Startup Pitch Decks

OctoML, founded by the creators of the Apache TVM machine learning compiler stack project, has secured a $15 million Series A funding round. Amplify led the investment, with Madrona Ventures participating as well, having previously led OctoMLs $3.9 million seed round. OctoML and TVM align in their mission to harness machine learning for optimizing models, enabling enhanced efficiency across diverse hardware platforms.

Augsburg, Germany-based Xentral helps companies connect all areas of their business from orders to inventory management to payments and shipping, unifying data from multiple touch points including online shops, marketplaces, warehouses, payment systems, and accounting for both B2B and B2C businesses. Xentral boasts over 300 modules and over 60 integrations, enabling businesses to tailor the software to their specific needs. An open-source API allows for even further customization and integration with third-party systems. The platform is designed with an intuitive user experience and responsive design making it accessible via any browser and device.

Bolt is an innovative payment processing company that offers an integrated checkout experience that enables retailers to convert and retain more consumers. This round of $333 million in Series D funding and $60 million in follow-on capital will fuel commerces first federated checkout network, and brings Bolts total funding to over $600 million.

SolChicks, a play-to-earn fantasy game built on Solana, made headlines after being backed by over 113 different venture capital funds.The SolChicks game demo attracted over 50,000 players in only the first week of its release. Their parent company Catheon also owns other games such as Seoul Stars, a sing-to-earn game endorsed by K-pop stars, and Angrymals, a player-versus-player fortress defence strategy mobile game inspired by Angry Birds and Worms.In a press release published after its successful IDO, SolChicks said that it has raised over $20 million from more than 300 private investors. The games IDO is set to be conducted on 38 launchpads at a public price of $0.05 per token, implying a fully diluted market capitalization of $500 million for the $CHICKS token.

Over the last year, Copy.AI has established itself as one of the fastest-growing startups in recent history rocketing past $1m ARR in less than 12 months. The AI-powered platform based on GPT-3 offers powerful copywriting tools for businesses.On the one-year anniversary of their launch on Twitter, the startup announced their second round of funding $11M from leading VC firms such as Sequoia, Craft, and Tiger following on the heels of a $2.9M seed round in March. According to founder CEO Paul Yacoubian, the company has grown from zero to $2.4 million in annual recurring revenue. Read more at vip.graphicscopy-ai-pitch-deck

Persefoni builds an AI SaaS-based platform enabling organizations to plan, monitor, analyze, reduce, and report their carbon footprint.

Paddle is a revenue delivery platform, which allows B2B SaaS businesses to amalgamate their workflow and become more efficient at selling digital products and subscriptions. The UK-based company is on a mission to take away the pain of payments fragmentation in a unique way, by serving as the merchant of record for software SaaS companies.Paddle handles all payment routing, tax collection, compliance, invoicing, subscription management, renewals, reporting, and fraud protection. The startup was founded in 2012 by CEO Christian Owens and co-founder Harrison Rose, who wanted to make it easier for software companies to sell their products. Used by over 2,000 software sellers in 245 countries and territories globally, Paddle raised a 52 million $68 million Series C in 2021 from investors including FTV Capital, Kindred Capital, Notion Capital, and 83North.

Thrive Global offers a science-backed platform designed to improve employee well-being and productivity. It integrates with popular workplace tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams, providing resources to diagnose and treat burnout. The platform empowers managers to support their teams and offers behaviour change tools to foster a thriving company culture. Some of their investors include JAZZ Venture Partners, Funds Managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, IVP, Lerer Hippeau Venture, Owl Ventures, and Female Founders Fund. View the product vision deck for why and how theyre accelerating this culture shift around the world.

Wysa offers a comprehensive mental health wellness platform designed to address stress, health anxiety, and behavioral concerns among employees and patients. By utilizing an AI chatbot, evidence-based self-help tools, and messaging-based support from human therapists, Wysa ensures early intervention for high-risk groups. The platform combines AI-guided listening with professional expertise to provide effective support.

Cervest, a pioneering company in the field of AI-powered Climate Intelligence, has developed the remarkable EarthScanTM product. This cutting-edge platform empowers decision makers across various sectors, including businesses, governments, insurance companies, and financial markets, by placing the knowledge of a thousand climate scientists directly into their hands. With EarthScanTM, these stakeholders can effectively quantify, manage, and adapt to climate change at the granular asset-level.

