Introducing
Fake Pitch Fridays
In our free time, we like to think of fake company concepts.
Then, we release detailed pitch decks for these concepts in PDF form via our Friday newsletter.
Great for a fun Friday read and pranking your VC network.
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Totler
Bringing meritocracy and transparency to infant recruiting
Our Fake Company Portfolio
Glasses for people who need them, but don't want to seem smarter
Dumm Glasses
The first pre-pre-professional networking application for babies
Totler
Camoflage shoelaces that prevent people from seeing them untied and calling you out about it
Unsightly
A dating service that actually takes your temperature
Temptt
Made from 100% ugly produce,
Ugly Soup has award winning SKUs, including Unattractive Chicken Noodle, Grotesque Tomato, and Grisly Butternut Squash
Ugly Soup
Follicool gives hair sticking power to combat wind, hat hair, and flying bird poop.
Follicle
Biosciences
Coming Soon
...and more
Example Pitch: Dumm Glasses
Meet Our Entrepreneurs
Sarah Bellum,
Dumm
Sarah has been in the e-commerce and eyewear industries for over 20 years. An eye doctor turned fashion executive, Sarah started Dumm in 2021. Under Sarah's leadership, Dumm hopes to help millions of people not appear smarter while wearing glasses.
Jay Walker,
Unsightly
After working at Nike for 15+ years, Jay saw an opportunity to innovate his own shoe line. He sold his first startup business to Adidas in 2020 before working full-time on Unsightly. Jay is widely recognized as a leader in the invisible shoelace space.
Sue Flay,
Ugly Soup
Prior to founding Ugly Soup, Sue developed significant experience in the CPG space. Sue and CTO Chris Coe co-founded the company in 2019 and she has since led Ugly Soup to become the most consumed ugly soup brand in the Northeastern United States.