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Pitchtape

Techstars '24

Dana Point, US · 4 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors

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Pitchtape is a platform that enables investors and venture capital firms to source, screen, and manage investment opportunities through video pitch submissions and portfolio tracking. The platform serves institutional investors, VCs, and their portfolio companies with tools for deal flow management, due diligence, and investor relations.

Also known as Pitchtape

Founders & leadership

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Nick ScannavinoFounder & CEO

Investors · 1

Techstarslisted by TechstarsBoulder · $220K

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

Pitchtape is a video-first submission management platform that lets organizations collect, review, manage and analyze applications built around structured asynchronous video presentations plus supporting materials. The product spans the full workflow: launching a call for submissions, collecting videos and attachments in a single cohesive submission, reviewing entries in one interface instead of spreadsheets, administering the process, and analyzing submission activity through analytics tools. The company positions the platform as AI-enhanced for collaborative review.

The platform is marketed across several use cases, including general submission intake, investment pitches, innovation management, virtual events such as pitch competitions and startup showcases, grant management from pre-award application through post-award reporting, and internal team communication for recruitment, project reporting and recognition. In the grant context, Pitchtape describes native video recording, template-based video prompts for standardized applicant storytelling, and a simplified assessor interface for reviewing and giving feedback.

Core product components include a Video Builder and a Video API. The Video Builder provides an on-screen teleprompter generated from a written script, segment-by-segment recording by topic, automated stitching of segments into a single video, and smart retakes of individual topics. A founder-specific version of the tool lets startups self-record a pitch using templates, attach company information, a pitch deck, momentum highlights and team bios, and share everything through a single link.

Business model

Pitchtape sells access to a software platform used by organizations to run submission and review processes, with sales handled through demo requests and a "Contact Sales" path for organizational buyers. A separate self-serve product for startup founders is offered directly to individuals, with a free tier and a paid subscription tier. The company also exposes its video capabilities via an API so that customers can embed asynchronous video submissions into their own systems.

Subscription software. The founder-facing product has a free "Start" plan covering recording of up to nine template video topics, real-time pitch updates, topic reordering and a shareable URL, and a "Grow" plan at $49 per month adding unlimited custom video topics, a script-to-teleprompter feature, video download, and the ability to supplement the video with a deck, highlights and team bios. Organizational pricing is handled through sales.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

Market position

Pitchtape differentiates on a video-first approach to application intake, with recording, stitching and teleprompter tools built natively into the submission platform rather than requiring applicants to use separate third-party video tools, and on consolidating collection, review, administration and analytics in one system in place of spreadsheets. The company states benefits including saving upwards of 50% of a team's time.

Technology

Web-based video recording and review tooling, including an on-screen teleprompter driven by a user-written script, topic-by-topic segment recording with automated stitching into a single video, retakes of individual segments, AI-enhanced collaborative review, submission analytics, and a Video API for embedding asynchronous video submissions in third-party systems.

Go-to-market

For organizational buyers, Pitchtape uses a demo-request and sales-contact motion supported by solution pages for each use case, customer stories and a product tour. For founders, it offers self-serve signup with a free plan intended to convert to a paid plan.

Organizations that run application or submission processes, including investors and venture firms evaluating startup pitches, grant-making bodies, corporate innovation programs, organizers of virtual events and pitch competitions, and internal teams handling recruitment and project reporting. The platform also serves individual startup founders who record and share pitch videos.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Founder plan price (Grow)Jan 2024$49
HeadcountAug 20264

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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In the news

▸Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

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Frequently asked questions

What does Pitchtape do?
Pitchtape is a video-first submission management platform for collecting, reviewing and analyzing applications and pitches.
Who founded Pitchtape?
Pitchtape was founded by Nick Scannavino.
Who are Pitchtape's investors?
Pitchtape's investors include Techstars.
Where is Pitchtape headquartered?
Pitchtape is headquartered in Dana Point, US.