Season 14 Finale: The Mad Scientist, The Foxhole, and a $48M Power Move

The Pitch

Josh Muccio

Investing, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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You heard seven pitches from Napa... but what happened after the show? We'll catch you up with four founder deep dives and some rapid fire updates on the Season 14 Finale. ... Listen to the finale on Patreon (@ThePitch) Subscribe to our email newsletter: insider.pitch.show Learn more about The Pitch Fund: thepitch.fund … Music in this episode by The Muse Maker, Breakmaster Cylinder, The Firmware Rebels, Ønders, Aero Ross, Boxwood Orchestra, Memory Palace, Bitters, Cosette, Fabulist, Memory Fields, and GEM!N! … *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 Muccio and I'm Lisa Muccio.
0:02.9	Welcome to the pitch, season 14 finale.
0:07.0	This season was marked by spectacular drama.
0:10.0	We are aiming to a 48 million plus money valuation cap.
0:14.4	You're going from 15 to 48?
0:17.0	Yes.
0:17.9	That's tough, dude.
0:19.3	Spectacular bagels.
0:39.3	Why would you care if it's gluten-free or gluten-ness? It tastes good. It's just good bread. Spectacular pitches that we thought for sure would get funding. Hair transplants. Turkey. Turkey. Turkey. Yeah. But turned out to be a spectacular fail. I only see a world in which this is the plastic surgery place. Spectacular Slovakian swimmers.
0:41.3	Even though he wasn't big as he is right now, I still was like,
0:44.3	whoa, how could this big mess be moving so fast and efficient?
0:50.3	And a spectacular final pitch, at least in the room.
0:53.3	Sorry, I know you said there's a lot, so I'm scared to show this.
0:56.3	There's one more thing.
1:02.0	This is the thing I'm super excited about.
1:04.9	I got it working last night.
1:08.5	There were a lot of surprises coming out of Napa.
1:11.2	There were a lot of surprises.
1:12.6	So many gotchas from the VCs.
1:14.7	We had Elizabeth going in on a deal that she didn't commit to in the room.
1:19.2	And then we had, you know, the typical thing VCs backing out like they do.
1:23.1	And then we had that surprise valuation from Sarah after the fact.
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