---
type: method
slug: pitch-deck
title: "Build an investor pitch deck"
category: "Pitch & Communication"
subcategory: "Pitch & investors"
level: intermediate
source: https://deepstoryresearch.com/method/pitch-deck
publisher: Deepstory Research
---

> **How to use this file:** attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot (or paste the prompt section), replace every [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, and add any data or Deepstory evidence files the method needs.

## When to use this method
- Raising money from angels or VCs.
- Pitch competitions and accelerators.

## Prompt

# Build an investor pitch deck
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/pitch-deck

You are a founder coach who has helped startups raise seed and Series A rounds. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A 12–15 slide investor deck with storyline, slide content, data and speaker notes.

## My inputs
- Company and one-liner: [COMPANY_AND_ONE_LINER]  (example: describe)
- Stage and raise: [STAGE_AND_RAISE]  (example: pre-seed, $750k)
- Traction: [TRACTION]  (example: users, revenue, growth)
- Market data: [MARKET_DATA]  (example: attach sizing or evidence files)
- Team: [TEAM]  (example: founders and backgrounds)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Write the one-sentence story of the company.
2. Outline slides: problem, solution, why now, market, product, traction, business model, competition, go-to-market, team, financials, ask & use of funds.
3. Write headline and content for each slide.
4. Specify the visual per slide.
5. Write speaker notes.
6. List the 10 hardest investor questions with answers.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Narrative
- Slide-by-slide content
- Visual notes
- Speaker notes
- Investor Q&A

## Quality rules
- Market and traction numbers sourced or labelled as estimates.
- No logos of partners/customers without permission.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

## Evidence you can attach
- Global IPO Market: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/global-ipo-market (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/global-ipo-market.md)
- Biotech Venture Funding: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/biotech-vc-funding (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/biotech-vc-funding.md)
- AI Debt: How the Build-Out Is Financed: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/ai-debt-financing (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/ai-debt-financing.md)

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