Get Funded Fast: Pitch Deck Templates from Top Startup Accelerators & Investors💰
Leverage proven decks and best practices to secure your next round faster 🤑
👋 Hey, Linas here! Welcome to another special issue of my daily newsletter. Each day I focus on 3 stories that are making a difference in the financial technology space. Coupled with things worth watching & the most important money movements, it’s the only newsletter you need for all things when Finance meets Tech. If you’re reading this for the first time, it’s a brilliant opportunity to join a community of 315k+ FinTech leaders:
Raising capital can be daunting, but founders today have an unprecedented advantage: access to information and resources that have never been so readily available.
To move the odds even more in your favor, today I’m sharing pitch deck templates crafted by experts at Techstars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Founders Institute, and others.
This curated list of invaluable resources will equip you with the same frameworks that helped build some of the world’s most successful startups.
Here’s why these pitch deck templates are worth your attention:
Techstars: A pre-seed giant backing over 9,000 founders, boasting a $105B total graduate market cap.
Y Combinator (YC): The accelerator behind 4,000+ funded startups, with a combined valuation hitting $600B.
500 Startups: Early-stage funder of Canva, Reddit RDDT 0.00%↑, Talkdesk, and other breakthrough ventures.
Founders Institute: Its alumni have raised $1.7B+ and reached a collective valuation of over $30B.
Ready to supercharge your fundraising? Let’s dive in:
And that’s not even it…
Here are the key pitching tips for founders and entrepreneurs:
Conversations Trump Decks: Your deck is important, but investors ultimately invest in you - your vision, passion, and ability to execute.
Confront Tough Questions: Practice with the hardest questions you can anticipate. Show investors you’ve done your homework and can handle scrutiny.
Clarity Is King: Communicate who you are, what you’re building, how much you need, and how you’ll use it - upfront and unmistakably.
Finally, leverage these resources I recently put together, and 10x your chances & speed of getting funded in 2025:
What’s inside: a curated list of 340+ active investors - all open to evaluating startups without a warm introduction 💸
What’s inside: a global database of 6,200+ investors spanning angel groups, VCs, accelerators, Private Equity, and family offices - across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa 🌍
What’s inside: Insider strategies to decode the investor mindset, skip the hidden pitfalls, and close your round faster 📈
What’s inside: 1,500+ pages of knowledge, data, and advice to launch & scale your next unicorn startup in 2025 🚀
What’s inside: a curated and focused guide to alternative funding for driven founders and entrepreneurs.
And that’s a wrap.
In 2023, I started sharing resources to help you become a more successful entrepreneur, investor, or business leader. I hope you will find these new resources valuable too.
Keep dreaming & keep building.
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