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Capital Calling

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 Welcome to Capital Calling: a video podcast where founders pitch live, and investors decide. Our show features leading early-stage founders pitching their startups directly to leading venture capitalists, including investors from iconic firms like Draper Associates, Initialized Capital, Pioneer Fund, and SOSV. Produced by Coeus Collective Ventures in partnership with the NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship, the show offers an unfiltered look at how venture decisions are actually made. This is a show that takes you "behind the curtain" of venture investing: viewers see how investors evaluate teams, markets, and traction in real time, and how founders respond when the stakes are real and outcomes are uncertain. Filmed in New York City and distributed across the @CoeusCollective YouTube channel and all podcast platforms, Capital Calling sits at the intersection of media, entrepreneurship, and capital. Do these founders have what it takes to answer the calls of the investors? Find out on the first season of our show.© 2026 Circle Promotions, LLC Finances personnelles Gestion et leadership Économie
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  • OOSO: A $500K Bet on Sparkling Tea

    OOSO: A $500K Bet on Sparkling Tea
    Mar 12 2026
    A beverage category built on energy drinks, soda, and canned alcohol is starting to fracture. But can a sparkling tea brand inspired by natural wine convince investors it has the taste, positioning, and brand power to break through? In this episode of Capital Calling, Sophia Spring (Racciatti) and Oliver Spring, Co-Founders of OOSO, pitch a better-for-you beverage brand building a bold and elevated take on tea. OOSO is a sparkling tea inspired by natural wine, formulated with organic teas, adaptogens, L-theanine, vitamin B12, and vitamin C, and sweetened with organic honey instead of artificial ingredients or fake sugars. Positioned as a sophisticated, functional alternative to traditional canned beverages, the company is trying to carve out space at the intersection of wellness, flavor, and modern social drinking culture. Across the table, investors Johnnie Yu of Listen Ventures, Christian McKenzie of Lofty Ventures, and Horace Madison of The Haven engage with the pitch as it unfolds. They examine OOSO’s brand positioning within the crowded functional beverage market, customer acquisition and retail strategy, flavor and product differentiation, and whether a premium sparkling tea company raising $500K with 60% already committed can scale into a venture-backed consumer brand. Capital Calling provides a behind-the-scenes look at a real pitch from both sides of the table. Each episode begins with a live founder pitch and product demo, followed by direct investor questioning. After the pitch, investors enter into a private debrief conversation where they debate the opportunity openly: without the founder present. The founder, on the other hand, enters the On-Call Room to discuss the pitch one-on-one from their perspective. Then, the investors give their verdicts, where feedback is delivered candidly and decisions are made. Produced by Coeus Collective in partnership with the NYU Stern Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship, Capital Calling offers founders, operators, students, and investors an unfiltered look at how early-stage investment decisions actually happen, and what separates compelling ideas from fundable companies. Founders pitch live. Investors decide.
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    41 min
  • Masira: Pitching a $300K Raise for a Sustainable Fashion Marketplace

    Masira: Pitching a $300K Raise for a Sustainable Fashion Marketplace
    Mar 5 2026
    Fashion discovery today is fragmented. Shoppers jump between apps for inspiration, resale, rentals, and sustainability checks just to find one great piece. But can a platform built to unify fashion discovery and sustainable shopping convince investors it can become the next generation marketplace for conscious consumers? In this episode of Capital Calling, Samira Salifu and Rukaiah Edhah, Co-Founders of Masira, pitch a startup building a fashion-tech platform designed to simplify how people discover and style sustainable clothing. Masira functions as a fashion search engine and off-price marketplace, helping consumers discover pieces from vetted brands while also showing how each item can be styled into complete outfits. By combining AI-powered search, creator-led styling content, and access to excess inventory from fashion brands, the platform aims to reduce waste while helping shoppers build cohesive wardrobes instead of isolated purchases. Masira sits at the intersection of sustainable fashion, creator-led commerce, and AI-driven discovery, allowing shoppers to describe what they want in natural language and instantly see curated items along with multiple outfit combinations that show how each piece fits into a real wardrobe. At the same time, the company provides brands with a new distribution channel to sell excess inventory that might otherwise go unsold. Across the table, investors Michelle Kwok of Draper Associates, Michael Nogen of Overton Venture Capital, and Vansh Langer of Pioneer Fund engage with the pitch as it unfolds. They evaluate Masira’s marketplace dynamics, creator-driven growth strategy, supply acquisition from fashion brands, and whether the founders can build a scalable platform in the rapidly evolving fashion-tech ecosystem while raising $300K to bring the product to market. Episode Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:28 Founder Pitch 2:29 Live Demo 5:22 Investor Q&A 17:35 Investor Debrief 26:19 On-Call Room 35:35 Investor Verdict 39:50 Outro & Disclaimer Capital Calling provides a behind-the-scenes look at a real pitch from both sides of the table. Each episode begins with a live founder pitch and product demo, followed by direct investor questioning. After the pitch, investors enter into a private debrief conversation where they debate the opportunity openly: without the founder present. The founder, on the other hand, enters the On-Call Room to discuss the pitch one-on-one from their perspective. Then, the investors give their verdicts, where feedback is delivered candidly and decisions are made. Produced by Coeus Collective in partnership with the NYU Stern Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship, Capital Calling offers founders, operators, students, and investors an unfiltered look at how early-stage investment decisions actually happen, and what separates compelling ideas from fundable companies. Founders pitch live. Investors decide. 🔔 Subscribe to Coeus Collective on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CoeusCollective 📰 Early Access newsletter: https://coeuscollective.beehiiv.com/ 📲 Follow us everywhere: @CoeusCollective Special thanks to the NYU Stern School of Business Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship. Follow @nyuinnovation for updates on their programs. Hosted by Antonio Di Meglio and Leon Li DISCLAIMER: The Capital Calling podcast, and any related media properties produced by Coeus Collective, are provided solely for informational and educational purposes. Nothing presented in this episode should be construed as an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, investments, or financial products. Coeus Collective does not provide investment advice, and all opinions expressed are those of the hosts or guests at the time of recording.
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    39 min
  • CaroRhythm: Can This Wearable Detect a Stroke Before It Happens?

