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How to Pitch to a VC

Prime Venture Partners Free Beginner India

A short India-focused primer on what a first pitch should cover, including where market size fits and how it shapes how much you raise. It is practical for founders pitching Indian VCs for the first time. Read it to place your market slide inside a pitch that Indian investors expect.

  • Market size influences both your deck and how much you should raise
  • Keep the deck tight and let the market case be concrete
  • Connect the size of the opportunity to your growth plan
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The question it answers

  1. Investors keep asking for a top-down TAM slide, but I built my number bottoms-up. Which do I show?

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