Startup Valuation
Hire Pitch Deck Experts in India: Financial-Led Decks for Seed and Series A Founders
📌 For Founders: What You Must Know
- A pitch deck is a financial document first and a design document second. Investors read the story on slide one, then spend the rest of the meeting testing the numbers behind it.
- You should hire a pitch deck consultant when your raise is above roughly ₹2 crore, when institutional or foreign investors are involved, or when your own deck has stopped converting first meetings into second meetings.
- A DIY build takes 90 to 150 founder hours. At a monthly burn of ₹35 lakh, every week of delay costs about ₹8 lakh of runway.
- A top-tier expert delivers narrative, math and design, in that order of importance, with every number on every slide traceable to a model cell.
- On a ₹10 crore round, a ₹10 crore difference in pre-money Valuation changes the investor stake from 25% to 20%. That gap is worth far more than any consulting fee.
Every founder who decides to hire a pitch deck consultant or a team of pitch deck experts has usually tried the DIY route first: three weekends in a template, a dozen rewrites, and a deck that still draws the same question at the end of every first meeting: "How did you get to this number?" The slides were never the problem. The problem is that a pitch deck makes six financial claims at once (market size, traction, unit economics, use of funds, round size and Valuation, and exit return), and an investor will test every one of them against your books.
In India that testing is unusually concrete. Revenue on slide nine gets compared with GSTR-3B turnover and the audited profit and loss account. The cap table gets compared with MGT-7 shareholding and PAS-3 allotment returns. The price per share gets compared with what a Registered Valuer can support under Section 62(1)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013 and, for foreign money, with the pricing floor in Rule 21 of the FEMA NDI Rules, 2019. A deck built as a design exercise tends to fail at exactly these points.
At Elite Valuation, we sit on the other side of this table. As IBBI Registered Valuers and Chartered Accountants, we prepare Valuations that must survive tax officers, auditors, ROC filings and investor diligence. That is why we build pitch decks from the model outward. This guide explains when DIY stops making sense, what an expert actually does, how to vet one, and what the economics look like. For the statutory side, see our guides on share Valuation and Rule 57, FEMA Valuation for foreign investment and ESOP structuring.
Key Takeaways:
- A pitch deck is a financial document first and a design document second: every slide makes a claim that an investor will test against your books
- Hire a pitch deck consultant when the raise exceeds about ₹2 crore, investors are institutional or foreign, or your own deck has stopped converting first meetings
- A DIY build costs 90 to 150 founder hours, and at ₹35 lakh monthly burn each week of delay costs about ₹8 lakh of runway
- Templates solve layout. They cannot build a driver-based model, defend a Valuation range, or tie the round to Companies Act and FEMA requirements
- A top-tier consultant deliversnarrative, math and design, with every slide number traceable to a model cell
- Vet experts on financial questions (model ownership, Valuation triangulation, Section 62(1)(c) and FEMA Rule 21 awareness), not on portfolio aesthetics
- On a ₹10 crore round, moving pre-money Valuation from ₹30 crore to ₹40 crore lifts a founder's post-round holding by 3.5 percentage points (from a 70% starting stake)
- Angel tax under Section 56(2)(viib) was abolished from 1 April 2025, but Companies Act and FEMA Valuation floors still bind the round
The Founder's Dilemma: Time vs. Fundraising Velocity
Decision Phase
A priced round in India rarely closes in under three months. From first outreach to money in the bank, a typical seed or Series A process runs three to six months: investor outreach, first meetings, partner discussions, a term sheet, confirmatory due diligence, definitive agreements (the SHA and SSA), then allotment and statutory filings. The deck is the first gate in that sequence. If it stalls first meetings, the whole clock restarts, with a shorter runway and a weaker negotiating position.
The dilemma is that building the deck properly consumes time the business also needs. A credible deck is not a design task. It is a model, a market argument, a Valuation logic and a story, produced in roughly that order. In our experience, a founder building all of this alone spends 90 to 150 hours: 30 to 50 hours on the financial model and unit economics, 15 to 25 on market and competitor research, 15 to 25 on narrative drafts, 20 to 30 on design iteration, and 10 to 20 on investor-specific variants. That is two to four working weeks of CEO time, taken from sales, hiring and product in the very quarter investors will use to judge your traction.
