Narrative, deck, pitch & data room
You've watched investors nod along, say it's interesting, then go quiet. Usually it's the first three slides or the first two minutes: the deck leads with history instead of who pays, or the model doesn't survive diligence. We find where you're losing them, and fix it with you.
Credited in full within 30 days: the narrative session toward a Deck Rebuild, the data room review toward the Fundraising Sprint or the Partnership.
Sound familiar?
“We don't have a deck yet. Where do we start?”
What's usually underneathWith the story, not the slides. Agree who pays, why now and what this round proves, and the deck nearly writes itself.
“My deck is 22 slides.”
What's usually underneathWho pays and why now is on slide 9. Many investors never get that far.
“Investors say it's interesting and go quiet.”
What's usually underneathThe deck undersells the team and explains what you built, not what it's worth.
“The better I explain the technology, the worse it goes.”
What's usually underneathInvestors judge the application, not the precision. Lead with where it goes and what it saves.
“I freeze when they interrupt.”
What's usually underneathA first meeting is a conversation, not a recital. Answer, one proof, back to the story.
“Our model shows a huge opportunity and nobody engages with it.”
What's usually underneathOne assumption that can't hold up makes investors doubt every other number, including the true ones.
Start here
If the story isn't landing
$500
We read your deck and materials first, then spend an hour settling the story investors need to hear: who pays, why now, and what this round proves.
Before diligence
$750
A one-off review of your data room and financial model, read the way an investor's diligence team would read it, before you send it to one.
When you want it rebuilt
No deck yet, or one that needs a new story
$1,200 pre-seed · $1,600 seed
We settle the story first, then build the pages around it.
The narrative session fee is credited in full within 30 days.
You have meetings coming up
$750
Rehearse with people who sit on the investor side, not a presentation coach.
To book, message either of us on LinkedIn with your meeting date and we'll send you the link. Starting with the narrative session instead? Its fee is credited toward the Deck Rebuild.
0 → 5 first meetings per 100 emails
Capable, credentialed team
AI & Software · Seed
A capable team, but the deck buried who pays and why now, and most investors never got that far. We reworked the narrative around the customer, the cost of the problem and the milestone the round buys, and rebuilt the deck around it. From 0 first meetings in the first 100 emails to 5.
How we worked togetherDeck diagnostic → Deck rebuild
2× second meetings
Technically excellent founder
Deep Tech · Seed
A strong company, but answers that ran long and lost the room. We worked on the story, the shape of every answer and the hard questions investors in this space ask, rehearsed in partner-meeting-style mocks. Twice as many investors moved from a first meeting to a second.
How we worked togetherMock investor session → Pitch coaching
$120K committed
Specialized component maker
Physical AI · Pre-seed
The more precisely the team explained the technology, the less investors understood where it goes. The narrative was rebuilt around applications and economics, with valuation and round size anchored on comparable companies. $120K committed, with significantly less dilution than the original round structure.
How we worked togetherDeck diagnostic → Deck rebuild → 6-Week Fundraising Sprint
Anonymized to protect clients. Ask us about relevant cases during or after your diagnostic for a walk-through.
Questions
If investors aren't getting it, or you don't have a deck yet, the narrative session: an hour on the story, with your deck read beforehand. If diligence is coming or investors go quiet partway through it, the data room review.
In the Deck Rebuild, yes, from a story we agree with you first. The narrative session tells you what to change if you'd rather do it yourself.
Investors judge clarity, not accent. We coach in English or Mandarin and rehearse in English, so you go in having said the hard answers out loud.
The narrative session and the data room review aren't refundable, because we do the review work before we speak. Within 30 days, the narrative session is credited in full toward a Deck Rebuild, and the data room review toward the Fundraising Sprint or the Fundraising Partnership.
An hour on the story, or a one-off review of the data room before investors open it.
Credited in full within 30 days: the narrative session toward a Deck Rebuild, the data room review toward the Fundraising Sprint or the Partnership.
Got questions? Connect and message either of us on LinkedIn: Alex Chen or Yvonne Wang.
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