Raising capital is one of the most crucial steps for startups looking to scale and grow. A well-crafted pitch deck can make or break an entrepreneur’s chances of securing investment. But there is no “perfect” pitch deck, as you continue refining and optimizing it after every investor encounter. As your startup grows you will need to adapt the pitch deck …
In more than 7 years of Visual Hackers, we have been looking to specialize and niche, to offer the highest quality design services that have a real impact on our clients. Now we are counting over 150 Pitch Decks designed, which have raised above $1.5Bn in pre-seed/angel, seed, series A, series B, and series C. An effective pitch deck communicates …
Securing funding is often the pavement to transform innovative ideas into businesses. Yet, the journey from inception to investment is far from uniform. Each stage of a startup’s growth demands a tailored approach to pitching that aligns with the expectations and objectives of investors. From the early stages of seed funding to the peak of an initial public offering (IPO), …
Pitch Deck 101 – The Essentials Understanding the investment landscape in 2023 How does that change the way startups pitch Recommended pitch deck outline for short and medium-sized startups More effective pitch deck tips What next? 1. Pitch Deck 101 – The EssentialsEveryone knows those famous startup pitch decks from Uber, Facebook, TikTok, Buffer, and Sequoia Capital. But what improvements …
Our sixth year of Visual Hackers was different from the previous ones. After the intense pandemic years, we didn’t know what to expect. Looking back, approximately 75% of our clients were returning or retainers. As the economy and tech sectors faced difficulties, we focused on planting seeds for some long-term partnerships, approaching also the Romanian space. Even though we …
After you come up with a business idea, one of the most difficult parts is to attract investors. The most common tool used for this is the pitch deck. Which essentially is a presentation to help you sell your idea. Why is this so difficult? Well, you need to convince some strangers that your idea is worth investing in. For …
Over the years we encountered confusions between our startup clients regarding whether they should have a business plan before making a pitch deck or if they need one in the first place. So let’s put it like this, the business plan is your house, the pitch deck is your window that shows the indoor beauty and the elevator pitch is …
It’s that time of the year when Pantone releases the color of the year. The start of a new decade gets people excited and 2020 Color of the year makes everybody spread the big news with memes and with all kind of objects turned BLUE. Now, for designers it’s an even bigger deal. It’s not just a color, it’s the …
In the last two years, we’ve helped design over 30 pitch decks. We’ve worked with type A founders, assertive founders, panicked founders and creative founders. Everyone has their own way of communicating and this is reflected in the way they formulate their pitch deck structure. In all these journeys, we’ve learned a series of lessons that we want to share …
After working with a considerable number of founders, we got to see quite a few early-stage pitch decks and noticed a recurring issue that can be broken down into many small mistakes or omissions. Some of these small issues can be addressed with good design, while others require a more diligent approach to the business aspects of the content presented. …