📌 The Arithmetic of a Slow Raise
- At a monthly burn of ₹35 lakh, each week of delay costs about ₹8 lakh of runway
- A DIY build that adds six weeks before outreach starts consumes roughly ₹48 lakh of runway before a single investor has seen the deck
- 90 to 150 founder hours equals two to four full working weeks of CEO attention
- Investors rarely give a second first impression: a partner who passes on a weak deck seldom re-opens the file in the same quarter
Velocity matters for a second reason. Investors look at several companies in the same sector in the same quarter. A founder who answers a data request within 24 hours, with numbers that reconcile, signals operating discipline before diligence formally begins. An expert-built deck and model produce that data room as a by-product, instead of as a scramble after the first term sheet.
None of this means every founder should outsource. The honest answer depends on the round.
When DIY Is the Right Call
Small, Warm Round
Under ₹1 Crore
- The round is from angels or friends and family who already know you and the business
- No foreign investor, no institutional diligence and no formal Valuation report is expected
- The founder already has a working financial model and a finance background
- The deck is a conversation aid, not the primary basis on which a cheque is written
When It Is Time to Hire
Raise Above ₹2 Crore
Institutional or Foreign Money
- The pre-money Valuation has to be defended against analyst-level questions
- Your last deck went out to 20 investors and produced two second meetings
- The founder's time is fully absorbed by operations and the raise has a deadline
- The round involves CCPS, a foreign investor, an ESOP top-up or a structure that touches Companies Act and FEMA compliance
5 Signs Your DIY Pitch Deck Is Sabotaging Your Raise
Diagnosis Phase
Most founders discover their deck is the constraint only after months of silence from investors. These five signs let you diagnose it earlier. Each one maps to a specific point where Indian investors and their analysts test a deck.
1. Your Slide Numbers Do Not Reconcile to Your Own Books
Revenue, gross margin and burn on the slides differ from the MIS, the GSTR-3B turnover and the audited profit and loss account prepared under Schedule III. Investor analysts run this reconciliation within days of data room access. In our experience, an unexplained variance of more than a few percent triggers a diligence flag, and one-time implementation fees presented as recurring revenue turn that flag into a credibility problem.
2. Your Valuation Ask Is Borrowed, Not Built
"We want ₹60 crore because a competitor announced ₹60 crore" is the most common DIY Valuation logic and the weakest. Investors price your growth, margins and retention, not a peer headline. A defensible ask triangulates a revenue or EBITDA multiple, a DCF and relevant precedent rounds, with a stated range and sensitivity. For SaaS businesses, see how ARR, NRR and CAC efficiency drive the multiple.
3. Investors Keep Asking the Same Financial Question After Every Meeting
If every follow-up email asks "what does ₹X crore actually buy?", the deck has failed to state months of runway, the milestone the money funds and the metrics you will show at the next round. A deck that leaves use of funds as a pie chart with no timeline forces investors to build that logic themselves, and most will simply move on.
4. Your Cap Table Slide Does Not Match Your Statutory Records
The cap table on the slide differs from MGT-7 shareholding, from PAS-3 returns of allotment, or from the ESOP pool approved by shareholders under Section 62(1)(b). There is also no pro forma showing post-round ownership with the pool top-up. For a foreign investor, the deck is silent on the instrument, the Rule 21 pricing floor and the FC-GPR filing. Each gap invites a re-trade late in the process.
5. You Have Rewritten the Deck Many Times With No Change in Meeting Conversion
Track your funnel: outreach, first meeting, second meeting, term sheet. As a rough diagnostic, if fewer than one in five first meetings convert to a second, the deck or the ask is usually the constraint. Redesigning slides will not fix a conversion problem caused by weak unit economics, an unsupported Valuation or an unclear use of funds.
📌 The Two-Sign Rule
If two or more of these five signs describe your deck, the constraint is financial, not visual, and a design refresh will not move your conversion rate. That is the point at which founders should hire a pitch deck consultant with finance training instead of commissioning another round of slide design.
Not Sure Whether Your Deck Reconciles to Your Books?
We test your deck the way an investor's analyst will: slide by slide against your MIS, GST returns, audited financials and cap table, and tell you where it breaks before investors do.
The Limits of Templates: Why Canva Can't Defend Your Valuation
Reality Check Phase
Canva, Pitch and similar tools solve a real problem: layout. They give a founder a clean grid, consistent typography and a TAM bubble in ten minutes. What they cannot give is anything that sits behind the slide. A template has no idea what your gross margin is, whether your cohort retention supports the growth curve on slide eight, or whether the price per share on slide twelve can be supported by a Registered Valuer report.
