Seed Pitch Deck Examples

The legendary 2009 pitch deck that helped Airbnb raise $600K from Sequoia Capital. Known for its simplicity and clarity in explaining the short-term rental market opportunity.

The pitch deck Buffer used to raise $500K from 18 investors. Famously transparent deck that focused heavily on traction - 55,000 users and $150K ARR at the time.

The pitch deck Melanie Perkins iterated on 100+ times before raising $3M seed. Highlights the $138B design tools market opportunity with extreme simplicity.

Brian Armstrong's Y Combinator Demo Day deck from 2012. Raised $600K seed round with slides comparing Coinbase to iTunes for music - positioning it as the gateway to Bitcoin.

Tony Xu's Y Combinator Demo Day pitch from 2013. Started as PaloAltoDelivery.com showing 31% week-over-week growth. Compared themselves to "FedEx of today."

The Y Combinator Demo Day deck that helped Dropbox raise $1.2M seed funding in 2007. Featured a freemium business model and viral acquisition strategy that was revolutionary for its time.

The 2004 media kit/pitch deck hybrid Eduardo Saverin used to pitch advertisers and investors. Secured $500K seed funding from Peter Thiel for 10.2% of the company.

Apoorva Mehta delivered beer to a YC partner to get a meeting after missing the deadline. The pitch compared Instacart to Uber for groceries. Raised $2.3M.

The pitch that got 75+ rejections before Tim Draper and a16z invested $3M. Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt pitched commission-free trading for millennials.

The 2008 pitch deck that helped Spotify raise $21.6M in early funding. Originally created to recruit developers, featuring early UI designs by Daniel Ek himself.

The 2010 seed pitch deck Patrick and John Collison used to raise $2M. Famous for showing how "seven lines of code" could replace weeks of PCI compliance work.