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Who here has ever killed a plant or know someone who's killed a plant?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's pretty much everyone.

Right.

Ryan Lee is here to pitch a startup, Rooted, a place to buy plants online.

And Ryan has this new business plan, but it's the first time he's presenting this

plan to investors.

One thing is certain though, today's founder knows a ton about keeping plants alive,

but will the investors find that he knows enough about what it takes to keep a business alive?

From Gimlet, this is the pitch. I'm Josh Muccio.

Today we've got a couple new investors on the show.

I'm Nimi Kattrogata. Nimi is a partner at Box Group where they've invested 100 million and over 400 startups,

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