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The classic standard venture-lineage structure for founders raising their first institutional or angel money. Sector-agnostic, with fill-in-the-blank prompts on every slide and speaker notes explaining what investors look for.
11 slides, with prompts + speaker notes
- 01Cover — Company name, one-line value proposition, the round you are raising, and contact.
- 02Problem — The painful, expensive status quo — quantified with 2-3 hard numbers.
- 03Solution — What you do and the core insight, with a lightweight product mock.
- 04Why Now — The technology, regulatory, or behavior shift that makes this the right moment.
- 05Product — How it works, in three concrete steps, with a proof point.
- 06Market — TAM / SAM / SOM built bottom-up — the note teaches you how to size it.
- 07Business Model — How you make money, pricing, and early unit-economics prompts.
- 08Competition — A 2×2 positioning map that shows where you win and why.
- 09Team — Founders, roles, and the "why this team wins" line investors need.
- 10Traction & Milestones — Early signal plus a 12-18 month milestone plan for pre-seed.
- 11The Ask — Amount raising, use of funds in three buckets, and the milestone it buys.


























