Productivity & Collaboration
Dropbox pitch deck
Seed · $1.2M · 2007
Cloud storage and file sync for people and teams, with sharing, e-signatures and document tools.
Read the teardown2.1M views
Seed Pitch Deck Examples
A seed deck raises the round that turns a product into a business: enough to find product-market fit and the first repeatable way to sell. Investors still back the team and the market, but they expect a product and the first users or customers.
- Seed decks
- 46
- Median slides
- 13
- 7–29 slides
- Median round
- $2.3M
- 33 decks with a disclosed amount
- Deck years
- 2007–2023
46 pitch decks
Customer Support
Intercom pitch deck
Seed · $1M · 2011
Customer service platform: the Fin AI agent, a shared helpdesk inbox and in-app messaging.
Read the teardown4.2M viewsMarketing
Buffer pitch deck
Seed · $450K · 2011
Social media scheduling, publishing and analytics for small businesses and creators.
Read the teardown8.9M viewsHR
Gusto pitch deck
Seed · $6.1M · 2012
Payroll, benefits and HR software for small and medium-sized businesses.
Read the teardown1.9M viewsCustomer Support
Talkdesk pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · $450K · 2012
Cloud contact center software with AI tools for customer service teams.
Read the teardown8.1K viewsMarketing
AdPushup pitch deck
Seed · $632K · 2014
Ad revenue optimization for web publishers: ad layout testing, header bidding and ad-block recovery.
View the deck2.1M viewsVertical SaaS
Almabase pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2017
Alumni engagement and fundraising software for schools and universities.
View the deck332K viewsMarketing
EventX pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2017
Event management platform for virtual, hybrid and in-person events, from registration to check-in.
View the deck319K viewsHR
Lighthouse pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2016
Short weekly leadership courses that help managers, especially in engineering teams, lead better.
View the deck264K viewsVertical SaaS
Beatdapp pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · $2.4M · 2019
Detects streaming fraud and audits play counts for music labels, distributors and streaming services.
View the deck126.8K viewsProductivity & Collaboration
Superlist pitch deck
Seed · $11M · 2022
To-do list and task manager for individuals and teams, from the founders of Wunderlist.
View the deck50.8K viewsVertical SaaS
Paubox pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2016
HIPAA-compliant email encryption and marketing email for healthcare organizations.
View the deck46.7K viewsSales
Databook pitch deck
Seed · $5M · 2020
AI sales platform that turns customer financials and strategy data into account insights for sellers.
View the deck13.3K viewsVertical SaaS
Pledge pitch deck
Seed · $4.5M · 2021
Carbon accounting and emissions API for freight and logistics companies
View the deck9.7K viewsDeveloper Tools
TelemetryDeck pitch deck
Seed · 2022
Privacy-first product analytics for app and web developers
View the deck7.6K viewsMarketing
AppVirality pitch deck
Seed · $465K · 2015
Referral and in-app growth programs for mobile apps, delivered through an SDK and dashboard.
View the deckProductivity & Collaboration
Canva pitch deck
Seed · $3M · 2013
Online design platform for social posts, presentations, documents and print, built for non-designers.
Read the teardownDeveloper Tools
CommandBar pitch deck
Seed · $4.8M · 2021
Embeddable command bar and in-app assistance that helps users find their way around web apps
View the deckHR
Cooleaf pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2016
Employee engagement platform for recognition, rewards, incentives and wellbeing programs.
View the deckAI
CulturePulse pitch deck
Seed · $1M · 2023
AI that models beliefs and motivations across populations for audience research and risk prediction
View the deckDeveloper Tools
Encore pitch deck
Seed · $3M · 2022
Open-source backend framework and cloud platform that provisions infrastructure from your code
View the deckVertical SaaS
FactoryFour pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2017
Production management software for manufacturers; acquired by Xometry and folded into its supplier tools.
View the deckAI
Incymo AI pitch deck
Seed · $850K · 2022
Machine learning that helps game publishers price offers and lift ad and in-app revenue
View the deckData & Analytics
June pitch deck
Seed · $1.9M · 2021
Product analytics for B2B SaaS that turns usage data into account-level customer insights
View the deckMarketing
ManyChat pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2016
Chat marketing automation for Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and TikTok DMs, used by creators and brands.
View the deckMarketing
Metadata pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · $2M · 2016
Automates B2B paid social and search campaigns, optimizing ad spend toward pipeline and revenue.
View the deckSales
Momentum pitch deck
Seed · $5M · 2021
Revenue intelligence that turns sales calls and CRM data into deal workflows for GTM teams
View the deckDeveloper Tools
Netmaker pitch deck
Seed · $2.3M · 2022
WireGuard-based platform for building secure virtual networks across clouds, data centers and edge
View the deckDeveloper Tools
Nokod Security pitch deck
Seed · $8M · 2023
Security platform for AI agents, shadow AI and low-code/no-code apps (formerly Nokod)
View the deckAI
Oii pitch deck
Seed · $1.9M · 2023
AI that models and optimizes supply chain planning, layered on top of existing planning systems.
