Overview
Seed investors expect a clear narrative: big problem, sharp insight, believable plan. This deck helps founders tell that story with slides designed for clarity during 20-minute pitches or asynchronous sends.
When to use this deck
- Fundraising meetings with angels, seed funds, or pre-seed investors.
- Accelerator demo days where you need an easily digestible story.
- Early customer or partner conversations where credibility matters.
What’s inside the template
- Opening story sequence covering origin insight, market shifts, and user pain.
- Product demo section with space for visuals, GIFs, or short embedded videos.
- Business model, GTM strategy, and competitive landscape slides built for quick comprehension.
- Traction and roadmap section with early metrics, pilot findings, and near-term milestones.
- Team, advisors, and fundraising ask slide with use-of-funds breakdown.
Data & proof to gather
- Customer interviews, pilot feedback, or LOIs that validate product-market fit signals.
- Early growth indicators: waitlist numbers, pilot ARR, engagement, or partnerships.
- Financial modeling showing runway, burn, and the milestones unlocked by the raise.
Customization tips
- Tailor the competitive slide to highlight differentiated insight or moat elements relevant to each investor.
- Swap the roadmap slide between 18-month milestone view or near-term build sprints depending on audience.
- Use ML Clever to generate follow-up one-pagers or investor updates from the same data source once you’re in diligence.
Related playbooks
Clarify long-term vision with the Startup Vision Deck and keep investors warm using the Corporate Company Overview Deck.
