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How to raise funds with cold emails

Everything you need to know about cold emailing a VC investor. Follow this step by step, and you are guaranteed to write a top 1% cold email to VCs. Includes checklist and examples.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser Edwin Mik | September 5, 2024

Pitch deck for startups - 9 templates compared

Here's our list of the absolute best 9 templates of pitch decks for startup founders. Most of what you find online - both free and paid - sucks. So we tested them all and produced a detailed benchmark for you.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | September 2, 2024

How to build a startup pitch deck

This playbook is my home-made, battle-tested process to prepare the structure, content, and design of a typical early-stage startup pitch deck. These 2 hours of prep work will save you 10x more time down the road, I promise.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | September 22, 2023

OpenVC Pitch Deck Roast #4 with Nilima Achwal

Our special guest and experienced investor Nilima Achwal roasted 3 pitch decks of consenting startups in the presence of Roastmaster General Shaun Gold.

Posted by Shaun Gold Nilima Achwal | May 29, 2023

OpenVC Pitch Deck Roast #3 with Nick Telson

Special guest investor Nick Telson roasted 3 pitch decks of consenting startups in the presence of Roastmaster General Shaun Gold.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | May 8, 2023

Pitch Deck Roast #2 with Alex Macdonald

On August 30, 2022, our special investor guest Alex Macdonald roasted 5 pitch decks of consenting startups in the presence of Roastmaster General Shaun Gold and Executioner-in-Residence Stephane Nasser. Watch the recording and read the transcript here.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | August 29, 2022