Online shopping was supposed to make things easier. But with so many options, it’s also made our shopping experience more fragmented than ever. Kristine Locker set out to fix that with her social shopping app Locker. However, her target demographic is a couple generations behind most VCs. Can Kristine convince investors she has the solution to a problem they don’t experience or will they abandon this startup in the cart? You can also watch the Locker pitch on YouTube. Today’s investors are Beck Bamberger, Al Bsharah, Jillian Manus, and Howie Diamond. To learn more about Kristine's retail tech startup and the investors featured on this episode, check out the Locker show page. Enjoying the podcast? Use this link to text a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pitch three.
Day three.
Ah, shopping.
The great american tradition.
From leaving Thanksgiving dinner and busting down the doors of a Best Buy for a cheap tv to the endless stream of Amazon boxes arriving on our doorsteps from sea to shining sea, we love a shopping spree, but shopping has changed a lot from the mall trips of our youth.
You don't just go to journeys for a pair of converse anymore.
Now every shoe brand in the world is available to you online this instant.
How do you make a decision?
Google, Reddit, TikTok, Pinterest, the group chat, all those chrome tabs and screenshots you've been saving.
Online shopping was supposed to make things easier, but now things are more fragmented than ever.
What if you could take this overwhelming shopping experience and whittle it down to something personalized for you?
That's what today's founder is doing with her new app called Locker.
But when investors aren't in your target demographic, how do you sell a solution to a problem they don't even have?
Will our investors get over their decision fatigue and make their way to checkout or abandon this startup in the cart?
I'm Josh Mucchio.
Welcome to the Pitch, where real entrepreneurs pitch real investors for real money.
Hey, everyone, I'm Beck Bamberger, managing partner of Bad Ideas Group.
Hi, I'm Al Bechera, the managing partner at Interlock Capital.
Hi, I'm Gillian Manes, managing partner of Structure Capital.
I'm Howie Dimon, managing partner of Pure Ventures.