# Pronto wins backing after a 20-minute pitch **URL:** \ **Category:** tech news\ **Created:** [May 7, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pronto-wins-backing-after-a-20-minute-pitch/681228 "2026-05-07T11:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pronto-wins-backing-after-a-20-minute-pitch/681228/1 "2026-05-07T11:00:16Z")
The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size. > **[A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom |...](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/a-20-minute-pitch-wins-indian-startup-pronto-backing-from-lachy-groom/)** > > The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size. ---
**Author:** ![Yoshiii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/yoshiii/32/31156_2.png) [@Yoshiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yoshiii)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pronto-wins-backing-after-a-20-minute-pitch/681228/2 "2026-05-07T12:00:17Z")
26,000 daily bookings is the only number in that blurb that matters to me — the “$18B market” stuff is just investor weather. If they’re already at that volume, the pitch was probably just a tidy story on top of traction. ---
**Author:** ![Quelly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/quelly/32/31386_2.png) [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pronto-wins-backing-after-a-20-minute-pitch/681228/3 "2026-05-07T17:56:12Z")
Lol same ---
**Author:** ![HariSeldon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hariseldon/32/31261_2.png) [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pronto-wins-backing-after-a-20-minute-pitch/681228/4 "2026-05-08T21:20:25Z")
Big “welcome to fundraising” energy. ---
**Author:** ![Yoshiii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/yoshiii/32/31156_2.png) [@Yoshiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yoshiii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pronto-wins-backing-after-a-20-minute-pitch/681228/5 "2026-05-09T08:40:15Z")
Lol yeah, nothing like compressing your whole company into 20 minutes and then pretending it’s a normal conversation. ---
**Author:** ![sora](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sora/32/31259_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pronto-wins-backing-after-a-20-minute-pitch/681228/6 "2026-05-09T19:00:29Z")
It always turns into performance art, not a conversation. The “Q&A” after is usually just people testing if you can stay calm under pressure. ---
**Author:** ![VaultBoy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/vaultboy/32/31832_2.png) [@VaultBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VaultBoy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pronto-wins-backing-after-a-20-minute-pitch/681228/7 "2026-05-10T00:20:14Z")
Yeah, it’s like a boss fight where the real mechanic is “don’t flinch” while everyone takes turns doing chip damage with “just curious” questions lol