View the deckVertical SaaS
Ovation pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · $965K · 2019
Guest feedback platform for restaurants that captures reviews, flags unhappy diners and wins them back.
View the deckProductivity & Collaboration
Pipefy pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · $2.5M · 2015
No-code workflow and process automation for finance, HR, procurement and IT teams.
View the deckE-commerce
Pixc pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2015
Product photo editing service that removes backgrounds and retouches images for online sellers.
View the deckE-commerce
Prelaunch.com pitch deck
Seed · $1.5M · 2023
Tests demand and pricing for physical products with fake-door campaigns before manufacturing
View the deckAI
Protecto pitch deck
Seed · $4M · 2023
APIs that find and mask sensitive data so companies can use it safely in AI and LLM apps
View the deckMarketing
Qortex pitch deck
Seed · $10M · 2023
AI video analytics that finds the right moments in video to place contextual ads
View the deckDeveloper Tools
RapidAPI pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · $3.5M · 2016
API hub where developers find, test and connect to APIs; its technology was bought by Nokia in 2024.
View the deckVertical SaaS
Resgrid pitch deck
Seed · 2013
Open-source dispatch, personnel and unit management for fire, EMS and other emergency response teams.
View the deckSales
Scalestack pitch deck
Seed · $1M · 2023
Platform to run and govern AI agents for GTM and RevOps teams (started as AI sales-ops data)
View the deckProductivity & Collaboration
Scrintal pitch deck
Seed · $1M · 2022
Visual knowledge base that combines canvases and linked notes for research and planning
View the deckE-commerce
Shippo pitch deck
Seed · $2M · 2014
Multi-carrier shipping API and app for comparing rates, printing labels and tracking parcels.
View the deckProductivity & Collaboration
Slidebean pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2015
AI presentation software, plus a pitch-deck design and startup finance service for founders.
View the deckProductivity & Collaboration
Spinach pitch deck
Seed · $6M · 2022
AI meeting assistant that takes notes and turns stand-ups and meetings into tasks
View the deckDeveloper Tools
StackShare pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2015
Community site where developers compare tools and see which tech stacks companies use; owned by FOSSA.
View the deckProductivity & Collaboration
Tallyfy pitch deck
Seed (demo day) · 2016
Workflow software that turns documented procedures into trackable, repeatable processes and approvals.
View the deckDeveloper Tools
Wilco pitch deck
Seed · $7M · 2022
Simulated software-company 'quests' that let developers practise real engineering skills
View the deck
About these seed decks
These are real seed decks, from Dropbox's 2007 deck and Intercom's and Buffer's to recent SaaS and AI seed rounds, including accelerator demo-day decks pitched on stage.
How long they are: the median deck here has 13 slides; the shortest has 7 and the longest 29 (45 decks with a slide count).
What they raised: a median of $2.3M per round, from $450K to $11M (33 decks with a disclosed amount).
The usual order, from the 6 seed decks we’ve broken down slide by slide: cover → problem → why now → product → solution → competition → market → business model → go-to-market → team → traction → the ask.
Which slides they have
Share of those decks with at least one slide of each kind:
- Cover6 · 100%
- Problem6 · 100%
- Traction6 · 100%
- Team6 · 100%
- Product5 · 83%
- Business model5 · 83%
- Competition5 · 83%
- Why now4 · 67%
- Market4 · 67%
- Go-to-market4 · 67%
- Solution4 · 67%
- The ask4 · 67%
- Vision2 · 33%
- Customers1 · 17%
- Financials1 · 17%
What a seed deck has to show
- A product people use, with the first numbers behind it: users, paying customers, revenue or growth week over week.
- A market big enough for a venture outcome, sized from the bottom up.
- How the company will reach customers, even if it's still being tested.
- Why this team, and why it will win against what customers use today.
- The ask and the milestones it buys before a Series A.
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Frequently asked questions
Around 13: that's the median of the 45 seed decks here with a slide count, which run from 7 to 29 slides.
In the 33 seed decks here with a disclosed amount, the median round was $2.3M, from $450K to $11M. Each deck's page has the round's amount, year and investors, with a source.
A product people use, with the first numbers behind it: users, paying customers, revenue or growth week over week. A market big enough for a venture outcome, sized from the bottom up. How the company will reach customers, even if it's still being tested. Why this team, and why it will win against what customers use today. The ask and the milestones it buys before a Series A.
Founders and investors made them public: on SlideShare, Pitch, Google Slides, company blogs and in press coverage. Each deck's page embeds or links the original; the round's facts come from a public source linked on the page.