Happy Friday,

Wow is all we can say after yesterday’s pitch-off. 

Welcome back to Napkin Notes: the only newsletter that’s able to pull together 4 insanely talented investors, 4 incredible founders and one heck of an MC for a pitch day.

Some big thanks again to:

• our lovely host, Rachele Smalls

• the 4 kick ass startups that stole the show

• and our insanely talented VCs (more on them below)

Today, we’re digging into how the heck the startups raised $7M from 500 viewers.

Buckle up. It’s a doozie and a half 😮‍💨

🗞 Menu for Today

• 💸 Watch the event recap from yesterday

• 🗳 RSVP to our next pitch event happening October 24th

• 👀 Swipes of the week

📰 Special Message from Bubble

Something big is going down next week…

Our friends at Bubble are bringing together thousands of developers and founders at BubbleCon Oct 1–2 in NYC. Join in person or virtually to learn more about how to build and launch applications without writing code.

Learn more about by registering to BubbleCon here.

 🥁 Recap of our Gaming Pitch Event

Yesterday’s event was jammmm packed:

• We had 622 RSVPs

• $7M in investor interest

• 100s of comments mid-event

• And tons of VC intros flow in

🍿 Meet the 4 Startups That Pitched

Congrats again to all the startups that pitched on stage:

• Kub Technology: Unified SDK Integration powered by AI.

• Overplay: Make videos into games instantly -- no code necessary

• AvatarOS: The best avatar generation technology in the world

• GameTree: The Best LFG Game App

And the VCs on stage:

• Dan Bunting who’s the Former Co-Head of Treyarch Studios & Call of Duty Game Director

• Dani Tran from Konvoy

• Jason Bailey from East Side Games Group (TSX)

• Stephen O’Brien from Mantis VC

• And our lovely host, Raechele Smalls

Wanna see the event recording? Click below.

🎟 RSVP to Our Next Event

👀 Swipes of The Week

Have an amazing weekend.

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