How To

Create A Pitch Deck

Keet Van Zyl, founder of and partner at Knife Capital, shares valuable tips on how to create a pitch deck for investors.

About This Recipe

Bringing your business to the attention of the right people is a big part of making it successful. To grow and make an impact, you need funding and strategic advice - and the first step towards securing these is a pitch deck that will get you noticed.

Enter Keet Van Zyl, founder of and partner at Knife Capital and an experienced venture capitalist who knows what a successful pitch entails.

In this recipe, Keet shares a step-by-step guide to creating a pitch deck. From opening to closing, from sequencing your slides to understanding your target audience, he discusses it all. The themes that arise again and again are to keep it simple, be clear about who you are and what you do, and say what it is you want.

Cover These 10 Steps

Step 1: Understand Your Audience
Step 2: Define Your Key Message
Step 3: Structure Your Pitch Deck
Step 4: Hook Your Audience With A Strong Opening
Step 5: Describe The Problem
Step 6: Present Your Solution
Step 7: Showcase The Market Opportunity
Step 8: Highlight Your Team
Step 9: Present Your Financials
Step 10: End With A Strong Call To Action

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Who Is Our Heavy Chef?

Keet Van Zyl has over 20 years of investment experience in private equity, banking and venture capital. He co-founded Knife Capital in 2010 to scale South African high-growth businesses globally and worked at industry-leading companies such as Procter & Gamble, Investec Bank and ‘Here Be Dragons’ (HBD) Venture Capital.

Keet is on the board of the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) and is passionate about building the early-stage funding ecosystem in Africa.

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