How to build the perfect pitch deck?

For this week’s article on Entrepreneurship 101, YourStory reached out to investors and entrepreneurs to understand what goes in a perfect pitch deck and what it takes to onboard an investor.

Monday May 30, 2022 , 2 min Read

As of March 2022, India houses more than 65,861 startups and about 660 active investors. But how easy or difficult is it to raise funds?

How much funds a startup raises doesn’t just rely on a product or a startup’s growth, but on how well the founders present their ideas, say founders and investors.

More often than not, entrepreneurs get stuck at the presentation level. How long or short should it be? What to include and what to avoid? The list goes on.

Abhilash Sethi, Principal at agritech-focussed VC firm Omnivore, says, “A good pitch is a combination of brevity and clarity.”

For this week’s article on Entrepreneurship 101, YourStory reached out to investors and entrepreneurs to understand what goes in a perfect pitch deck and what it takes to onboard an investor. Read more.

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News & Updates

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Noting that the number of unicorns in India has reached the 100-mark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that even during the COVID-19 pandemic, India's startups continued to create wealth and value.