Stop pitching everyone. Start pitching the investors who actually write checks at your stage.
A founder-first guide to the 2026 Strebulaev-Jackson Venture Ranking - and how to turn a performance table into a fundraising shortlist.
Finding names is not the hard part. The hard part is turning a messy universe of family offices into a short list of investors with a real reason to care about your company.
A curated database of funds that closed deals in Q2 2026, with their stage, check size, thesis and the partner to contact.
Sep 16, 2026
Most founders build their first deck from a template. A template tells you where the slides go. It doesn't tell you what made an investor say yes.
Airbnb, Uber, Facebook and Canva are household names today. But before the billion-dollar valuations, each of them was a small team with a deck, trying to convince someone to believe in an idea that didn't look obvious yet.
Browse 30 real startup pitch decks by stage, sector, and business model—because copying a famous unicorn deck is usually the wrong move.
Use 29 AI prompts to build and stress-test your pitch deck like a skeptical investor—before generic AI advice kills the meeting.
Sep 15, 2026
Where to list your startup, which platforms deserve your time, and why visibility is only the first step.
Oct 8, 2026
Only 49 publish an inbox a partner or deal team reads. Here is how to work the other 734, and the playbook to do it in four weeks.
Sep 17, 2026
A free guide for early-stage founders deciding whether to trade equity for acceleration.
From idea to scale, there's a tier for where you are today.