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15 Innovative Pitch Deck Designs That Drove Investor Engagement

StartupNation

Discover the secrets to transforming pitch decks into compelling investor magnets, courtesy of seasoned industry professionals. The interactive elements created natural pauses for questions and discussion, making the entire pitch feel more like a collaborative session than a one-way presentation. That was no coincidence.

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The Five "Ups" of Getting Early Stage VC Deal Flow

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Even the top partners at Benchmark and Sequoia get half-baked ideas pitched to them. There are places that founders frequenteverything from demo days to meetups to sponsored dinners to coffee gatherings. When you show up and make a good impression, your name gets circulated to other founders making their pitch lists.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

Read the interview: Richard Liew: For those who may not know who Ministry of Awesome is – let’s just assume there might be some – can you give us your elevator pitch? You’re also sort of no longer running your classic three-month type accelerator program, which finishes on, say, a demo day.

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Shaping the Future of Work: How Founder Zach Wright and Grapevine Are Redefining the Modern Office

Jason Malki

Under Zach’s leadership, Grapevine empowers organizations to streamline their operations by integrating communication and knowledge management in one seamless platform, driving better collaboration, productivity, and engagement across the board. But now, when I demo the platform, you can see their eyes light up.

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Misk 500 MENA Accelerator Celebrates First Demo Day

500

Its been one week since the Misk 500 Batch 1 Demo Day and we’re still smiling. The 19 companies were on FIRE and rose to the occasion to give the best versions of their pitches. Also in attendance were representatives of both local and international media to cover this groundbreaking collaboration between 500 and Misk Innovation.

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Next-gen skincare, silk without spiders and pollution for lunch: Meet the biotech startups pitching at IndieBio’s Demo Day

TechCrunch

Today and tomorrow, the biotech accelerator is hosting its twice-annual demo day. The company collaborated with NIH NIDA and uses proprietary bubbles to deliver chemotherapeutics. For IndieBio, a science and biotech accelerator run by VC firm SOSV, this unprecedented year offered high stakes and new challenges.

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A look at the nine teams that just presented at Pear’s latest demo day

TechCrunch

TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. The pitch: Spathios says it’s a marketplace to book short-term venues and spaces. It also says it allows multiple stakeholders to manage bookings, collaborate across teams and simplify their accounting. Founded in: 2020.