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 - maybe too willing. Will Ariana build the business she wants, or the one investors want? 
Today’s investors are Jillian Manus, Charles Hudson, Elizabeth Yin, Mac Conwell, and Neal Sáles-Griffin. If you’ve been enjoying our comeback season, will you share The Pitch with a friend?
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#111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

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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 impossible, sold their startup for hundreds of millions. How does it feel to finally accomplish the dream? And is that dream all it’s cracked up to be? In our first exit interview, we talk to Bill Smith, a high school dropout from Alabama who started, scaled and sold Shipt for $550 million in three years.
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#132 The Exit: Selling Shipt for $550 Million

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 pricey photoshoots. But with AI startups so en vogue, how will the investors know if this AI startup is the one to walk the runway with?
Featuring investors Elizabeth Yin, Charles Hudson, Beck Bamberger, Pascal Unger and Mac Conwell.
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Watch the Flock AI pitch on YouTube @thepitchshow
To invest with the VCs on the show, join our investor community at thepitch.fund
Founders can apply to pitch at our next recording event in San Francisco this June. No intro required, just go to pitch.show/apply
Superfans can join The Pitch UNCUT and get early access to unedited versions of all ten pitches on season 11.
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*Disclaimer: The information provided on this show is not intended to be investment advice and should not be relied upon as such. The investors on today’s episode are providing their opinions based on their own assessment of the business presented. Those opinions should not be considered professional investment advice. No offer to invest is being made to or solicited from the listening audience on today’s show.
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#131 Flock AI: Model Generated Models

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 fast food joint, a medspa, even a car wash! But will the investors be able to see big tech returns for a company that sounds like small fries?
Featuring investors Jillian Manus, Beck Bamberger and Mac Conwell.
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Watch the FranShares pitch on YouTube @thepitchshow
To invest with the VCs on the show, join our investor community at thepitch.fund
Founders can apply to pitch at our next recording event in San Francisco this June. No intro required, just go to pitch.show/apply
Superfans can join The Pitch UNCUT and get early access to unedited versions of all ten pitches on season 11.
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#130 FranShares: Invest in Franchises

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 pitch the big vision for RedDrop or will investors write her off from the start?
Featuring investors Elizabeth Yin, Charles Hudson, Beck Bamberger, Pascal Unger and Mac Conwell.
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Watch the RedDrop pitch on YouTube @thepitchshow
To invest with the VCs on the show, join our investor community at thepitch.fund
Founders can apply to pitch at our next recording event in San Francisco this June. No intro required, just go to pitch.show/apply
Superfans can join The Pitch UNCUT and get early access to unedited versions of all ten pitches on season 11.
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#129 RedDrop: Pitching the Big Vision

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 space for activities! So Emmanuel built ChurchSpace, a church rental marketplace. He has faith in his business – but can he convert investors if they believe congregations are shrinking?
Featuring investors Jillian Manus, Beck Bamberger and Mac Conwell.
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Watch the ChurchSpace pitch on YouTube @thepitchshow
To invest with the VCs on the show, join our investor community at thepitch.fund
Founders can apply to pitch at our next recording event in San Francisco this June. No intro required, just go to pitch.show/apply
Superfans can join The Pitch UNCUT and get early access to unedited versions of all ten pitches on season 11.
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#111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?

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