9 decks below, from companies that actually closed the round. They raised between $320K and $68M, with a median of $1.8M. The decks span 2012 to 2019.
Most are Seed decks (7 of 9), 3 on a SaaS model, most selling B2C. Each entry carries the round, the investor and the year, so a deck can be read against what it was asking for.
ActivityHero
ActivityHero is a marketplace where parents can find camps and classes for their kids.
Details of the startup:
Business model: Marketplace
Customer: B2C
Year: 2014
Round: $2.2M
Amount raised: $2.2M
Investor: VC
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EventX
EventX is a software product for the event management industry, from small to large-scale enterprise events. It helps you save time and stress with integrated technology, flexible configuration, and powerful features.
Details of the startup:
Business model: SaaS
Customer: B2B
Year: 2017
Round: $1.12M
Amount raised: $1.12M
Investor: Undisclosed
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EventXtra
EventXtra is a platform that assists event organisers in seamlessly delivering events by providing both software and hardware solutions.
Details of the startup:
Business model: SaaS
Customer: B2B
Year: 2017
Round: $1.12M
Amount raised: $1.12M
Investor: Undisclosed
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Fyre Festival
Fyre Festival was a failed musical festival organized by Fyre Media. It was promoted as a luxury experience on an island in the Bahamas, but due to poor planning and execution, it became a disaster.
Details of the startup:
Business model: Other
Customer: B2C
Year: 2017
Round: $25M
Amount raised: $25M
Investor: Angel Investors
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Headout
Headout is the leading on-demand mobile concierge connecting you with the best local travel experiences.
Details of the startup:
Business model: App
Customer: B2C
Year: 2015
Round: $1.8M
Amount raised: $1.8M
Investor: Angel Investors, VC
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Parkbench
Parkbench is a robust sales and marketing platform that allows realtors to publish deals, showcase listings, and leverage the power of their personal brand.
Details of the startup:
Business model: SaaS
Customer: B2B, B2C
Year: 2016
Round: $54M
Amount raised: $54M
Investor: VC
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Peloton
Peloton combines real-time and on-demand studio classes taught by elite instructors into a network of fitness content that makes it easy to find, follow, and complete high-intensity workouts and earn bragging rights.
Details of the startup:
Business model: E-commerce, Subscription
Customer: B2C
Year: 2012
Round: $400K
Amount raised: $400K
Investor: Corporate
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SandboxVR
Sandbox VR is a leading virtual reality development company that designs extraordinary experiences.
Details of the startup:
Business model: E-commerce
Customer: B2C
Year: 2019
Round: $68M
Amount raised: $68M
Investor: Angel Investors, Corporate
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YogaTrail
Yogatrail is an online platform that allows you to discover your favorite yoga classes and studios, book your appointments, read reviews, and connect with other like-minded yoga practitioners.
Details of the startup:
Business model: Marketplace
Customer: C2C
Year: 2015
Round: $320K
Amount raised: $320K
Investor: VC, Angel Investors
How to use these
Read them against your own raise rather than as templates. Match the deck whose round size and stage are closest to yours, then look at what it chose to prove first — the order of the argument matters more than the design.
The spread is the part worth noticing: the largest raise here is 212x the smallest. Decks are not interchangeable across that range. A deck asking $320K is proving it can start; one asking $68M is proving it can scale, and the slides carry different weight.
The full library holds 492 decks filterable by sector, stage, round size, business model and customer type: browse the library. To get a read on your own deck, the analyzer returns the verdict five investors would give it.