    CaroRhythm: Can This Wearable Detect a Stroke Before It Happens?
    Feb 26 2026
    Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a stroke. But what if stroke risk could be continuously monitored, not just diagnosed after the fact? In this episode of Capital Calling, Lokesh Sharma, Founder and CEO of CaroRhythm, pitches a non-invasive wearable platform designed to transform how stroke risk and carotid artery health are monitored outside the hospital. CaroRhythm is building a continuous vascular monitoring system focused on the carotid artery — the critical blood vessel supplying the brain — using advanced sensor technology and machine learning-driven analytics to detect changes in blood flow and stroke risk in real time. Unlike traditional episodic imaging methods such as ultrasound or CT scans, CaroRhythm’s approach aims to provide longitudinal data, enabling clinicians to track trends, identify early warning signs, and intervene before catastrophic events occur. The company is positioned at the intersection of medical devices, digital health, AI diagnostics, and preventative care, targeting secondary stroke prevention and high-risk cardiovascular patients who currently lack continuous outpatient monitoring solutions. Across the table, investors René Bastón of Covenant Venture Capital, Sabriya Stukes of SOSV, and Doug Hayes of Junto Health and Hubble engage with the pitch as it unfolds. They probe the regulatory pathway, reimbursement strategy, clinical validation plan, competitive landscape in stroke monitoring and cardiovascular wearables, and whether CaroRhythm can build a defensible, FDA-cleared medical device company in a space dominated by legacy diagnostics. 0:00 Introduction 0:39 Investor Introductions 1:51 Founder Pitch 3:40 Live Demo 5:11 Investor Q&A 19:14 Investor Debrief 25:53 On-Call Room 33:11 Investor Verdict 39:22 Closing Capital Calling provides a behind-the-scenes look at a real pitch from both sides of the table. Each episode begins with a live founder pitch and product demo, followed by direct investor questioning. After the pitch, investors enter into a private debrief conversation where they debate the opportunity openly: without the founder present. The founder, on the other hand, enters the On-Call Room to discuss the pitch one-on-one from their perspective. Then, the investors give their verdicts, where feedback is delivered candidly and decisions are made. Produced by Coeus Collective in partnership with the NYU Stern Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship, Capital Calling offers founders, operators, students, and investors an unfiltered look at how early-stage investment decisions actually happen, and what separates compelling ideas from fundable companies. Founders pitch live. Investors decide. 🔔 Subscribe to Coeus Collective on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CoeusCollective 📰 Early Access newsletter: https://coeuscollective.beehiiv.com/ 📲 Follow us everywhere: @CoeusCollective Special thanks to the NYU Stern School of Business Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship. Follow @nyuinnovation for updates on their programs. Hosted by Antonio Di Meglio and Leon Li DISCLAIMER: The Capital Calling podcast, and any related media properties produced by Coeus Collective, are provided solely for informational and educational purposes. Nothing presented in this episode should be construed as an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, investments, or financial products. Coeus Collective does not provide investment advice, and all opinions expressed are those of the hosts or guests at the time of recording.
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    34 min
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