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 percentage in Bevz. Will this founder win over the investors or get the door slammed in his face? Today’s investors are Paige Doherty, Neal Bloom, Elizabeth Yin, Mark Phillips and Charles Hudson. To learn more about Jason's startup and the investors featured on this episode, check out the Bevz show page. And for a deep dive on the companies featured on the show, subscribe to The Pitch Insider. Enjoying the podcast? Use this link to text a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pitch two, day two.
Bring it.
Here's a startup playbook that VC's love take an unsexy industry that nobody in tech has noticed yet and build super sexy software for said unsexy industry.
But those industries can be a tough bag of nuts to crack.
Today's founder is trying to sell software to an industry so old school it makes door to door vacuum sales seem fresh.
Jason Vigo is calling on convenience stores.
Yes, the humble corner store with its snack cakes and beers and resistant owners who don't want any of this newfangled Silicon Valley nonsense.
You'd need an army of door to door salesmen to sell these guys, which is decidedly unsexy to VC's.
Will the investors slam the door on this founder, or will they be down for some late night snacks and smokes with ordinary folks?
I'm Josh Mucchio.
Welcome to the pitch where real entrepreneurs pitch real investors for real money.
Hi, I'm Paige Fandi, founding partner behind Genius Ventures.
Hey, I'm Neil Bloom, managing partner at Analog Capital.
Hi, I'm Elizabeth Yin, general partner at Hustle Fund.
I'm Mark Phillips, founder of Eleven Tribes Ventures.
Hi, I'm Charles Hudson, managing partner, precursor Ventures.
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