Pitchr - a new business matching platform

[pitchr2026]

Hi everyone,

After spending years speaking with business owners, investors and entrepreneurs, one thing kept coming up again and again.

Finding the right people is often much harder than finding people.

Business owners struggle to find investors who are genuinely interested in their sector or stage of growth. Investors receive countless approaches that aren’t relevant to their investment criteria. People looking for business partners often rely on chance introductions, networking events or existing contacts.

It made me wonder why, in a world where technology matches us with jobs, homes and even relationships, business networking is still largely based on who you happen to know.

That’s what led me to build Pitchr.

Pitchr is a business relationship platform that matches business owners, investors and operators based on detailed business profiles and what they’re actually looking for. Whether you’re seeking investment, looking to acquire a business, searching for a co-founder or exploring partnership opportunities, the aim is to make those introductions far more relevant than traditional networking.

We’re still in the early stages, which is why I’m looking for founders, investors and business professionals who’d be interested in trying it and, more importantly, helping shape where it goes next.

I’d genuinely value any feedback from this community. Equally, I’d love to hear how you’ve found investors, business partners or acquisition opportunities in the past. What’s worked well, and what hasn’t?

Pitchr is available now on the Apple App Store, with the Android version currently in closed testing and due for public release soon.

If you’d like to give it a try or learn more, you can find it on the App Store, just search for Pitchr (you may need to adjust the search as it’ll give you results for ‘Pitcher’ by default!).

Android: If you’d like to join the closed test, just send me a message and I’ll happily add you.

Thanks for reading.

Rob, Pitchr founder

 

[EnterprisePro]

I was waiting to see if anyone comments first, but.. I'll go first.

I could try the Android version if available, but no rush if not.

It made me wonder why, in a world where technology matches us with jobs, homes and even relationships, business networking is still largely based on who you happen to know.

Possibly because we're flooded with outreach and optics that try to grab our attention, so we've become immune to it and I think might have something to do with the fact that when people have their business hat on, time becomes an ultra finite commodity and we have little choice but to be harsh when filtering.

qually, I’d love to hear how you’ve found investors, business partners or acquisition opportunities in the past. What’s worked well, and what hasn’t?

The honest truth? It almost always happens outside of business context. From my experience, glowing (inflated) profiles, statistics and optics don't work. For me, its the people themselves and their personality traits, which I normally judge from initial interaction on something completely non-business. From my experience, its been quite rare to find that from online connections, such as LinkedIn.

 

[pitchr2026]

I was waiting to see if anyone comments first, but.. I'll go first.

I could try the Android version if available, but no rush if not.


Possibly because we're flooded with outreach and optics that try to grab our attention, so we've become immune to it and I think might have something to do with the fact that when people have their business hat on, time becomes an ultra finite commodity and we have little choice but to be harsh when filtering.


The honest truth? It almost always happens outside of business context. From my experience, glowing (inflated) profiles, statistics and optics don't work. For me, its the people themselves and their personality traits, which I normally judge from initial interaction on something completely non-business. From my experience, its been quite rare to find that from online connections, such as LinkedIn.

Thanks for the post, I appreciate your thoughts. I’m hoping Pitchr will be a refreshing way of sifting through all the potential people to find the right one. It’ll take time to build the user base but we have to start somewhere right? I have a number of investors already registered on the app which I think is probably the most difficult part.

Feel free to DM (assuming we can do that on here?) your Android email and I’ll add you to the app that way - it’s the same production environment and whilst it’s in closed test, you can subscribe for free to get all the extra goodies!

Thanks

 

[Mark T Jones]

I'm sure you're aware that there have been any number of these platforms launched over the years - presumably a few still going, so the obvious first hurdles are:

- How will they find you?
- Why will they prefer you?

The 2 most common challenges by far are:

1. They are absolute magnets for scammers, dreamers and nutters. How will you manage this? Whilst it's impossible to offer guarantees, the very least you will need is some robust checks.

2. The standard of pitches will mostly be appalling. If a serious investor/partner sees 5 garbage pitches, they will assume that is the overall quality.

On the plus side, it should be easy to get early traction - quality will be the issue.

 

[pitchr2026]

I'm sure you're aware that there have been any number of these platforms launched over the years - presumably a few still going, so the obvious first hurdles are:

- How will they find you?
- Why will they prefer you?

