10-12 slides. Use your 1Founder boardroom output to fill these in — especially the health score, CFO model, and conflict resolution summary as proof of rigour.
01
Cover
Must have: name, tagline, contact, date
Your tagline should answer "what do you do" in 8 words. Not your mission — your product. Example: "Your boardroom of 40+ AI specialists. Free."
✗ Don't put your logo in 50 places. One logo, one tagline, contact. Nothing else.
02
Problem
Must prove: the pain is real and personal
One specific person, one specific moment, one specific frustration. Not market stats — a story. The VC should feel the problem before seeing your solution.
✗ Don't lead with market size. "There is a $1T problem with X" tells no one anything. Lead with a human who has the problem.
03
Solution
Must show: the transformation, not the features
Ideally a 30-second product gif or before/after showing the transformation. Never a 5-paragraph explanation of how it works.
✗ Don't describe features. Show the outcome the customer gets. "40+ agents" is a feature. "You know which assumption is wrong before spending ₹10L" is an outcome.
04
Traction
Must show: evidence people want this
Revenue, users, NPS, retention, waitlist, LOIs — whatever you have. If pre-revenue: 10+ customer conversations with direct quotes. One real metric beats five vanity metrics.
✗ Don't fake traction. Don't list "10,000 email signups" if 9,800 were from a giveaway and haven't opened an email since.
06
Business Model
Must show: how you make money, simply, with key unit economics
Revenue per customer, gross margin, LTV:CAC. Use numbers from your 1Founder CFO agent session. One sentence on the model, then the key numbers.
✗ Don't put a complex pricing matrix. If you can't explain how you make money in two sentences, the model isn't clear enough yet.
07
Competition
Must show: honest positioning, not "no competition"
A 2×2 matrix with axes chosen to show where you win. Acknowledge what competitors do well. Then explain why your positioning wins for your specific ICP.
✗ Never say "we have no competition." It signals you don't understand the market. Everything has substitutes.
08
Go-To-Market
Must show: first 100 customers — specific, sequenced, realistic
Not "we will use LinkedIn and content." Use your 1Founder GTM session output. Show the first 90 days in specific detail, not a 3-year marketing roadmap.
✗ Don't put a 3-year marketing plan. Investors want to see you understand your first 100 customers deeply, not that you have a spreadsheet.
09
Team
Must answer: why can't someone else build this with the same idea?
Domain expertise + execution evidence. Not just titles — what have you built, sold, or shipped before? What unfair advantage does this team have in this specific market?
✗ Don't just list backgrounds. "10 years in finance" is not a reason you will win. "Closed ₹5Cr in enterprise deals at [company]" is.
10
Financials
Must show: 12-month P&L + 3-year targets with stated assumptions
Monthly revenue, costs, burn, runway. Clearly state assumptions under each column. Show 3 scenarios. Use your 1Founder CFO model output here.
✗ Don't show hockey-stick growth without explaining the specific inflection point. "Month 8: launch enterprise tier" is not an inflection point explanation.
11
The Ask
Must be specific: amount, instrument, milestone, timeline
Amount, instrument, use of funds breakdown, what milestone it achieves, expected close timeline. Every word should be specific. Use the numbers from the Ask block at the top of this doc.
✗ Don't leave the ask vague. "Seeking investment to grow" is not an ask. Every number should be defensible.
12
Appendix
Must contain: CFO detail, regulatory analysis, customer quotes, data room index
Put everything the boardroom flagged as a risk question in the appendix. This shows you've thought through the hard questions before being asked.
✗ Don't pad the appendix. Only include things an investor will actually ask for in a follow-up meeting.
How to use your 1Founder output in this deck
Slide 06 (Business Model): Use your CFO agent's unit economics — specifically the LTV:CAC ratio and gross margin analysis. Quote the numbers directly.
Slide 07 (Competition): Use your Market Viability agent's competitive verdict and your health score peer benchmarking section.
Slide 08 (GTM): Use your GTM agent's verdict and the Chief of Staff's top 3-5 priority actions as your specific go-to-market plan.
Appendix: Include your 1Founder health score (e.g. 72/100 across 8 axes) as evidence of structured external challenge. Investors appreciate founders who seek rigorous challenge — not just validation.
For investor prep: run a dedicated 1Founder session with "preparing to pitch pre-seed investors" as your specific decision. The VC Analyst agent + Fundraising Strategy agent will surface the exact objections you will face.
Run your investor-prep session at 1founder.ai — VC Analyst agent will pressure-test your narrative before the real meeting.