Founded in 2016 by 24-year-old Charlie Javice, Frank helped students find scholarship money through an online college financial planning platform that guides students through the online FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student application, helping complete 100 questions within a few minutes. In September 2021, Frank was purchased by JP Morgan for $175 million to deepen ties with college students. A year later, JP Morgan Chase sued Javice and Frank chief growth officer Olivier Amar for fraud, alleging that they lied to the bank by making up millions of fake student accounts. The SEC charges Javice with fraud in 2021 she was arrested in April 2023 and has denied the allegations. JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon called the acquisition was a huge mistake.

Founded by a team of experienced entrepreneurs with experience at companies like Uber, Square and Cruise Automation, AtoB is a financial infrastructure company for commercial fleets. It is a Visa-powered fleet card that simplifies fuel payments for trucking companies, fuel merchants and drivers. AtoBs goal is to help fleets manage their costs. The company aims to make fleets more successful by preventing drivers from using fuel cards for personal expenses. Because of AtoBs strong strong product market fit, the company has seen strong growth since its launch in June 2021. As of December 2022, the company had annualized transaction volumes of $3 billion and total business customers of 30,000. AtoB is also backed by a number of high-profile investors, including General Catalyst, Google and Coinbase.

Anrok is a software platform that automates sales tax compliance for SaaS companies. It integrates with existing financial systems to monitor nexus, calculate tax in real time, and automate filing and remittance. The platform helps businesses avoid non-compliance penalties and provides peace of mind for finance and operations teams. On April 11, 2024, Anrok raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, and others including Karen Peacock, former CEO of Intercom, David Faugno, former CFO of Qualtrics and current president of 1Password, Alex Estevez, former CFO of Atlassian, and Elad Gil. According to a company statement, this funding will enable Anrok to power global tax compliance in a world of digital products and services.

BuzzFeed went public via SPAC in 2021 at an implied valuation of $1B. Prior to the transaction, BuzzFeed raised a total of $696.3M, starting with a $3.5M Series A round in 2008. Since then, $BZFD stock has performed poorly falling 39 in its debut week closing just over $6 per share, just days after the expiration of a lockup preventing company insiders from selling their stock. By 2024, $BZFD was a penny stock, down over 80. The company has gone through several rounds of layoffs and fire sales. Using the funding from the SPAC transaction, BuzzFeed acquired Complex for $300M in 2021, which they went on to sell for $108M three years later only keeping the Hot Ones show after the sale.

tbh Skincare is a D2C skincare brand focusing on patented acne treatments. The company was launched in 2020 by Rachael Wilde to bridge the gap between pharmaceutical-grade skincare and consumer-centric cult brands. The idea for tbh Skincare was born from Wildes personal struggle with acne and her own pre-wedding bridal skincare journey. In an interview, Rachael said we founded the company in September 2019, raised money amongst family and friends, and launched the business 6 months later with 3 products. tbh Skincare brought in $4,000 in sales on their launch day, doing $800,000 in revenue in their first 18 months. In an April 2024 interview, Wilde said they now sell a bottle of cleanser every minute. On Twitter X, the companys brand account claimed to be earning over $10M ARR in mid-2024. In 2023, tbh Skincare merged with Boost Lab to form York St Brands, as part of a $5M Series B round. The following year, Wilde was named to the 2024 Forbes Asia 30 under 30 list. The brand has successful driven growth with organic social marketing strategies, such as when co-founder Rachael Wilde dressed as Margot Robbie during the Barbie movies promotion or when they started the viral gen z boss and a mini trend on TikTok and Instagram Reels.

Archer Aviation designs and develops electric vertical takeoff and landing eVTOL aircraft for urban air mobility UAM networks. On September 16, 2021, Atlas Crest Investment Corp,. a leading franchise of special purpose acquisition companies, completed its combination with Archer Aviation Inc., a leading Urban Air Mobility company and developer of all-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Around the the same time, United Airlines ordered $1 billion worth of Archer Aviations electric air taxi. The initial SPAC terms were modified to drive long-term value creation for all shareholders the new transaction terms adjust the pro forma enterprise value of Archer from $2.7 billion to $1.7 billion, a 38 reduction. The combined company also expected to receive approximately $1.1 billion of gross proceeds from a fully committed common stock PIPE offering of $600 million, along with approximately $500 million cash held in trust, assuming no redemptions of Atlas Crests existing public stockholders. Archer went public under the ticker ACHR, with shares opening at $9.90 since then, the stock has steadily fallen and has been down 50 from IPO for nearly two years.

