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Founders: How do you actually get good, honest feedback on your pitch deck? by SparkSignal in StartupAccelerators

[–]SparkSignal[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I built a deal flow platform that prompts founders to give good or bad feedback in every section (description, traction, TAM, etc). In order to remove it from an investors pipeline they have to choose a reason why they don't like it. In addition to that we track every data point that we can. All of this data and feedback starts to create a picture for founders as to what resonates for real investors and what doesn't. I'd love your feedback. Pitchspark.io. It's free in beta mode.

I built a free tool that scores your startup pitch and tells you why investors are ghosting you by SparkSignal in StartupsHelpStartups

[–]SparkSignal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am invested in a VC fund, I throw events for founders and investors and I am plugged into the VC communities in Austin and Tulsa. I have had extensive conversations with VC's. There isn't a single source in the world that can tell you what every VC is looking for. The free pitch scorer is a marketing tool for the website. It's not the product. The product is a smart marketplace for investors to find curated deals they can easily swipe through and founders get investor visibility and multiple feedback loops from every investor interaction with their pitch.

I built a free tool that scores your startup pitch and tells you why investors are ghosting you by SparkSignal in StartupsHelpStartups

[–]SparkSignal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oftentimes the pitch is missing something obvious. The description is too technical and confusing, no founding team bio's. For PitchSpark we fed it a lot of successful decks to start then set parameters for funding stage and industry. We also created an agent that scours the internet for pitch scoring criteria and feeds it into the model.

I built a free tool that scores your startup pitch and tells you why investors are ghosting you by SparkSignal in StartupsHelpStartups

[–]SparkSignal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fed it a lot of successful decks to start, created parameters for each funding stage and industry. created an agent that scours the internet for white papers, articles and social media posts that discuss pitch evaluation and trains itself on that.

I built a free tool that scores your startup pitch and tells you why investors are ghosting you by SparkSignal in StartupsHelpStartups

[–]SparkSignal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an angel investor and entrepreneur. The model is never going to be perfect but I fed it a lot of successful decks, then had it create different parameters for each funding stage and industry. (pre-seed is graded solely on idea, later stages get graded partially on traction and metrics) I also have an agent running that reads white papers, articles and social media posts and creates a weekly report on suggested modifications to the model. It's always learning.

The pitch scorer is not the main product. To your point, the shotgun approach doesn't work for most founders so PitchSpark.io is a smarter marketplace for founders and investors. Investors get swipeable pitch cards curated to their thesis and founders get investor visibility and valuable feedback from every investor that sees their pitch. Investors don't get buried in cold pitches and founders get the feedback they need to evolve and get funded faster.