Pitch Deck Formats

A pitch deck is laid out to provide a short summary of your company which includes your business plan and your startup vision within just a few slides. Many of the authors, startup founders, venture capitalists, and evangelists use different versions of what they consider a successful pitching presentation for their distinct requirements when presenting to their investors:

Here are the two pitch deck formats: Presentation Decks and Reading decks

Presentation Deck

The presentation Deck contains very little information and is designed to accompany a verbal pitch, and should be used to highlight only the key points important for the investors to make an investment decision. In this: • Use fewer words as possible as your slides are here to introduce only an idea; your verbal pitch will provide most of the information. • Instead of words always use images and charts and limit yourself to 10 words per slide.

Reading Deck

Reading Deck gives a detailed overview of your business model, team, and solution to readers which is more than enough information. It is not presented to investors in person. In this: • Carefully select words, each one conveying a meaning. • Take care to avoid or keep away from useless adjectives and impressive phrases as the investors should see that your strategy for customer acquisition is effective, your product is exciting, and you don’t require wasting space on lengthy phrases.