The Art Of the Investor Pitch Deck: How To Make a Presentation That Will Get Noticed

In many cases, your pitch deck will be your calling card: It’s what investors will see even before they agree to meet with you. The investors we spoke to tell you what should go in it — and what shouldn’t. Ultimately, preparing a pitch deck is an exercise in communications — you must tell a story that hits all the right notes.

Join us for this live event with Blake Armstrong, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Startup Banking at Silicon Valley Bank, and learn how to master your pitch deck.

In this event, we'll cover:

Your deck should tell a story; and like any good narrative, it should be compelling, credible, and concise.

Grab investors’ attention in your first slide and work to hold it as you describe the product, opportunity, and team.

Balance enthusiasm with reality; investors will see right through over-inflated promises.


Speakers:
Blake Armstrong
Blake is currently Director of Strategic Partnerships for Startup Banking, Silicon Valley Bank's Startup Banking practice that works with founders before they have raised a series A round of funding. Blake was formerly a vice president in the enterprise software growth division of SVB, responsible for managing relationships and driving transactions across the enterprise software portfolio in Northern California.

Prior to moving to SF to join SVB, Blake was a Venture Partner at TheFamily, a growth catalyst to early stage European technology ventures based in Paris. Prior to TheFamily, he was the founding Director of Business Development for oNotes, a Harvard University technology spinout also based in Paris. He started his career in microfinance, first at Opportunity International which he left to move to Rwanda to co-found Edify, a social enterprise that provides SME financing to entrepreneurs in the developing world. Blake earned an MBA from the University of Oxford and a B.A. in International Business Administration from PLNU in San Diego, CA.



This event was held in collaboration with Silicon Valley Bank