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Build the narrative and slide structure for an investor pitch deck. Use when asked to create a pitch deck, investor presentation, fundraising deck, or startup pitch. Produces a slide-by-slide structure with narrative beats, key messages, and what each slide must prove to an investor.

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Investor Pitch Deck Skill

Builds the complete narrative and slide structure for an investor pitch deck — focused on what investors need to see, not what founders want to show.

Required Inputs

  • Company name and one-line description
  • Stage (Pre-seed / Seed / Series A / Series B)
  • Ask (how much raising and what for)
  • Key metrics (revenue, growth, users, retention)
  • Target investors (generalist / sector-specific / angels)
  • Deck length (10 / 12 / 15 slides)

Output Structure

For each slide:

  • What this slide must prove (the investor question it answers)
  • Content guidance (specific, not generic)
  • Common mistake to avoid

Slide 1: Cover — Proves you can say what you do in one sentence. Slide 2: Problem — Proves the problem is real, painful, and large. Lead with the human problem, not market size. Slide 3: Solution — Proves your solution is meaningfully better. Focus on outcome, not features. Slide 4: Product — Proves this is real and works. Show the actual product. Slide 5: Traction — Proves people want this. Show retention and revenue, not signups. Slide 6: Market — Proves the market is large enough. Use bottoms-up TAM where possible. Slide 7: Business Model — Proves you understand unit economics. Include CAC and LTV. Slide 8: Go-To-Market — Proves you can acquire customers efficiently. Focus on what is actually working. Slide 9: Competition — Proves you understand the landscape. Never say "no competitors." Slide 10: Team — Proves this team can execute this opportunity. One sentence per person, specific. Slide 11: Financials — Proves you understand your business. Show assumptions, not just projections. Slide 12: The Ask — Proves you know exactly what you need. Specific use of funds and 18-month milestones.

Narrative Principles

  • Every slide answers one investor question
  • Investors decide go/no-go on slides 1-5 — front-load evidence
  • Keep to 10-12 slides for a first meeting

Quality Checks

  • Each slide answers one specific investor question
  • Slides 1-5 front-load the strongest evidence
  • Traction slide shows retention and revenue, not just signups
  • Competition slide does not say "no competitors"
  • Ask slide specifies use of funds and 18-month milestones
  • TAM is bottoms-up where possible

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Build a pitch deck structure for [company]"
  • "Help me structure my Series A deck"
  • "What slides should my investor pitch have?"