Investors do not test the template. They test what the template is holding. The table below shows where DIY and template-led decks typically break.
| Deck Element | What a Template Gives You | What the Investor Tests | Indian Diligence Anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market size | A TAM, SAM and SOM graphic | Bottom-up logic and realistic serviceable share | Competitor revenue visible in MCA filings (AOC-4) |
| Traction | A growth chart | Revenue quality, cohorts, recurring versus one-time | GSTR-3B turnover, audited accounts, revenue recognition policy (AS 9 or Ind AS 115, as applicable) |
| Unit economics | A table layout | CAC payback, contribution margin, retention | MIS reconciled to books of account |
| Projections | A bar chart | Driver-based three-statement logic, not hockey-stick percentages | Balance sheet and cash flow consistent with Schedule III presentation |
| Use of funds | A pie chart | Runway to the next milestone | Board and shareholder resolutions for the issue |
| Round and Valuation | A text box with a number | Valuation basis, range and sensitivity, dilution | Section 62(1)(c) with Rule 13(2)(g); FEMA NDI Rules, Rule 21 |
| Cap table | A table | Pro forma post-round ownership including ESOP pool | MGT-7, PAS-3, ESOP approval under Section 62(1)(b) |
📋 Where the Valuation on Your Deck Meets Indian Law
- Companies Act, 2013: a preferential allotment under Section 62(1)(c), read with Rule 13(2)(g) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014, requires the issue price to be supported by a Registered Valuer report. See Section 62 preferential allotment Valuation
- FEMA: under Rule 21 of the FEMA NDI Rules, 2019, equity issued to a non-resident cannot be priced below fair value determined by an internationally accepted pricing methodology, certified by a Chartered Accountant, SEBI-registered merchant banker or practising cost accountant. FC-GPR is filed on the FIRMS portal within 30 days of allotment. See FEMA Valuation for FDI
- Income-tax: Rule 57 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026 (notified 20 March 2026, effective with the Income-tax Act, 2025 from 1 April 2026) consolidates the erstwhile Rules 11UA, 11UAA and 11UAB. For unquoted equity shares it prescribes a net asset value formula, relevant where shares change hands below fair market value under Section 92 of the Income-tax Act, 2025
- Angel tax: Section 56(2)(viib) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 was omitted by the Finance Act, 2024 with effect from 1 April 2025, so share premium on fresh issues is no longer taxed in the company's hands. This removes a tax ceiling on your pricing. It does not remove the Companies Act or FEMA requirements
- Regulatory watch: the draft FEMA (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2026 were released on 21 July 2026 to replace the NDI Rules. They remain in draft, and the NDI Rules, 2019 continue to apply until final rules are notified
⚠️ A Number on a Slide Is a Commitment. A deck that states "pre-money ₹40 crore" commits you to a price that must later carry a Registered Valuer report, a FEMA certificate, or both. When the deck's Valuation logic and the compliance Valuation are built by different people from different assumptions, the gap surfaces at closing, when you have the least room to negotiate. Our guide on when Valuation is mandatory in India lists the triggers.
This is the core reason pitch deck services built around design alone leave founders exposed. A pretty deck with an unsupported Valuation does not fail on slide three. It fails in week six, when the term sheet is signed and the compliance work begins.
What a Top-Tier Pitch Deck Consultant Actually Does (Narrative, Math, Design)
Scope Phase
A serious consultant delivers three layers, and the order matters. Narrative decides what the deck argues. Math proves it. Design makes both legible in the two minutes an investor spends on a first pass. Founders who hire for design first and math last get the sequence backwards.
