4 must-haves to include in your investor presentation Incorporate these key elements into your pitch to prospective investors By Sarah Murphy Once you’ve done your research on potential investors and crafted the perfect company story, it’s time to focus on what to include in your investor presentations. Here are four key elements you’ll want to make sure you incorporate into your pitch: Business Model and Market Opportunity Explain your specific customer problem and how your product or service addresses it. Provide details on your total addressable market supported by data on its size, growth metrics, and competitive landscape. Use charts and graphs to visually showcase the immense potential. Management Team Introduce key team members and board advisors with brief backgrounds highlighting their most relevant expertise and achievements. For early-stage companies, emphasize technical capabilities, while mature companies should highlight seasoned leadership. Include short bios in an appendix. Financials and Key Metrics Present historical financial performance over time, calling out key trends. Include metrics like customer acquisition cost, churn rate, and burn rate that are relevant benchmarks for your industry and stage. Create projections extending historical performance into the future. Growth Strategy and Future Projections Outline your concrete strategic growth plans supported by historical traction. Provide projected financials, clearly tying forecasts back to specific growth initiatives and opportunities. Illustrate how the capital raised will fund expansion plans to accelerate returns. For more tips on acing investor presentations and securing funding for your company, download our How to craft compelling investor presentations guide. Get the latest blogs from Mesh by subscribing to our newsletter Manage Your Payments With Full Control & Visibility Get Started Sarah Murphy Sarah is a Content Manager for Mesh Payments. Before working in marketing, she completed her Master of Journalism degree at Toronto Metropolitan University (f.k.a. Ryerson University) and worked as an arts journalist in Toronto. She was a content writer for tech companies in the retail and workforce management sectors before joining Mesh in 2022.
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