Sequoia Capital invested in Apple, Airbnb, and Instagram
They've helped create over $3.3 trillion in value
Here's their free pitch deck framework:
Sequoia Capital invested in Apple, Airbnb, and Instagram They've helped create over $3.3 trillion in value Here's their free pitch deck framework:
best decks I’ve seen were 3/4 slides Pre market (seed) - problem - product vision - biz model - team Early market (seed 2 / series A) - product demo - customer learnings - numbers - use of funds Market traction (A / B) - product demo - growth story - numbers - use of funds
“Less is more” when it comes to an investor presentation. There are only a few key things most VCs look at to understand and get excited about a deal: the problem you are solving, the size of the opportunity, the strength of the team, the level of competition or competitive advantage that you have, your plan of attack, and current status. Summary f
... See moreBrad Feld • Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
It's done! I read 3,000 startup pitch decks. I wanted to find what the incredible pitches had in common. Was there a "secret ingredient" unifying them? YES. The 4 best (that VCs wanted intros to) had the same talking point:
Pitch-deck advice: I don't think I have ever seen a fundraising deck getting better by using a designer to design it. The same goes for using fancy tools like Figma, Keynote, https://t.co/SeKkLrTe6G,... See more

Loom sold for $975MM
Here's a side-by-side comparison of their pre-seed and seed pitch decks: https://t.co/8bO67wdVYs

How to create a memo or deck for your startup by @gokulr
A great pitch is not hitting the right buzzwords or showing the right credentials
A great pitch is a strong conclusion that is supported by uncontroversial, logical, achievable statements that require no magical thinking https://t.co/sIHzgrlkUn