Inspiration
What top VCs actually look for in a pitch deck.
We read the published essays, partner letters, and YC video guides so you don’t have to. Each page distills one firm’s decision factors and deck-format expectations into a checklist you can apply tonight.
The original Silicon Valley fund — backed Apple, Google, Stripe, Airbnb.
Software-eats-the-world fund spanning seed to crossover.
Twice-yearly accelerator that’s funded Stripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, OpenAI.
Seed-stage fund obsessed with founder support and community.
Tight-knit early-stage fund with a partners-only model.
Multi-stage global fund — Facebook, Slack, Spotify investor.
Contrarian fund founded by Peter Thiel; backs hard tech and platform shifts.
Multi-stage tech and consumer fund spanning US, India, China, EU.
European-rooted multi-stage firm with deep enterprise focus.
Cloud and SaaS-focused fund; publishes the "State of the Cloud" annually.
Vinod Khosla’s firm; deep tech, climate, healthcare, AI.
"Responsible innovation" multi-stage firm; healthcare, defense, AI, fintech.