THE PALOOZA
A High-Velocity Pitch & Deal-Flow Platform
Platform licensing (cities, corporates, funds)
Investor access & participation
Brand & sponsor integration
Media & content syndication
What We Do
The Palooza is a venture-backed pitch format and experiential deal-flow engine designed to compress founder–investor decision-making into its most efficient form: 60 seconds of absolute clarity.
Built for investors, corporates, and capital allocators who value signal over noise, The Palooza replaces long decks, inefficient demo days, and low-conversion pitch events with a repeatable, media-enabled decision system.
This is not entertainment-first.
This is outcome-first infrastructure for innovation discovery.
Problem
Modern capital markets face three structural inefficiencies:
- Pitch saturation – too many founders, too little differentiation
- Time inefficiency – hours spent to extract minutes of insight
- Weak conversion – events generate exposure, not decisions
Investors want faster conviction.
Founders want clear outcomes.
Ecosystems want visible momentum.
Solution
The Palooza is a 60-second live pitch format hosted inside a controlled, cinematic environment (elevator, transport, vertical ascent).
One founder
One minute
One real-time decision
Pitches are:
Filmed
Streamed
Judged live
Anchored to a binary outcome
This creates clarity, urgency, and decision velocity — the three scarcest resources in venture markets.
Investor View
Stage 3 — Live Decision
At ascent completion:
- EXIT GREEN → Progress to deeper discussion, capital, or partnership
- EXIT RED → Return with audience-enabled secondary validation
Stage 4 — Conversion Layer
Post-format:
- Investor meetings
- Corporate pilots
- Capital allocation
- Media amplification
The Palooza compresses weeks of filtering into minutes.
Leadership & Governance
Mike Rebello
Founder. Strategist with roots at IMG, specialising in brand-led platforms, market positioning, and scalable opportunity design.
Andrew Wilson
Media & Experience. 30 years across television, film, and live event production. Ensures broadcast-grade execution.
Shelley Hirst
Growth & Partnerships. Specialist in performance-backed B2B scaling models.
David Ramm
Capital & M&A. Advisor across private equity, venture capital, and IP-led businesses.
Zoe West
Capital Strategy. Venture Partner, fintech founder, and cross-market capital connector.
Palooza Ventures is building a scalable platform for high-velocity founder discovery. Our core innovation is a decision-first pitch format that compresses early evaluation into 60 seconds, then routes qualified opportunities into structured outcomes—investment conversations, pilots, and partnerships.
We operate as a format platform, not a one-off event operator: designed to license, replicate, and deploy across sectors and geographies.
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