Layer 1: Narrative
What the Deck Argues
- Fits the story to the investor type: angel, VC, family office or strategic acquirer each weigh the same facts differently
- Builds the "why now", the wedge and the ask into 12 to 15 core slides
- Pre-empts the three or four objections every investor in your sector will raise, inside the deck instead of in the meeting
- Produces variants of the deck for different investor profiles, without changing a single number
Layer 2: Math
What Proves It
Where Most DIY Decks Fail
- A driver-based three-statement model (profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow) linked to the charts in the deck
- Unit economics: CAC, payback, contribution margin, retention and cohort behaviour, separated from one-time revenue
- Use of funds mapped to months of runway and to the milestone that unlocks the next round
- A Valuation range triangulated across market multiples, DCF and precedent rounds, with sensitivity to growth and margin
- A pro forma cap table with ESOP pool top-up, instrument choice and post-round ownership
- A check of the round against Section 62(1)(c) and, where relevant, FEMA Rule 21 before the term sheet stage
Layer 3: Design
What Makes It Legible
- One message per slide, with the number that proves it visible without scrolling or squinting
- Charts that carry data rather than decorate it, and an appendix built for diligence
- A version that works when read alone, because investors forward decks to partners without the founder present
- Speaker notes and a Q and A document so the founder can defend each slide in a live meeting
How a Pitch Deck Consultant, an Agency and DIY Compare
Founders often confuse a pitch deck creation agency with a financial-led consultant. Both can produce attractive slides. They differ in what stands behind the slides.
| Option | Narrative | Financial Model | Valuation Defence | Design | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIY with a template | Founder-written | Founder-built, unreviewed | Peer headlines | Template-limited | Small, warm rounds |
| Freelance designer | Founder-supplied | None | None | Strong | Visual polish once the math is done |
| Pitch deck creation agency | Often strong | Limited or template-based | Rarely | Strong | Brand-led or consumer stories where visuals lead |
| Financial-led consultant | Built with the founder | Driver-based, linked to the deck | Range with sensitivity | Coordinated | Institutional, cross-border or Valuation-sensitive rounds |
How an Expert Build Runs
1. Data Intake and Reconciliation
Audited financials, MIS, GST returns, cap table, ESOP records and statutory filings are collected and reconciled. Every gap is logged before a single slide is drafted.
2. Model and Unit Economics
A driver-based model is built with a separate assumptions sheet, scenario toggles and checks, so the founder can change a growth driver and see the effect on runway and Valuation.
3. Valuation Range and Round Structure
The pre-money range is triangulated, the instrument is selected, and the pro forma cap table is built. Companies Act and FEMA readiness is checked at this stage, not after the term sheet.
4. Narrative Architecture
The storyline is written around the numbers that survive step three, with objections answered inside the deck and the appendix structured for diligence.
5. Design and Variants
Slides are designed to carry data cleanly, with investor-specific variants prepared from the same model so no two versions contradict each other.
6. Tie-Out and Q and A Rehearsal
Every number is traced back to a model cell and a source document. The founder rehearses the 25 hardest questions before the first investor meeting.
📌 The One-Cell Test
Pick any number on any slide and ask your consultant: which cell in the model produces this, and which source document feeds that cell? If the answer takes more than a minute or involves the words "we assumed", the deck is not ready. A financial-led build passes this test on every slide.
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How to Vet a Consultant (Questions to Ask About Their Financial Acumen)
Selection Phase
The best pitch deck experts are identified by how they answer finance questions, not by the polish of their portfolio. A portfolio shows what they can design. It says nothing about whether they can build a model, defend a Valuation range or notice that your allotment pricing breaches a FEMA floor. Use the questions below in your first call. Strong answers are specific and fast. Weak answers are vague or deflect to someone else.
| Question to Ask | What a Strong Answer Sounds Like | Red Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Who builds the financial model, and can I see a sample structure? | A named finance professional builds a driver-based three-statement model and shows a redacted structure with an assumptions sheet | "We use your numbers" or a pasted template with hardcoded values |
| How will you build the Valuation range for our stage? | Triangulates market multiples, DCF and precedent rounds, explains discounts for scale and illiquidity, and shows sensitivity | Quotes a single multiple or a peer headline |
| How does our pricing interact with Section 62(1)(c) and FEMA Rule 21 if we take foreign money? | Explains the Registered Valuer report, the certifying professionals, the pricing floor and the FC-GPR timeline | "The lawyers handle that" |
| How do you treat ARR, one-time revenue and deferred revenue? | Separates recurring from non-recurring revenue and reconciles both to the books | Uses billings or bookings as revenue |
| What happens when an investor asks for our model? | The model is delivered with documented assumptions, ready for diligence, and you own it | The model is held back, locked or "internal" |
| Which credentials stand behind the work? | CA, CFA, CS or IBBI Registered Valuer credentials, with prior transaction or diligence experience | Design credentials only |
| Have decks you built been through investor diligence? What broke? | Specific, candid examples of what failed and how it was fixed | Only awards and testimonials |
| How is your fee structured? | Fixed scope with milestones, and a clear line between deck preparation and capital introductions | A success fee tied to capital raised with unclear regulatory status |
⚠️ Deck Preparation and Capital Placement Are Different Activities. Be cautious of a consultant who ties fees to the amount you raise, or who promises investor introductions for a fee, without clarity on their regulatory status. Agree a written scope that separates deck and model preparation from any introduction or placement activity, and take legal advice before signing a success-fee arrangement.
