Pitch deck
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Notion tip: Impress investors with this interactive Notion page. For more inspiration, take a look at how Argyle raised $20 million with their Notion pitch deck! Duplicate their public template →
More pitch deck resources:
How founders are finding new ways to grab investor attentionWhen Shmulik Fishman started Argyle, he never wanted to have to open Keynote or PowerPoint again. His company had pulled together a $2.6 million seed round using the traditional Silicon Valley approach of sending around a pitch deck to investors and setting up funding calls once they'd glanced through it.
https://www.protocol.com/pitch-deck-not-yet-dead
https://www.businessinsider.com/startup-founders-raise-millions-using-investment-memos-notion-pitch-decks-2021-10Two entrepreneurs explain why they ditched the standard pitch deck and opted for an investment memo. One founder was able to jump quickly on a potential funding deal by using a memo. Both founders found memos allowed them to better communicate their company stories to investors.https://www.businessinsider.com/startup-founders-raise-millions-using-investment-memos-notion-pitch-decks-2021-10
Lessons From A Study of Perfect Pitch Decks: VCs Spend An Average of 3 Minutes, 44 Seconds On ThemDocSend, a startup that provides people with a secure and private way of sharing files like offer letters or legal agreements, studied more than 200 pitchdecks to figure out the right way to graduate from bootstrapped to seed-funded, or from angels to a Series A. They partnered with Harvard Busines...
https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/08/lessons-from-a-study-of-perfect-pitch-decks-vcs-spend-an-average-of-3-minutes-44-seconds-on-them/
The Deck We Used to Raise Our Seed with Accel in 13 Days | AirbyteThere are quite a few decks already available online, and we found them all useful, each in different ways. That's why we thought the deck we used for our seed round could be helpful to some companies, especially those that are open source or developer tools.
https://airbyte.io/blog/the-deck-we-used-to-raise-our-seed-with-accel-in-13-days
How to Build Your Seed Round Pitch Deck: Fundraising, Pitch Deck, Seed Round | Y CombinatorDemo Day for our Winter 2018 batch is a week from today. We're largely focused on preparing companies for their on-stage presentations, but are also working with them on slightly longer decks to use in follow-up conversations with investors.https://www.ycombinator.com/library/2u-how-to-build-your-seed-round-pitch-deck
Sequoia - Writing a Business PlanWhen Brian, Joe and Nate founded Airbnb, they had an air mattress, entrepreneurial passion, and a vision for reinventing travel and hospitality, but no clear idea how to approach VCs or how to craft a pitch deck. They came across Sequoia's guide for how to write a business plan and the rest is history.https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/writing-a-business-plan/
Front Series A Deck2 months ago we announced our $10M series A for Front: exciting times! I hadn't put together a deck for our Seed round, so this time was a first for me. When I turned to Google to get some inspiration, I was very disappointed by the lack of examples available, especially in the SaaS space.https://collinmathilde.medium.com/front-series-a-deck-f2e2775a419b
One-Liner
Define your company and your mission in 1-3 sentences. Avoid just listing features.
Summary
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Let investors choose what they want to read more about. You can add any kind of information inside — text, images, embeds — to include more details.
Show investors what your position is in the market at a glance. Customize what features you want to compare against by adding or deleting columns in the table.
Questions?
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