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First off, in protecting your pitch deck, always send your pitch deck as a PDF. This should be a no-brainer. Never send a PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides document to anyone outside of your company (except your designer of course).
Do investors like DocSend?
We recommend DocSend to all our startups and we use it ourselves. We invest in VCs, and when VCs use DocSend to share documents with us, it’s simple and easy. DocSend has been a great tool for sharing our investment memos, fundraising decks, and data room documents.
What should you not do in a pitch deck?
- Have a deck longer than around 20 slides. As much as you hate to write decks, investors hate reading them more.
- Use no images. Images convey emotions.
- Use no graphs. Graphs convey information in a way a table can’t.
- Use small font.
- Small font on charts.
- Use weird colors/font.
- Write a lot of text.
- Have an ugly deck.
Should I copyright my pitch deck?
Copyright is certainly important, and can serve as a first step, but it is really important to understand that certain important parts of any television series pitch deck are not protected by copyright law. Contract law can also protect the producer when submitting the project for other parties to review the project.
How much text is in a pitch deck?
Font Size. Some veteran VCs suggest that no text in your deck should be in less than a 30 point font. That means your titles and highlights are going to have to be even bigger. Tip: Make sure you start filling in your pitch deck template in larger fonts so you have enough room.
Is DocSend safe?
DocSend is the secure document sharing platform that everyone can use. From investor pitch decks to financial information, DocSend allows users to send and collaborate on sensitive documents simply and securely.
Do investors hate DocSend?
For what it’s worth, many investors strongly dislike DocSend. It helps founders track views but adds friction.
How long does it take to make a good pitch deck?
This process can take anywhere from 1 day to 3 weeks depending on how you do it. Hopefully, you already have some good fundraising advisors you can reach out to. Then use platforms like UpWork to reach out to top talent in this space and hire fast.
Do I need a pitch deck to attract funding?
You don’t need a pitch deck to attract funding if your business is successful, growing organically and at the right level and scale for the market and your ambitions. What are you trying to achieve with your pitch deck?
What is a seed round pitch deck?
1. The ‘Seed Round’ pitch deck A seed-round pitch deck is a pitch for initial funding from startup investors. The seed investment round can often come before you have a product for sale or any revenue.
What is a ‘series B round’ pitch deck?
The ‘Series B Round’ pitch deck A Series B pitch deck focuses on scaling the business. You have a user base, customers and growing revenue helped by earlier funding. New funds are used to scale the business model, make further acquisitions and invest in key capabilities.