How to Make a Pitch Deck That Gets Funded
Investors see hundreds of decks. Yours has about three minutes to land. This is the structure that works, the mistakes that kill momentum, and a fast way to draft it with AI so you can spend your time on the story, not the slides.
The 10 slides investors expect
- Cover — company, one-line positioning
- Problem — the painful, specific problem
- Solution — how you solve it, simply
- Product — a real look at what it does
- Market — size and why now
- Traction — the slide that matters most
- Business model — how you make money
- Competition — an honest landscape
- Team — why you'll win
- Ask — how much, and what it unlocks
Lead with traction if you have it
Nothing de-risks a raise like evidence. If you have revenue, growth, or usage, move it earlier and put it on a clean chart. Numbers on a well-labeled bar or line chart beat three bullet points every time.
Common mistakes that lose the room
- Too much text — investors skim; one idea per slide
- No clear ask — always state the amount and the use of funds
- Vague market sizing — show a credible bottom-up number
- Hiding the competition — acknowledge it, then differentiate
Draft it fast, then refine
Describe your startup in a sentence and let an AI PPT maker build the ten-slide structure with placeholder charts. Then replace the numbers with your real data, tighten the story, and export a real .pptx to share.
Build one now, free
Open the editor, type a one-line brief, and EXdeck builds a full, editable deck in about ten seconds — then export to real PowerPoint or PDF.
Open the editorFrequently asked questions
How many slides should a pitch deck be?
Ten to twelve for a first meeting. Keep one idea per slide and move detail to an appendix.
Can AI build a pitch deck?
Yes — EXdeck drafts the full structure and charts from a one-line brief; you then add your real numbers and export a real PowerPoint.