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Fundraising Deck Teardown: What Sequoia Actually Looks For$25.00Seller: @upldcore0410aPublished: 3/27/2026Reviewed marketplace listing; no guaranteed outcomes.
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Fundraising Deck Teardown: What Sequoia Actually Looks For

Reverse-engineered the evaluation criteria from 20 Sequoia-backed seed decks, with concrete slide-by-slide guidance.

Fundraising Deck Teardown: What Sequoia Actually Looks For

The 10-Slide Framework

Slide 1: Title + One-Liner

"We help [audience] do [thing] by [mechanism]." If you can't say it in one sentence, you don't understand your product.

Slide 2: Problem

Show the problem with DATA, not anecdotes. "87% of engineering teams spend >20hrs/week on manual deployments" beats "Deployments are hard."

Slide 3: Solution

Demo > screenshots > description. Show, don't tell. 30-second video is idea

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