In a lot of the pitch deck teardowns, I get stumped by a certain slide, even though I am 99% sure that when a founder uses it to pitch a VC, they will give a little bit of additional context that ...

What Is A Pitch Deck? A pitch deck is a comprehensive and precise presentation or document that outlines the key aspects of a startup to potential investors or stakeholders. Studies indicate that only ...

A pitch deck is a written investment proposal — typically of 15–20 concise, visually appealing and non-wordy pages — that is used to solicit investment from prospective angel or venture capital ...

Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Matt Rubright, an operator turned banker at Silicon Valley Bank. Building an effective pitch deck is a unique topic of conversation in the startup ...

Ali Bonar is an Instagram creator with over 50,000 followers. In 2018, she created granola butter, a vegan, nut-free, gluten-free spread made with oats. Read the pitch deck her team used to secure ...

One of the hardest things to know when you’re new to fundraising is what you’re supposed to send to an investor and when, and whether they will keep your information confidential. As a VC and former ...

Anyone with a winning track record of successfully pitching investors and buyers has figured out the formula. They know their audience, honed their story and separated their brand from the pack. I've ...

It was a Tuesday afternoon seven years ago when I had my first investors meeting. A recent university graduate, I had no clue how to persuade investors or raise money. All I knew was that I needed to ...

Here are some places to start if you are trying to raise money from a global or local VC firm. It’s getting tougher to win global investment, and your pitch deck can turn it around. Understanding the ...

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CommandBar, a B2B tool designed to make software easier to use, closed a $4.8 million raise in 2021 with one of the most starkly minimalist decks I’ve ever seen. The deck only has seven slides and is ...

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