Build your pitch deck
Inspiration, templates, design help and feedback
Most seed decks have about 10 slides. Problem, solution, product, market, traction, business model, competition, team, the ask. Keep it short enough to read on a phone.
Get inspiration
See how funded startups tell their story
- Pitch Deck Inspo (Free): A collection of real pitch decks from funded startups. How to use it: Filter by a stage and industry close to yours. Save 3 to 5 decks you like. Note the order of their slides and how they show traction and the ask.
- YC Startup Library (Free): Guides from Y Combinator on what to put in a seed deck. How to use it: Search the library for “seed deck”. Read the guide before you write a single slide. Use its slide list as your outline.
Make your deck
Turn what you like into your own draft
- Claude (Free plan): An AI assistant that can turn a deck you like into a first draft of yours. How to use it: Download a deck you like as a PDF, or take screenshots of it. Drop it into Claude with your notes: problem, product, traction, team and the ask. Ask: “Make my deck using this structure, with my numbers.” Edit the draft, then design it in Canva or Figma.
- Canva (Free plan): Pitch deck templates you can edit in the browser and share as a link or PDF. How to use it: Search templates for “pitch deck”. Pick a simple one and paste in your draft. Export as PDF and keep a share link.
- Figma (Free plan): Design tool with slide templates, good if a designer is helping you. How to use it: Start from Figma Slides or a community deck template. Keep one font and two colours. Present from the browser or export a PDF.
Test it before you send it
Get honest feedback and see what investors read
- Discuss: h/ask-founders (Free): Post your deck with the “Feedback wanted” tag. Founders and investors reply. How to use it: Share the deck as a view-only link. Ask one clear question, like “Is the ask clear?”. Fix the top three comments, then send it out.
- DocSend (Paid): Share your deck as a tracked link and see which slides people read. How to use it: Upload the final PDF. Create one link per investor. Check which slides they spent time on before the follow-up call.