It’s a rare startup that tears down its own pitch deck, but that’s exactly what Equals did after it raised a $16 million Series A round. Equals’ mission is […]
How to write your monthly investor update
Joshua Brueckner Contributor The founder of Trulytell, Joshua Brueckner guides founders through their fundraising process to close deals and get back to building. He is currently running a […]
Here’s where founders screw up their pitch decks most often
What happens when you feed a few thousand pitch decks to an AI, analyze them all, and figure out what the most common problems are for founders trying […]
Sample Series A extension pitch deck: Phospholutions’ $10.15M deck
I haven’t seen a lot of agriculture tech startups submit their pitch decks for this series, so I was delighted to get one from Phospholutions, which just closed […]
Pitch Deck Teardown: Aether’s $49M Series A deck
Aether’s pitch deck is a real head-scratcher. The company says that it raised almost $50 million to “extract lithium from previously inaccessible reserves.” That makes sense: Lithium is […]
Raising without a deck is more common than you think
If you want to raise venture capital funding, you should be able to tell a compelling story to get anywhere. What’s more, according to conventional wisdom, your story […]
Pitch Deck Teardown: Point.me’s $10M Series A deck
Collecting points is a lifestyle for many. Getting great deals on flights, for example, by carefully collecting and spending points can make the difference between slumming it in […]
Don’t use builds, reveals or animations in your pitch deck
Your pitch deck is your pièce de résistance when you’re trying to convey a ton of information about your startup to a would-be investor in as few slides […]