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Fundraising advice drawn from real investor screenings: what investors look for, why they pass, and what to fix.
- How to make a pitch deck investors will actually read
How to make a pitch deck, slide by slide, based on measured investor behavior: the 10 slides that matter, what funded decks did differently, and the rules for every slide. - How long do investors spend on a pitch deck? Under two minutes.
Pitch deck statistics from real research: investors read a deck for 1 minute 56 seconds on average. Which slides get attention, and what funded pitch decks did differently. - How long does it take to raise a startup round? The real numbers.
Startup fundraising statistics with sources: 71 investors contacted, 46 meetings, 12 weeks to raise a pre seed round, and 1 deal funded per 100 considered. - How to meet investors: why startup meetups beat cold emails
How to meet investors in person at startup events like TruesDays in Prague: working the room, the 10 minute pitch, and the follow up that turns a handshake into a meeting. - How to find the right investors for your startup
Every fund has a thesis: sector, geography, stage, ticket size, expertise. How to find investors that already fit your startup and build a target list instead of mass emailing. - Investors will Google your startup before they ever reply
Investor due diligence starts with a search. How VCs verify pitch deck claims against public sources, why inflated TAM slides backfire, and how to pass the check. - How to pitch an AI startup: what investors actually want to see
AI powered is not a moat. What counts as defensibility for AI startups, why inference costs belong in your unit economics, and how to talk about AI in your pitch deck. - 7 pitch deck red flags that make investors pass
The most common pitch deck mistakes from real investor screenings: inconsistent asks, missing unit economics, no compliance story, and claims without evidence. - What investors look for in a pitch deck: the five expert reads
What do investors look for in a pitch deck? An operations read, a technical read, a finance read, a legal read, and a growth read. What each one checks and how to answer it.