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Don't let a bad pitch get in the way of a great product
A complete pitch kit -- not just a pitch deck -- to get investors asking you for the meeting
A complete pitch kit -- not just a pitch deck -- to get investors asking you for the meeting
1) Storytelling matters
2) We bet on the jockey, not the horse
It's your job to get them to buy into your vision.
If it's the latter, you need to rethink your strategy
They'll tell you, "Send us your deck and we'll
give you feedback."
BUT It's still on YOU to do all the work. If you're too stuck in your own head, what good does that do? On top of that, they'll get around to reviewing it on their own schedule. AND, each board member will give feedback rooted in their own personal preference and bias.
At the end of the day you're left with 9 disparate points of feedback, even more confused than when you started.
but again, you have to do all the work yourself. And if you're like me, self-paced online courses fall by the wayside pretty quickly.
They might be good at storytelling, they're definitely great at design, but they don't know the startup game. Which means they'll just churn out a prettier version of the deck you already have. No consideration for how to tell the story based on your industry, your traction, your round, and the current funding climate.
We’ve worked across nearly every industry with companies from pre-seed through Series A, and crafted pitches that raised anywhere from $25,000 to $25 million. We’ve produced nearly 30 pitch competition winners or prize-winning finishes.
Some of our favorite stories include:
New Age Eats - $25 Million Series A
StoryFit AI - $5 Million Series A
Sigo Seguros - $5 Million Series A
Science On Call - $4.2 million Seed, multiple competition wins
FanFood - $3 million+ Series A, $300k crowdfund, multiple competition wins
HonestGame - $2 million+ Seed, $50k competition prize
Muses - $1.25 million Seed, acquired in less than 3 years
Truckspy - $900k Seed
Swish House - $500k
SeedREACH - $500k Pre-Seed
Cyber Pop-Up - Over $250k competition winnings and a successful Seed round (undisclosed amount)
…and many more!
Our process is truly one-of-a-kind — no one else offers the deliverables we do (and these are intentional to help you stand out!). We’ve seen others offer DIY models for around $1,000 (where you basically enroll in an online course and still build everything yourself), and we’ve seen former investment bankers charge $25,000 for just a deck and some financial prep.
Our pricing is the most fair on the market because it adjusts based on your traction as a startup. We look at the total sum of your previous capital raised + revenue generated to produce 3 pricing tiers. We also factor in how many target audiences your product has. The chart below shows our tiers and the starting rates:
Tier 1: Total Traction Sum is $1M+ —— Pricing starts at $11,300
Tier 2: Total Traction Sum is $500k - $999,999 —— Pricing starts at $6,500
Tier 3: Total Traction Sum is $0k - $499,999k —— Pricing starts at $5,400
Our clients flip this small investment into the wins you see above.
Yes. While the GOAT to Market Pitch Kit is designed for pre-seed all the way to Series A raises, we turn down startups if at very minimum they don’t have a prototype or product wireframes. If it’s still just a concept in your head then it’s not the right use of your time and money (yet!) because there are too many variables for you to still figure out. Once you have figured those out, then come to us!
We develop your GOAT to Market Pitch Kit over a series of collaborative Zoom sessions, starting with your Elevator Pitch and finishing with your Brand Manifesto. Depending on the specifics of your startup, expect the complete process to take as few as 6 weeks, up to 12 weeks.
The best timing is ideally at least 3 months prior to when you plan to begin actively pitching. That way you give yourself enough time to practice your new pitch without feeling pressured.
Great! 95% of our clients already have some version of a pitch deck, but they know they’re not telling the right story. During the process we review what you already have and determine if there’s anything worth using.
Yes! However we recommend using our Design Artists as they know exactly how to interpret our storyboard and translate it into beautiful slides in an efficient manner. Our design process was born from studying hundreds of funded pitch decks and extracting the best ways to showcase visuals. Our Design Artists don’t just know graphic design, they know capital raise pitch deck design
Yes. Running your company day-to-day is what has you too close to your own story to develop the right pitch. We combine your knowledge of your startup with our expertise in storytelling and our expertise in startups at large.
Advisors are great, but in all likelihood they don’t have a process. When they say they’ll help, what they really mean is, “It’s on you to figure it out and then show it to me, and I’ll give you feedback rooted in my own specific preferences over a 20-minute phone call.” Advisors tend to be subjected to their own bias without realizing it. If your advisors want to help, we recommend you go through our process, then show your pitch to them.
