Pitch Deck Teardown

TechCrunch’s Pitch Deck Teardown series breaks apart pitch decks from startups and analyzes them. From Aether to Xyte—TechCrunch digs into dozens of decks.

 

Notable tear downs include: Forethought, Lunchbox, Point.me, and Uber.

In an industry where creators are often tossed aside like yesterday’s lootboxes, MegaMod swoops in with a heroic promise to put them front and center.

Pitch Deck Teardown: MegaMod’s $1.9M seed deck

Feel Therapeutics has a pretty original deck, with some twists we rarely see; the company did a great job telling the overall story.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Feel Therapeutics’ $3.5M seed deck

This week on Equity, we discussed some big news that really matters: How Black founders are addressing the diversity gap in AI chatbots. We’ve all…

Black founders are customizing ChatGPT as crypto makes a comeback

How well did the company do telling its own story in the form of its angel pitch deck? Let’s take a look.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Kinnect’s $250K angel deck

The RAW Dating App aims to shake up the dating scheme by shedding the fake, TikTok-ified, heavily filtered photos and replacing them with a more genuine, unvarnished experience. The app…

Pitch Deck Teardown: RAW Dating App’s $3M angel deck

Terra One’s pitch deck has a few wins, but also a few misses. Here’s how to fix that.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Terra One’s $7.5M seed deck

Decks are all about telling a compelling story and Goodcarbon does a good job on that front. But there’s important information missing too.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Goodcarbon’s $5.5M seed deck

OpenAI gears up for a big announcement, and Apple Store workers authorize a strike

Last week was a busy one for some Apple Store employees. Over the weekend, workers at Apple’s Towson, Maryland, store — the first Apple retail store to have a formally recognized union — voted to authorize a strike. While the date of the strike is still being determined, the union has been negotiating with Apple…

OpenAI gears up for a big announcement, and Apple Store workers authorize a strike

The deck included some redacted numbers, but there was still enough data to get a good picture.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Cloudsmith’s $15M Series A deck

Good news, crypto founders! Venture capital activity is picking up in the sector, recovering from the multiyear lows investments fell to in late 2023. Put…

$450M for Noname, two billion-dollar rounds, and good news for crypto startups

Aside from the crucial omission of an Ask and Use of Funds slide, just about every slide in the deck felt almost very good — but then stumbled by overlooking…

Pitch Deck Teardown: NOQX’s $200K pre-seed deck

While Geodesic.Life’s deck impresses with its aesthetic design, featuring a tasteful color palette, appealing illustrations and a concise text, it does have some crucial shortcomings.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Geodesic.Life’s $500K pre-seed deck

Xpanceo has shared its complete presentation deck, consisting of 19 slides. Dive into its pitch deck to learn how the company raised $40 million.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Xpanceo’s $40M seed deck

This week we look at Queerie, a dating app aimed specifically at LGBTQIA+ folks. It’s a very early-stage company that’s raising just $300,000.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Queerie’s $300K pre-seed deck

It’s rare that I come across a pitch deck that ticks almost all the boxes. It’s so good, in fact, that I fed Plantee’s deck into an AI tool I…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Plantee Innovations’ $1.4M seed deck

In an era where data is king and its volume and complexity are exploding, Protecto aims to eliminate the long-standing dilemma businesses face between leveraging AI’s power while ensuring data…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Protecto’s $4M seed deck

The company is promising to make marketing for games easier, and we know that great marketing is one of the crucial differences between an OK outcome and a smash-hit success.

Pitch Deck Teardown: SuperScale’s $5.4M Series A deck

Astek Diagnostics closed a $2 million round for its urine diagnostics system, despite the fact that raising money for medtech isn’t for the faint of heart. The company’s deck has…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Astek Diagnostics’s $2M seed deck

In the midst of CommandBar’s pretty slim pitch deck, there are some innovations that are worth shining a light on.

Pitch Deck Teardown: CommandBar’s $4.8M seed deck

Equals’ Series A deck certainly looks good, and it does a ton of things well. But there are a few areas where it can do better. Let’s take a look!

Pitch Deck Teardown: Equals’ $16M Series A deck

Xyte’s pitch deck has a lot of slides, but how much of it was actually useful? Let’s take a look.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Xyte’s $30M Series A deck

This week, we’re taking a look at what PhageLab got right in this pitch deck and why it could use some judicious pruning.

Pitch Deck Teardown: PhageLab’s $11M Series A deck

Doola’s pitch deck does a few things extremely well, but the problem is, it leaves a ton out, too. Here’s why that won’t work for most startups.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Doola’s $1M strategic investment deck

Just tacking AI onto a product isn’t enough, and investors are hoping that the technology will lead to more innovation in the space.

Now is the time to invest in edtech

This week, we’re taking a look at a pitch deck from Rypplzz (pronounced “ripples”), a spatial technology startup that recently raised $3 million.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Rypplzz’ $3M seed deck

The pitch deck video analytics firm Qortex used to raise its $10M seed round has a lot missing, but it does get some things right.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Qortex’s $10M seed deck

This week, we are taking a closer look at Pepper Bio’s seed pitch deck that landed the company $6.5 million.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Pepper Bio’s $6.5M seed deck

Positioning itself as the “Etsy of food,” HomeCooks has raised $3.2 million in seed funding. What did it do right in its crowdfunding campaign slides?

Pitch Deck Teardown: HomeCooks’ $3.2M seed deck

Even though the economy is signaling a bit of a bounce-back, 2024 might not be much better than 2023 when it comes to startups sharing a piece of the budget…

The outlook for startups in 2024 is hazy

Let’s take a deep dive into the pitch deck that climate tech startup Metafuels used to raise its $8 million seed round.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Metafuels’ $8M climate tech seed deck