The best media pitch decks contain a compelling story, creative ideas and smart tactics, as well as an approachable way to communicate with journalists. Whether you're launching a new product or pitching individual journalists that are ripe for coverage, these 12 pitch decks will help.
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Media Pitch Decks
1. Holloway
We started Holloway because we felt let down. The internet we grew up imagining—one where anyone could find anything, learn anything—didn’t turn out so hot. The internet enabled anyone to freely publish just about anything. This was the best of times. This was the worst of times. Out of this explosion of knowledge, we got the wisdom of the crowd, but we also got the foolishness of popups, banner ads, and how-to articles written by who-knows-who.
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Amount Raised: $4.6M
Year: 2019
Stage: Seed
Website : https://www.holloway.com/
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2. Buzzfeed
Buzzfeed is a global digital media company that delivers news and entertainment content to its audience.In 2008 Buzzfeed raised $3.5M in funds with the provided pitch deck. The lead investor in this Series-A round was Hearst Ventures.Over the last 14 years, Buzzfeed was able to raise a total of $496.3M in funding and is valued between $1B - $10B.
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Amount Raised: $3.5M
Year: 2008
Stage: Series-A
Website : https://www.buzzfeed.com/
3. YouTube
YouTube is the worlds largest video-sharing platform with a rather short funraising background.However, YouTubes pitch deck helped the company in 2005 to raise $3.5M in funding. The lead investors was Sequoia Capital Only one other $8M funding Series-B accelerated YouTubes success in 2006. This was the last funding YouTube received.
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Amount Raised: $3.5M
Year: 2005
Stage: Series-A
Website : https://www.youtube.com/
4. Crunchbase
Crunchbase has best-in-class live data powered by our unique community of contributors, partners, and in-house data experts. Data is enriched, cleansed, verified, and updated daily to ensure our customers have the latest information on private companies.
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Amount Raised: $30M
Year: 2019
Stage: 2019
Website : https://www.crunchbase.com/
5. Crossbeam
Crossbeam was founded in 2018 by Bob Moore and Buck Ryan, experienced entrepreneurs frustrated with the lack of data-driven decisions in the world of partnerships. The team set out to build a new platform that would allow partner companies to put data at the center of their alliances.
Today, we are a remote-first company with over 50 team members across 17 states and an office footprint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Amount Raised: $12.5M
Year: 2020
Stage: Series-A
Website : https://www.crossbeam.com/
6. RegioHelden
The founder of RegioHelden Feliks Eyser talks about how he managed to raise 10m with this deck on his Medium account.
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Amount Raised: $10M
Stage: Series-B
7. Fyllo
Fyllo’s marketing and regulatory solutions give you the tools, data and integrations you need to drive new growth with speed and scale.
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Amount Raised: $26M
Year: 2018
Stage: Series-A
Website : https://hellofyllo.com/‍
8. AppNexus
AppNexus is a cloud-based software platform on which marketers can connect and engage with consumers on websites and apps.With this pitch deck AppNexus has raised an unknown amount of money in a Seed-round.However, up to this date appnex is funded by 22 investors but has never revealed the amount of funds raised.
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Stage: Seed
Website : https://www.appnexus.com
9. Kibin
Kibin is an editing & proof reading service for students.In 2011 Kibin raised $400k with the help of this pitch deck.
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Amount Raised: $400k
Year: 2011
Stage: Seed
Website : https://www.kibin.com/
10. SandboxVR
Sandbox is a futuristic VR experience for groups of up to 6 where you can see and physically interact with everyone inside, just like the real world. Inspired by Star Trek's Holodeck, our exclusive worlds let you feel like you're living inside a game or movie, and are built by EA, Sony, and Ubisoft veterans. See why Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Kevin Durant, and Will Smith support us. In here, it's possible.
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Amount Raised: $68M
Year: 2019
Stage: Series-A
Website : https://sandboxvr.com/
11. Contentools
ContentTools is a product of PowerUp Labs, a full service digital agency specializing in
software, marketing and strategy.
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Amount Raised: N/A
Year: 2019
Stage: Seed
Website : https://contenttools.co/
12. Bitspawn
Operator of a blockchain-based gaming platform designed to assist gamers around the world to get access to new revenue streams for their abilities. The company's platform has created a system for players to be rewarded for the liquidity they provide in competitive marketplaces and creates new revenue streams for gamers outside the traditional realms of content creation and streaming, enabling gamers to monetize their gameplay.
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Amount Raised: $6.8M
Year: 2021
Stage: Seed
Website : https://bitspawn.io/
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