welcome to us The 40th Pitch Deck Disassembly! Good thing time flies.
Of those 40, only three were angel rounds, so today we’re breaking down the angel decks on the MiO Marketplace, a platform for media publishers and buyers. The company raised him $550,000 at his $3.6 million pre-money valuation.
A breakdown of the decomposition of the proposed materials so far. Image credit: TechCrunch / Haje Kamps
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MiO Marketplace comes out the gate and just keeps going. However, the deck did not contain all the important pieces. I wish the company had done a few things differently, but I’ll get to that.For now, here are his 16 slides that make up the Angel deck.
- cover slide
- History slide (“The Evolution of Online Marketplaces”)
- vision and mission slides
- problem slide
- Solution slide
- Opportunity slide
- market size slide
- Competition Slides (“B2B SaaS for Media Buyers/Sellers”)
- Value Proposition Slide 1 (“Buyer Features”)
- Value Proposition Slide 2 (“Intelligence for Sellers”)
- Business model slide (written as “Go-to-market”)
- traction slide
- Financial slides (labeled “Forecast”)
- Team Slide (“Founders”)
- Board of Directors slide
- contact slide
3 things to love
MiO nails its pitch on some very important pieces. The company’s team His slides focus on all the right things, explain their value proposition well, and the inclusion of the company’s mission helps solidify the big picture view.
A really promising team slide
[Slide 14] That’s how you show the fit between the founder and the market. Image credit: MiO Marketplace
In the early stages of a new business, investors don’t have much to do. It doesn’t have many products yet and it doesn’t have much traction. Nothing actually. So how do you assess an early-stage company? Is there a big enough market, problems, return opportunities, etc., but most importantly, how long does it take to bring this product to market? You have to consider whether it’s the right team. On paper, CEO and founder Sean Halter is a strong candidate. He has decades of experience and seems to have a deep understanding of the market. They are all useful. So what does the VC do next? A little due diligence to see if the slides match.