Founded in 2002, Redbox offers video rentals through a network of thousands of self-service entertainment kiosks nationwide. In the last twenty years, Redbox has grown to 34,000 locations across the US and rented over 1 billion discs to consumers. Redbox went public via SPAC merger in 2021 that promised $145M in cash $50M in PIPE funding and valued the company at $693M. At the time, private equity firm Apollo Global held a 59 stake in Redbox. Like most SPAC decks, Redboxs projections were sky high expecting over $1B in revenue by 2023. Due to poor financials, Redbox stock sunk from $10 in October 2021 to under $2 and was delisted on June 30, 2022. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment came to the rescue with a $375M acquisition deal an 88 discount on the IPO price. To finance the sale, Chicken Soup took on $325M in debt and has since been sued over a dozen times over unpaid bills. On June 30, 2024 two years after the Redbox SPAC was delisted, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment filed for bankruptcy. According to the bankruptcy filing, Chicken Soup owed $970 million altogether to Redbox partners including Walmart, Walgreens, and major studios like Universal, Sony, Lionsgate and Warner Bros.

Zagreb-based Treblle is an all-in-one platform revolutionizing the API lifecycle. The startups lightweight SDK accelerates the development, shipping, and maintenance of REST-based APIs, providing engineering and DevOps teams with both speed and crucial oversight. APIs have been growing at a CAGR of 25 for the past few years, but that growth doubled in 2023, all thanks to AI. According to Treblle predictions, AI-based APIs will continue to drive API growth in 2024 as they go hand in hand. As a result, Treblle is gearing up to welcome a substantial influx of new users, adding to its already impressive user base of over 75,000. Treblles position in this burgeoning market has been bolstered by successful funding rounds. In July 2021, the company secured a $1.4M seed investment led by Nauta Capital, and in December 2022, Treblle raised a $7M Series A investment, fueling its growth and innovation efforts.

Beehiiv is a newsletter platform that helps users create, publish, and monetize their newsletters. The platform was launched in 2021 by former Morning Brew employees Jacob Hurd, Tyler Denk, and Benjamin Hargett. Their vision was to productize the internal toolset that got Morning Brew to 1.5M subscribers in 5 years. This deck was used to secure $2.6M in seed funding for Beehiiv led by Social Leverage, joined by a host of angel investors and VCs such as Spice Capital, Scott Galloway, Jake Sherman, Jason Yanowitz, and several others. The company reportedly hit $3M ARR revenue in June 2023 up 200 YoY, hosting a network of 7,500 active newsletters which collectively generate 35M unique readers. Beehiiv is a newsletter platform that helps users create, publish, and monetize their newsletters. The platform was launched in 2021 by former Morning Brew employees Jacob Hurd, Tyler Denk, and Benjamin Hargett. Their vision was to productize the internal toolset that got Morning Brew to 1.5M subscribers in 5 years. This deck was used to secure $2.6M in seed funding for Beehiiv led by Social Leverage, joined by a host of angel investors and VCs such as Spice Capital, Scott Galloway, Jake Sherman, Jason Yanowitz, and several others. The company reportedly hit $3M ARR revenue in June 2023 up 200 YoY, hosting a network of 7,500 active newsletters which collectively generate 35M unique readers.

Former President Donald Trump launched the social media platform Truth Social after he was banned from major social media such as Twitter now X.com and Facebook. The platform was launched on February 21, 2022, with Donald Trump as the majority owner, owning a 58 stake in the company before it went public. As of July 2023, the site had grown to an estimate 607,000 monthly users. Truth Social went public via SPAC merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp, a blank-check company created with the help of ARC Capital. Although this SPAC deck was published in November 2021, the merger itself was delayed until March 2024 due to financial and regulatory challenges.