Outline of what should be in a good angel or VC pitch deck.

1. Basic Components of
Ned VC Pitch Deck
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2. Team
• (only list the team if they are the RIGHT team to
solve this particular problem)
• Or if there are significant accomplishments that
merit discussion (ie. Founded Twitter, etc.)
– Specifically mention what IP this team has previously
created.
• An Introduction that hits the right notes counts with
the right funder…

3. problem
• the problem we’re solving, in the most clear
and crisp terms you can state it in.

4. cost of problem /
size of market
• How big is this problem?
• Number of customers with this problem?

5. our solution
• Clear basic description of what we do
• Clear, crisp
• DEMO is best.
• SHOW me, don’t TELL me.

6. our traction
• Describe customers who are using this
solution today
• Describe what your traction ramp has looked like
• Don’t have any traction? Don’t play.

7. revenue
• How we make money from these customers
• Today
• How this scales over time, with investment
• Not hypothetical…

8. Our portion
• Profit
• How much money we make

9. our trajectory
• How fast we make money (or get customers)
• And what are our next milestones for $$$?

10. next steps
• When are we profitable? Timeline.
• Our next step as a team?
• What we do next
• And/or what we need from this funder?

11. appendix
• Pro forma
• Use Cases
• Long Term product roadmap, etc.