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Pre-seed Story Deck

At pre-seed there is little traction, so the deck sells the founder, the insight, and the plan. Use it when you are raising before product-market fit on conviction and credibility.

The slide-by-slide outline

Best used when: Raising a pre-seed round.

1. 1 Title and one-line vision
2. 2 The problem you keep seeing
3. 3 Your insight or unfair founder-market fit
4. 4 Solution concept and early prototype
5. 5 Why now
6. 6 Market and who hurts most
7. 7 Early signal (waitlist, pilots, letters of intent)
8. 8 Team and why you
9. 9 Plan for the next 12 to 18 months
10. 10 The ask and what it unlocks

Pre-seed Story Deck (Pre-seed deck)
Best for: Idea-stage and prototype-stage founders raising their very first capital.

Slides:
1. Title and one-line vision
2. The problem you keep seeing
3. Your insight or unfair founder-market fit
4. Solution concept and early prototype
5. Why now
6. Market and who hurts most
7. Early signal (waitlist, pilots, letters of intent)
8. Team and why you
9. Plan for the next 12 to 18 months
10. The ask and what it unlocks

Source: Y Combinator (https://www.ycombinator.com/library)
Via Hold Tight, holdtightpodcast.com/pitch-deck-templates

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