📌 The 20-Minute Credibility Test
Share your last quarter's MIS with a shortlisted consultant before the first call. Ask them to come back with three questions. A financial-led expert will ask about revenue quality, CAC payback or runway. A design-led vendor will ask about brand colours. The questions you receive tell you more than any proposal.
Finally, check that the consultant intends to hand over the model, the Q and A document and a rehearsal session. You are outsourcing the build, not the ownership. If you cannot defend your own Valuation in the room, the engagement has not worked, however good the deck looks. For a broader view of what a competent advisor looks like, see our guide on the buy-side diligence process, which shows how investors and acquirers test the same numbers you are presenting.
The ROI of Outsourcing Your Deck to Elite Valuation
Economics Phase
The case to outsource a pitch deck rests on three numbers: dilution, runway and speed. Of these, dilution is the largest and the least visible, because it only shows up years later at exit.
Dilution: The Largest Line in the ROI
The table below uses a ₹10 crore round and assumes the founders hold 70% before the round (with the rest held by other shareholders and the ESOP pool). Pre-money Valuation is the only variable.
| Scenario | Pre-Money Valuation | Round Size | Post-Money Valuation | Investor Stake | Founder Holding After Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ₹40 crore | ₹10 crore | ₹50 crore | 20.0% | 56.0% |
| B | ₹30 crore | ₹10 crore | ₹40 crore | 25.0% | 52.5% |
| C | ₹25 crore | ₹10 crore | ₹35 crore | 28.6% | 50.0% |
Founder holding after round = 70% x (pre-money / post-money). Illustrative; ignores later rounds and ESOP top-ups.
The gap between Scenario A and Scenario C is six percentage points of founder ownership. On a hypothetical exit at ₹500 crore, and ignoring later dilution, six points is worth ₹30 crore. Even the gap between A and B (3.5 points) is worth ₹17.5 crore. A defensible Valuation range, supported by a driver-based model and cross-checked against precedent rounds, is how a founder holds the higher number in negotiation instead of conceding it in the first meeting.
Runway and Speed
An expert-led build typically takes 10 to 15 working days from receipt of data. A founder building alone, working evenings alongside operations, typically takes six to ten weeks of elapsed time. The difference is usually four to six weeks. At a burn of ₹8 lakh per week, that is ₹32 lakh to ₹48 lakh of runway preserved, plus the value of reaching investors while a market window is open.
Fee Against the Stakes
Indicative market ranges are ₹40,000 to ₹1.5 lakh for a design-only refresh and ₹3 lakh to ₹8 lakh for a financial-led build with model, Valuation range and cap table. Actual fees depend on scope, stage and timeline. Against a ₹10 crore round, that is a fee of 0.3% to 0.8% of the capital raised, set against three to six percentage points of founder ownership and weeks of preserved runway. The cost-benefit framing is straightforward: a fee of a few lakh rupees protects a raise of ₹10 crore or more.
📌 What Elite Valuation Builds Into a Pitch Deck Engagement
- A driver-based financial model from which every chart and figure in the deck is drawn, so each slide ties to a cell
- A Valuation range built by IBBI Registered Valuers, triangulated across market, income and precedent approaches with sensitivity
- Round structuring checked against Section 62(1)(c) of the Companies Act and Rule 21 of the FEMA NDI Rules before term sheet stage
- A pro forma cap table with ESOP pool sizing, linked to our ESOP advisory work
- Data room tie-out: deck figures reconciled to audited financials, GST returns and statutory records
- Investor Q and A rehearsal covering the hardest questions in your sector
Raising Within the Next Six Months?
Start the model and Valuation work 8 to 12 weeks before outreach. We will scope the deck, the financial model and the compliance path together, so nothing is rebuilt at term sheet stage.
