Season 13 Finale: Founders Flip the Script

The Pitch

Josh Muccio

Investing, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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You heard the pitches. Now hear the aftermath. The Season 13 Finale brings you founder wins, surprises, pivots—and one last chance to invest. With in-depth updates on four standout companies and quick hits on the rest, this finale delivers the full story. ... Watch the finale on YouTube (@thepitchshow) and Patreon (@ThePitch) Subscribe to our public email newsletter: insider.pitch.show Apply to join our private investor community and invest in The Pitch Fund II: thepitch.fund Join us backstage at our next taping in Napa pitch.show/napa … Music in this episode by Fleece Panther, The Muse Maker, Breakmaster Cylinder, Cold Storage Percussion Unit, Strange Knight, Boxwood Orchestra, Joya, Angular Wave Research, Peter Jean and The Runaway Queen, Carey Haynes, Onders, Shaky Faces, A\YO, Imagined Nostalgia, Astronaut Club, Freedust, Cafe Nostro, and The Brow. … *Disclaimer: No offer to invest in the startups featured on this episode is being made to or solicited from the listening audience on today’s show. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Josh Muchio. Welcome to the season 13 finale, the culmination of 11 pitches and the diligence that followed after the show.
0:10.8	Season 13 had a whole folio of startups. From weird-shaped batteries to sleek bike helmets,
0:17.8	Italian barbers to Midwestern restaurateurs, smart shoes to smarter students.
0:24.1	Let's break them down.
0:25.7	It's time to pop, drop, and lockstop.
0:28.4	These founders have an aura, finance about them.
0:31.2	They built something material, even cavalier, and we're going to science on call them up.
0:36.6	Grab a Sunday and settle in for the season finale.
0:40.7	It's a jungle out there.
0:42.7	I'm not going to lie, this season was a little strange.
0:47.2	From founders not taking VC's money...
0:50.2	I would like to at least commit 50K.
0:53.6	I absolutely hate to say this, but we've left the 50K checks on the table.
0:58.2	To founders not taking VC's money.
1:01.1	But Elizabeth, is that kind of your final offer?
1:03.4	Because $7 million is a little bit lower obligation than what we will probably close this round at.
1:08.2	To founders, not taking our money, when are you going to take our money?
1:13.4	I think soon, which is good.
1:15.3	She still hasn't taken it.
1:17.2	When we originally recorded these pitches, and I heard all the founders playing hardball,
1:22.5	I kind of shrugged it off.
1:24.7	But as the season wore on, it became clear that these founders were playing a different game.
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