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#124 ECGO: Turning Trash Into Treasure With AI
Ever stood at the recycling bin wondering, Is this cup really recyclable?'' Enter Nicole Toole, the founder of ECGO, an AI-powered app designed to tackle this confusion. With ECGO, you snap a photo of any item, and the app will tell you how to properly d
#123 Outlines: A Venture-Backed Shower Curtain?
Luke Barkley Young was tired of two things: companies that dont take responsibility for products they put in the world and moldy shower liners. So he created Outlines, a circular subscription for all your home essentials. Their first product is a recycla
#122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Venture investors have spent the last decade searching for the killer use case for VR. Todays founder, Andrew McHugh, thinks hes found it with his startup, Wist. But days before Andrew gave his pitch, Apple sent shockwaves through the industry by announ
#121 Ride iQ: Peloton for Horses
Cofounding sisters Kinsey and Jessa Lux think theyve found the next big opportunity in sports tech, audio lessons for horseback riders. But the equestrian market is way smaller than say, running or cycling. Is a passionate market enough to excite investo
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#120 Bevz: A Tech Bro Walks Into a Corner Store...
Jason Vego wants to disrupt an industry so old school he has to sell door to door. Yet somehow his SaaS platform for convenience stores boasts a 95% conversion rate from free trial. Another number comes up in The Pitch Room though, Jason’s ownership perce
#119 Amateur Golf Society: Venture Capital vs. Private Equity
Dan Hershberg loves golf. So much so that he founded the Amateur Golf Society a PGA-style tour that any golfer can participate in. The investors think his flexible tournament model is a hole in one. But things get complicated when they discover a majori
#118 Uncovered: The Business of True Crime
If you're murdered in the US, there's only a 57% chance your killer will be found. Jim Brown aims to change this statistic by enabling the massive true crime community to solve cold cases on his website Uncovered.com. But mysterious circumstances in the s
#117 Lotus: Hardware Hail Mary
Despite a decade in engineering at Apple, Dhaval Patel didnt have any smart technology in his home. So he designed a ring that converts every home into a smart home using old technology found in your typical TV remote. But hardware startups are extreme
#116 Kimoyo: Is This African Startup Venture Backable?
When Mariam Braimah led product design at Netflix she struggled to find participants in Africa to test new products. So she started Kimoyo Insights, a research analytics platform that helps companies like Microsoft & Flutterwave gather feedback from Afric