth signed and wired, a 150 K. And the Pitch Fund signed and wired too. 50 K alongside Hustle Fund. Since the show, Antonio has raised an additional 100,000, and he's still looking to raise 400 more to close out the round.”
Josh Muccio Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 25:29 Track Mental Health with a Wearable?!
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Josh Muccio: The Pitch Fund committed $100K to Sunday at $8M cap
“After trying out the app and doing some diligence of our own, the pitch fund committed a hundred K in her round at the eight million cap.”
Josh Muccio Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 47:32 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
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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?
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Muccio: The Pitch Fund invests $150K in Aura Finance's $3M round
“Their lead investor, Zeal Capital Partners, set the terms at a 10 mil post, and the Pitch Fund invested a 150 K in their three million dollar round.”
Josh Muccio Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 20:54 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
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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?
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The Pitch Fund commits $160k investment to Science On Call
“So yeah, we would love to invest a 160,000 in this round.”
Josh Muccio Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 58:09 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
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Muccio: The Pitch Fund plans to follow on in Sundae
“And Anastasia, just so all the cards are on the table, the Pitch Fund would also like to follow on this deal alongside either Elizabeth or Charles or Kate depending on where the terms land.”
Josh Muccio Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 22:20 LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!?
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Muccio: The Pitch Fund invests $200K in KAV Sports
“The pitch fund invested 200,000 alongside Rohit and Charles.”
Josh Muccio Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 41:25 Will VCs Bet $3M on This Custom Helmet Startup?
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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
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Muccio: The Pitch Fund wants to invest in Folio
“Kathy, the Pitch Fund would like to invest in this round.”
Josh Muccio Mar 12, 2025 ▶ 24:09 The $1.2 Billion EdTech Opportunity Nobody Saw
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Josh Muccio: The Pitch Fund has invested in Dotcal
“And now The Pitch Fund has placed our bet on .Cal.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 37:41 #106 Dotcal: The Calendar Wars
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Muccio: Tether marks the first official investment from The Pitch Fund
“Obviously, I'm excited for this to be the first investment out of the fund.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 33:54 #102 Tether: Bodyguard of the Grid
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Muccio: The Pitch Fund will co-invest alongside investors on the show
“Going forward, we will co-invest alongside the investors on our show. If they invest in a startup on the podcast, the fund will invest too.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 14:53 #101 Josh Pitches The Pitch
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Muccio: The Pitch Fund will only invest after guest investors negotiate terms
“If we're investing through the fund, for example, we're not investing until after they're brought in front of the show and terms are negotiated with you guys.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 35:08 #101 Josh Pitches The Pitch
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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?
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Muccio: The Pitch and listeners invested $900k in Gecko Materials
“After the show aired, we ended up hosting a syndicate for our LPs, aka listening partners, wink, wink, and you all invested an additional 600,000 in the company, and we invested another 300,000 out of the pitch fund.”
Josh Muccio Dec 12, 2024 ▶ 12:46 Season 12 Finale: What Happened After The Pitch?
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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!
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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?
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Josh Muccio: The Pitch Fund invested in Thoras AI
“Except we already invested because we didn't want to miss out on this one.”
Josh Muccio Jun 12, 2024 ▶ 33:24 "Burnt Out Engineers Rejoice! AI-Driven Cloud Scaling & Anomaly Detection Saves the Day!"
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The Pitch Fund invests $50,000 into Finecto alongside Hustle Fund
“50 K and Finecto alongside Hustle Fund, who'd already invested in the round.”
Josh Muccio Sep 24, 2025 ▶ 27:37 How Latin American Founders Keep Their Deals Alive
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The Pitch Fund makes its first hardware investment in Lotus
“The pitch fund got in though. It's our first hardware deal.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 29:21 #117 Lotus: Hardware Hail Mary
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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
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Muccio: The Pitch Fund invested $100,000 into Nectar's seed round
“The Pitch Fund, our fund, backed fully by the listeners of this show, invested a 100,000 in Nectar.”
Josh Muccio Apr 3, 2024 ▶ 45:51 Disrupting the Classroom Model! Will This EdTech Startup Funding Round Hit $1.4M?
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