Pitch deck

How it is used

Often just called the deck. You prepare, send, share or update your deck. Investors may ask for it before a meeting, and many read a deck in a few minutes, so the story must be clear. A teaser deck is a short version sent by email.

Example sentences

1. Can you send me your pitch deck before Thursday? I'd like to share it with my partners.

2. We cut the pitch deck from 25 slides to 12, and meetings started to go much better.

Common collocations

• send a pitch deck
• update the deck
• investor deck
• teaser deck

Related terms

• pitchTo present your business idea or product to investors, customers or partners in a short, convincing way so that they agree to support or buy it.
• elevator pitchA very short, clear description of your business that you can say in about thirty to sixty seconds, the time of a short elevator ride.
• askIn a pitch, the specific thing you request from investors, usually how much money you want to raise and on what terms, often shown on the final slide.
• use of fundsA breakdown of how a startup plans to spend the money it raises, such as on hiring, product development and marketing, usually shown as percentages.
• demo dayAn event at the end of an accelerator programme where each startup pitches on stage to an audience of investors, journalists and partners.

More terms: Pitching

• investor update