Pre-Seed Pitch Deck
Quick answer
A pre-seed pitch deck for founders raising $100k to $750k before product-market fit. 11 slides leaning on vision, team and the wedge. Designed for pre-seed VCs (Hoxton Ventures, Anthemis pre-seed, LocalGlobe pre-seed, Tiny VC) and angel syndicates. Free PDF download, no signup.
What goes on each slide?
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01 Slide
Company name
One-line tagline
Pre-seed · $[X] raise · [Date]
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02 Slide
The big idea
One sentence vision. What the world looks like if we win.
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03 Slide
Why this exists
Founder origin story. Why we are the right people to build this.
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04 Slide
The problem
Specific customer. Specific pain. How we discovered it.
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05 Slide
The wedge
What we are building first. Why this slice, not the whole thing.
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06 Slide
Early signal
Waitlist, design partner LOIs, prototype usage. Anything real.
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07 Slide
Why now
One or two shifts that make this possible today.
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08 Slide
Market
Bottom-up TAM. Beachhead segment. Path to $1B if we win.
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09 Slide
Team
Founders. Why this team. Unfair advantage.
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10 Slide
The ask
$[X] at $[Y] post or SAFE cap. Committed $[Z]. Runway and milestones.
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11 Slide
Thank you
Contact, calendar, and what we want from this conversation.
Investor context for Pre-Seed Pitch Deck.
- Founder unfair advantage: domain expertise, technical depth, prior exit
- Sharp wedge into a large market, not the whole market on day one
- Early signal: design partners, LOIs, waitlist quality, prototype usage
- Speed of learning since founding: what changed in the last 60 days
- Coherent story tying the team to the wedge to the market
- $100k to $750k raise before significant revenue
- Pre-product-market fit, often pre-product
- Pitching to pre-seed VCs (Hoxton, Anthemis pre-seed, LocalGlobe pre-seed, Tiny VC) or angel syndicates
- Detailed financial forecasts; you do not have the data yet
- Generic team slide; lead with what makes this team unbeatable here
- Long competitive landscape; pre-seed VCs already know the market
- Lengthy product roadmap; investors fund judgment not Gantt charts
Pre-Seed Pitch Deck.
What is a pre-seed pitch deck?
A pre-seed pitch deck is the 10-12 slide format used by founders raising $100k-$750k before significant revenue or product-market fit. It leans on vision, founder credibility, the specific wedge, and early signal (waitlist, LOIs, prototype usage) rather than traction metrics.
How is a pre-seed deck different from a seed deck?
Pre-seed decks frame the company by team and idea quality because traction is light. Seed decks frame the company by traction and unit economics. The seed-stage market slide expects bottom-up TAM with a credible beachhead; the pre-seed market slide can be more aspirational if the wedge is sharp.
How long should a pre-seed pitch deck be?
Eleven slides is the working norm. Each slide should carry a single takeaway. Investors give pre-seed decks 90 seconds of attention. Cut anything that does not move the story forward.
What signals do pre-seed VCs look for if there is no traction?
Founder unfair advantage (domain expertise, technical depth, prior exit). Insight that's non-obvious. Early customer evidence (LOIs, design partners, waitlist with quality not just volume). Coherent wedge into a large market.
How do I share a pre-seed pitch deck securely?
Use Beamprobe to send per-recipient tracked links. See which investor opened the deck, returned to it, forwarded internally. £29/month flat, UK/EEA data residency, NDA gate available though usually not needed at pre-seed.
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How do you share your finished deck securely?
Send your finished deck through a per-recipient tracked link. See which slides each investor read, for how long, and on which day. NDA gate, watermark, expiry - all on the £29 Pro plan. UK data residency by default.