Secrets of a $10M VC & SaaS Founder
- How to maximize your credibility with investors using just 9 slides
- Principles I used to help 2 founders go from ghosted to funded ($2.5M total)
- How investors ACTUALLY decide who to take meetings with
- How to use plain English and simple narratives to stand out from the ocean of SaaS decks you’re competing with
- What investors are saying about you BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
30 minutes with Blaine Davis
- Former Partner at Outlander VC
- Invested $10M into SaaS startups
- Personally reviewed 10,000+ SaaS decks
- Has been pitched by 2,000+ SaaS founders
- SaaS founder achieving $1.1M ARR in 4 months (raised $2.5M)
Friday, March 28th
10:30 AM EST
7:30 AM PST
2:30 PM GMT
Result: Raised $630K
I can’t speak highly enough of Ed’s startup advisory services and the assistance he provided with our pitch deck. His detailed feedback was incredibly insightful, transforming our deck into a polished and compelling presentation. His expertise and attention to detail made all the difference in helping us secure seed funding. I highly recommend Ed’s services to anyone looking to elevate their presentations and raise capital.
Result: Raised $2M
The speed at which Ed generated interest in our raise and closed on funding was nothing short of amazing. He was a critical part of our convertible note round from deck creation and granular modeling work through to investor pitching and closing tickets. Easiest money I’ve ever raised. Ed was an investment well made.
In the startup world, particularly during fundraising, feedback and guidance are critical. Edward’s insight and interactions have been invaluable to my clients. He quickly distills challenges within pitch decks and offers recommendations to bring clarity to founders. His ideas not only improved pitches, but they were also productive for the business models themselves. Along this hectic founder journey, a partner like Edward is a must.
I was introduced to Edward through a mutual friend who spoke very highly of him, and I can honestly say that even with the high bar set, Edward blew me away with the amount of insightful information he provided. He has years of experience pitching investors, and it comes through in his knowledge of what they’re looking for, what to highlight and eliminate, fundraising strategy, and financial structuring. His feedback was invaluable, and we rearranged our deck with almost every one of his suggestions. The flow was so much more fluid, and investors noticed. He really is an expert in this field and brings immense value to his clients! Highly recommend him as an asset to any team.
Ed quickly identified some of the pitfalls of sending our deck to investors in its current state and let us know how we could improve our messaging. I could tell that he took the time to really understand what we were doing and how we could make our business more appealing to investors, and he made sure that investors could get an understanding of our business at a quick glance. I would definitely recommend him, he knows what he’s doing, and if you’re thinking about having someone help you put together a good pitch deck, I think Ed’s the guy.
Ed gave super specific and actionable feedback. After making the changes we immediately started getting more positive feedback from the investors we are talking to. It’s great getting an external opinion because it can be hard to figure out how a first time viewer is reacting to the info in your deck & what messaging is not landing.
We fumbled around with our pitch deck for months. Ed’s guidance was instrumental in getting us meetings with quality investors. Can’t recommend enough!
Ed is incredibly efficient in providing valuable advice for investor materials. He quickly grasped our business model, our target market, and strategy. He was able to give pointed feedback on our investor deck which I was able to implement right away and notice an instant uptick in investor engagement and conversion to next steps. Ed knows exactly how pitch decks should be structured, the questions they should answer, and how to boil down complex concepts into concise messages that the reader can absorb at a quick glance. One impression and often less than 30 seconds is all you have. I would definitely hire Ed again.