The 2 most common challenges by far are:

1. They are absolute magnets for scammers, dreamers and nutters. How will you manage this? Whilst it's impossible to offer guarantees, the very least you will need is some robust checks.

2. The standard of pitches will mostly be appalling. If a serious investor/partner sees 5 garbage pitches, they will assume that is the overall quality.

On the plus side, it should be easy to get early traction - quality will be the issue.

Great points, thanks for posting.

1. I’ve taken the safety and security of users seriously and it’s one underlying thread that’s been applied across the system. Users can register using Google and Apple, and can also register using email. An email confirmation when registering with email needs to be received before the user can login. I intend to introduce a further level of security with mobile check or document check, once the user-base grows.

Images and any text entered into the app is scanned for inappropriate content and disallowed if any is found. Users can block, hide and report other users if they feel they are acting inappropriately.

Messaging on the app means the users won’t need to release any personal details until they feel absolutely comfortable doing so, and they have done their due diligence, this is highlighted to the user upon first login and the user must accept the terms before using the app.

2. Whilst the app is called Pitchr, it’s not so much about pitching an idea or your business, the main matching mechanism is through a series of questions which build a profile of what it is you’re looking for. It is the answers to this set of questions that enables accurate matching to your suitors.

The users can add free text about themselves and they can add tags to identify who they are and what they’re interested in, this also contributes to the matching.

As an example, if a business is seeking investment in a particular field in a particular sector and needs funding for a particular reason, this is all captured and helps to match against investors who are looking for the same thing. Investors can also, of course, be as detailed or high level as they like, answering ‘any’ to most, if not all, of the questions.

You can also set up multiple profiles, as obviously people are seeking potentially multiple things.

The entire system is data-driven, so questions and answers can be changed to suit how the app progresses. This also opens it up to other matching applications too.

Feel free to have a look at the app. It’s free to download and use. I’d really appreciate your further feedback once you’ve seen it and used it. Thanks again for taking the time to post.

 

[fisicx]

All great but it will still be a target for scammers and dreamers. Just look at the amount of crud on kickstarter.

I’ve just googled pitchr. And it’s not you. This is a massive hurdle you need to overcome as investors won’t be looking for an app. They will do as I did.

 

[pitchr2026]

All great but it will still be a target for scammers and dreamers. Just look at the amount of crud on kickstarter.

I’ve just googled pitchr. And it’s not you. This is a massive hurdle you need to overcome as investors won’t be looking for an app. They will do as I did.

I agree, these are things I’ve been finding out as I’ve been developing it. The web app is currently in development.

I can’t post full links here, but I do have a temporary marketing page which you can get to with pitchr.me/marketing

 

[fisicx]

But….

The name is already in use by other businesses. The fix for this is to change the name. Or spend squidillions on marketing and dominate the search engines.

 

[pitchr2026]

But….

The name is already in use by other businesses. The fix for this is to change the name. Or spend squidillions on marketing and dominate the search engines.

It is, but nothing I've seen in the same line of business. Pitchr was a [very] long-drawn out decision but I have gotten used to it now. That's not to say it can't change of course.

I'd genuinely say that choosing a name for the business/app was 10 times more difficult than the most complex parts of the matching logic!

 

[fisicx]

Still going to cause you heaps of problems down the line. Especially as the word is already trademarked (albeit in a different class) and there is a registered company with the same name who definitely will complain.

Plus, people will keep spelling it wrong.

 

[pitchr2026]

Still going to cause you heaps of problems down the line. Especially as the word is already trademarked (albeit in a different class) and there is a registered company with the same name who definitely will complain.

Plus, people will keep spelling it wrong.

It trademarked in May 2026, that's frustrating, I checked around then and it was free of trademark... I can change the name easily enough.

Any ideas on a new name?

 

[pitchr2026]

It trademarked in May 2026, that's frustrating, I checked around then and it was free of trademark... I can change the name easily enough.

Any ideas on a new name?

Actually, it's registered as only Class 28 - Golf Clubs which shouldn't interfere with my app. But I agree it's like to get misspelled often.

 

[fisicx]

Any ideas on a new name?

Anything you like. The more random the better. What was the name of your first school, dog, girlfriend, holiday? The name is far less important than you think. It just needs to be memorable. Doesn't need to have any connection to the business.