📁 A Recent Engagement
B2B Logistics Software
₹8.1 Cr Recurring Revenue
₹12 Cr Seed-Extension Round
A founder approached us after her own deck had produced three first meetings and no second meetings across 18 investor conversations. The deck showed revenue of ₹9.5 crore and asked for ₹60 crore pre-money, anchored on a competitor's announced round.
Our reconciliation found three problems. ₹1.4 crore of the headline figure was one-time implementation fees, so recurring revenue was ₹8.1 crore. The cap table on the slide showed a 12% ESOP pool, while the shareholder resolution approved 8%. The ₹60 crore ask had no stated basis. We rebuilt the deck from a three-statement model, triangulated a pre-money range of ₹38 crore to ₹46 crore (4.7x to 5.7x recurring revenue), corrected the cap table, and prepared an 18-slide deck with a diligence appendix.
The company received two term sheets within nine weeks and closed at ₹44 crore pre-money, a 5.4x multiple on recurring revenue, with the investor taking 21.4% post-round. Investor diligence found no reconciliation gaps between the deck, the audited accounts and the statutory records. Details have been changed and figures rounded.
Where Founders Go Wrong When They Hire a Pitch Deck Consultant: Common Mistakes
1. Treating the deck as a design project before the model exists
Commissioning slides first and numbers later produces a deck whose figures are reverse-engineered to look good.
CONSEQUENCE
Investors find the inconsistency within days.
FIX
Build the model first, then let it drive every chart.
2. Hiring on portfolio aesthetics alone
A beautiful portfolio proves design skill. It proves nothing about financial acumen.
CONSEQUENCE
A polished deck that collapses in the first analyst call.
FIX
Use the vetting questions in this guide before signing.
3. Outsourcing the build and the ownership
Some founders hand over everything and never learn the numbers behind their own deck.
CONSEQUENCE
A founder who cannot explain the Valuation or the margin line loses credibility in the room.
FIX
Insist on model handover and a rehearsal session.
4. Setting the Valuation from a peer headline
A competitor's announced round reflects their metrics, investors and timing, not yours.
CONSEQUENCE
An unsupported ask is rejected, or accepted and repriced during diligence.
FIX
Present a range with stated basis and sensitivity.
5. Ignoring the regulatory floor behind the commercial price
The deck's price must later be supported by a Registered Valuer report under Section 62(1)(c), and by a FEMA-compliant fair value certificate for non-resident investors.
CONSEQUENCE
A price below the Rule 21 fair value floor cannot be allotted to a non-resident investor and forces a repricing at closing.
FIX
Check the compliance path before the term sheet.
6. Sending the same deck to every investor
An angel, a VC fund and a family office weigh traction, team and returns differently.
CONSEQUENCE
A generic deck persuades no one in particular.
FIX
Prepare variants from a single model so the numbers stay consistent.
7. Starting the deck after the process has started
Founders often begin the build only when investors are already asking for materials.
CONSEQUENCE
A rushed deck sets the first impression and cannot be recalled.
FIX
Start the model and Valuation work 8 to 12 weeks before outreach.
Closing Summary: A Pitch Deck Is a Financial Document That Happens to Be Beautiful
The decision to hire a pitch deck consultant is not a decision about slides. It is a decision about whether the numbers behind the slides will survive an investor's analyst, a Registered Valuer, a FEMA certificate and a diligence team. DIY works for small, warm rounds. It becomes expensive when a few points of dilution, a few weeks of runway or a failed first impression costs more than the fee. A top-tier expert builds narrative, math and design in that order, hands you the model and prepares you to defend it. At Elite Valuation, our pitch deck work is built on the same discipline as our Valuation practice: every number traceable, every claim supportable, every round compliant before the term sheet is signed.
Build a Pitch Deck That Survives the Investor's Spreadsheet
Data reconciliation → Financial model → Valuation range → Narrative and design → Compliance readiness. One engagement, from first draft to term sheet.
FAQ: How Long Does It Take an Expert to Build a Deck From Scratch?
Timeline and Answers
📌 Typical Expert Build Timeline: 10 to 15 Working Days
- Data intake and reconciliation: 2 days
- Financial model and unit economics: 4 to 5 days
- Valuation range and cap table: 2 days
- Narrative and design: 3 to 4 days
- Tie-out review and Q and A rehearsal: 1 to 2 days
CA Sagar Shah, Founder
Mr Sagar Shah is the Founder of Elite Valuation and leads the firm’s Valuation and Advisory practice. With over 15+ years of professional experience.
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