Sample Pitch Decks

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

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

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

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

We’re going to put the deck Scalestack used to raise its $1M seed round under the microscope to see what it got right, and where it could have done better.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Scalestack’s $1M AI sales tech seed deck

This pitch deck makes for some really interesting reading and storytelling, so let’s dive in and see if we can spot what happened and how.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Aether’s $49M Series A deck

For the 69th installment (nice!) of the Pitch Deck Teardown series, let’s take a peek at how Lupiya told its story to close this round.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Lupiya’s $8.3M Series A deck

About a year ago, I tore down a pitch deck by Mi Terro, founded by Robert Luo. Guess who’s back with another company? Luo has raised $1.5 million for Tanbii…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Tanbii’s $1.5M pre-seed deck

Growth rounds usually get a traction-forward pitch, but there are many ways to weave that narrative. Let’s see how ANYbotics does it.

Pitch Deck Teardown: ANYbotics’ $50M Series B deck

For our 60th pitch deck teardown, we’re taking a closer look at a $1.5 million pre-seed round and the deck that helped raise it.

Pitch Deck Teardown: SquadTrip’s $1.5M pre-seed deck

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Where founders go wrong with pitch decks

Self-evaluating your pitch based on these points is a great way to understand what your deck has, and what it’s missing.

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Where founders go wrong with pitch decks

GoodBuy Gear’s deck is not without its challenges, but there’s a lot to love, including some unusual choices that really worked out for the team.

Pitch Deck Teardown: GoodBuy Gear’s $11M Series A-1 deck

It’s hard to choose from all the stuff that works in this deck because the Super.com team really knocked it out of the park.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Super.com’s $60M Series C deck

Netmaker submitted its pitch deck to TechCrunch+, and today we’re taking a close look at the deck the company used to raise its $2.3 million round.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Netmaker’s $2.3M seed deck

As a startup, it’s your job to explain to an investor that you’re on the right path. This deck doesn’t do that.

Pitch Deck Teardown: CulturePulse’s $1M seed deck

Here’s a deep dive into the slide deck that Oii.ai used to raise its $1.8 million seed round, highlighting what it got right and what it didn’t.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Oii.ai’s $1.9M seed deck

Here’s a full teardown of Faye’s 19-slide pitch deck with which it raised a $10 million Series A round.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Faye’s $10M Series A deck

Today, we’re looking at Ageras’ pitch deck, which it used to raise a $35 million private equity round to further expand its relatively late-stage product portfolio.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Ageras’ $36M Private Equity deck

For this week’s teardown, Haje buddied up with the team at Trulytell to improve a slide deck until it became the perfect pitch deck.

Pitch Deck Teardown: The perfect pitch deck

Let’s examine what Diamond Standard got right, and wrong, in its Series A pitch deck that helped it raise $30 million.

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

Can Austrian startup Helu.io, which completed a €9.8 million round in July and focuses on financial planning and analysis, show the rest of us how a pitch deck should be…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Helu.io’s $9.8M Series A deck

Front’s pitch deck is a tight, 11-slide deck that opens with a mic drop, and, these must be some butter-slathered microphones, because it sure is slippery — the mics keeps…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Front’s $65M Series D deck

Mi Terro takes agricultural waste and processes it into proteins that can be used as a plastic replacement, fed as food to animals and much more. Here’s the teardown of…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Mi Terro’s $1.5M seed deck

Today, we tear down the pitch deck that landed Five Flute a $1.2 million pre-seed round.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M pre-seed deck

Today we’re tearing down the $9.7 million seed pitch deck used by Arkive, a startup that is trying to answer the question: “What if the Smithsonian was owned and curated…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Arkive’s $9.7M seed deck

Enduring Planet’s deck is a little bit inside baseball — this is a deck for a startup that helps other startups raise money from other VCs — but it’s clear…

Pitch Deck Teardown: Enduring Planet’s $2.1M seed deck