What will limited partners ask for after the deck?

Often a due diligence questionnaire, many modeled on the ILPA template, covering strategy, team, track record, operations and terms. Build the deck so its claims match your answers.

Should we show DPI, TVPI and IRR together?

Yes, side by side, each labeled gross or net, with an as-of date, since each answers a different question.

How do we explain reserves?

On the portfolio construction slide: how much of the fund is held for follow-ons and how you decide when to use it.

Can we name limited partners who have already committed?

Only with their permission and as your counsel allows.

Do family offices need a different version?

Often a shorter one, tailored to that office's focus. See the family office presentation page.

How often should the deck be refreshed?

Whenever portfolio marks change, usually each quarter, with the new as-of date on every performance slide.

Pitch decks by category

Pitch deck design for fund managers.

Limited partners read many fund decks and look for the same things in each: a strategy that is specific, a track record they can verify and a team that has worked together. We rebuild fund decks so those three are unmistakable.

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Fixed prices from $1,500 to $10,000. No calls: everything in writing.

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Eleven investments, four marked up, one exit

Illustration only. Any figures are invented for this sample slide.

4 deck types

Funds and capital decks we build

Each page sets out, slide by slide, what that deck has to show and the faults we fix.

What a fund deck has to show

The strategy: stage, sector, geography and check size.
Why that strategy works now, and why you.
Track record, with how each figure was calculated.
How deals are sourced and decided.
The team and how long it has worked together.
Fund size and terms, as your counsel has set them.

Common faults in fund drafts

A strategy that could describe any fund. Track record mixing realized and unrealized results without saying so. Logo slides with no explanation of your role. We make the strategy specific and label every performance figure.

Compliance is yours

Fund marketing is regulated. We design what you and your counsel approve. We do not write disclaimers, review compliance or advise on what may be shown to whom.

How it differs

How funds and capital decks differ

A startup deck asks investors to buy a share of one company. A fund deck asks limited partners to trust a manager with many future decisions over the life of the fund. So the deck leads with a specific strategy and a record that can be checked deal by deal, then shows how the fund will be built: check sizes, reserves and ownership. Fees, carried interest, key person terms and reporting are central, and every figure must match what limited partners later find in due diligence.

The questions behind every slide

What funds and capital investors and readers ask

Each answer names the slide or document where it belongs.

1
What will limited partners ask for after the deck?
Often a due diligence questionnaire, many modeled on the ILPA template, covering strategy, team, track record, operations and terms. Build the deck so its claims match your answers.
2
Should we show DPI, TVPI and IRR together?
Yes, side by side, each labeled gross or net, with an as-of date, since each answers a different question.
3
How do we explain reserves?
On the portfolio construction slide: how much of the fund is held for follow-ons and how you decide when to use it.
4
Can we name limited partners who have already committed?
Only with their permission and as your counsel allows.
5
Do family offices need a different version?
Often a shorter one, tailored to that office's focus. See the family office presentation page.
6
How often should the deck be refreshed?
Whenever portfolio marks change, usually each quarter, with the new as-of date on every performance slide.

Glossary

Funds and capital terms, in plain English

Limited partner (LP): An investor in a fund who commits capital but does not manage it.
DPI: Distributions to paid-in capital: cash returned to investors divided by cash they have put in.
TVPI: Total value to paid-in capital: cash returned plus the value still held, divided by cash put in.
Vintage year: The year a fund makes its first capital call for an investment.
J-curve: The common pattern of a fund showing negative returns early, then improving as investments mature.
Capital call: The manager's request for investors to send part of the money they committed.

Slide by slide: what goes in a funds and capital deck

Strategy

Stage, sector, geography, check size and ownership target.

Thesis

Why this strategy, now.

Track record

Investments with multiple on invested capital (MOIC), internal rate of return (IRR) and distributions to paid-in (DPI), realized and unrealized labeled.

Attribution

Your role in each deal: sourced, led or participated.

Sourcing and process

Where deals come from and how decisions are made.

Portfolio construction

Number of companies, reserves and follow-on policy.

Team

Partners, how long they have worked together, and advisors.

Terms

Fund size, fees and carry as set by counsel.

Documents we produce

Limited partner deck
One-page fund summary
Teaser
Track record appendix

Packages start at $3,500 for a design rebuild of up to 15 slides and go to $10,000 for a full raise set. A written audit of an existing deck is $1,500.

Packages

Four packages, fixed prices.

Each package states what you get, how long it takes and where it stops. None includes a call.

Deck Audit

$1,500

3 business days

A written verdict on the deck you have, before you send it to anyone.

Slide-by-slide notes inside your file
The fixes that matter most, in order
Story, numbers and design, each assessed
The investor questions your deck leaves open

One deck, up to 20 slides. No redesign included.

Choose Deck Audit

Most chosen

Investor Finish

$3,500

5 business days

Your draft, rebuilt to investor standard. Design only.

Up to 15 slides rebuilt
Charts redrawn from your data
Your brand applied throughout
One written revision round
Editable PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote

Design only: your wording and slide order stay as they are.

Choose Investor Finish

Finish + Story

$6,500

8 business days

We restructure the argument, rewrite the headlines, then rebuild the deck.

Up to 20 slides
Narrative restructured from your draft and notes
Headlines rewritten as full-sentence points
Send-ahead PDF version
Two written revision rounds

We work from your facts. No market research or financial modeling.

Choose Finish + Story

Raise Set

$10,000

12 business days

Everything a raise needs, in one matching set.

Up to 30 slides plus appendix
Investor one-pager
Short teaser version for cold outreach
Three written revision rounds
All source files

No investor introductions, fundraising or legal advice.

Choose Raise Set

Not included in any package: Calls or meetings · Market research · Financial modeling or valuation · Investor introductions · Fundraising, legal or securities advice. Extra slides and extra revision rounds are quoted in writing before we start them.

Questions, answered.

Can you design the due diligence materials as well?+

The packages cover the deck, a one-pager and a teaser. Other documents can be quoted in writing.

Do you work with first-time managers?+

Yes. The deck then leans on prior investing experience, clearly attributed.

Will you add the legal disclaimers?+

We place the text your counsel provides. We do not draft it.

How should a first-time manager show track record?+

By listing prior investments with a clear statement of the role played in each, and separating personal, angel and institutional deals.

Realized or unrealized returns?+

Both, labeled. Mixing them without saying so is the fastest way to lose a limited partner's trust.

How much does a pitch deck cost here?+

A written Deck Audit is $1,500. Investor Finish, a design rebuild of up to 15 slides, is $3,500. Finish + Story, with the argument restructured, is $6,500. Raise Set, up to 30 slides with a one-pager and teaser, is $10,000.

How long does it take?+

Three business days for an audit, five for Investor Finish, eight for Finish + Story and twelve for Raise Set, counted from payment and a complete brief.

Is there a call?+

No. No package includes a call or meeting. You brief us in writing and comment in writing.

What do I need to send?+

Your draft deck in any editable format, or notes if you chose a package with writing, plus a few lines on who will read it and what you are asking for.

How do I pay?+

By card, through a secure payment link we send once scope and delivery date are confirmed in writing.

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