What do investors want to see in startup pitch decks? For founders seeking funding for their companies, that's the million-dollar (or multimillion-dollar) question. And it's one Allison Byers, CEO of ...

There’s a godawful number of pitch deck templates out there, and there’s one thing that most of them get wrong: They forget to mention that the template is (meant to be) flexible. For some companies, ...

Xpanceo is betting big on turning us all into cyborgs with smart contact lenses, securing a cool $40 million to make our sci-fi dreams a reality. Co-founders Roman Axelrod and Valentyn S. Volkov are ...

When I sit down with new startup founders, most ask me about one thing: raising money. This is smart of them, because, as I’ve stated previously, fundraising needs to be one of the core competencies ...

Having a strong and engaging pitch deck is essential. For a startup looking for investors, it’s like having a dating profile: Your pitch deck is the very first picture investors will get of your team ...

Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Matt Rubright, an operator turned banker at Silicon Valley Bank. Building an effective pitch deck is a unique topic of conversation in the startup ...

Each and every slide is important. Yet, if you only have time to really nail and improve on some of them before your next investor meeting, which ones do you focus on? Decks seem to be shrinking. It’s ...