Template slide pack for investment pitch [This is the sort of information that would be expected, but you may not be able to provide it all in the first instance. Please provide what information you can]

Executive summary Abstract/summary to be completed after rest of the pack Please include why you think that this is the right time for this product/service to come out

Market need What is the market? Customer feedback? What problem are you solving and for whom? Who are the other companies in the marketplace? How are current competitors failing to meet customers’ needs? Customer feedback? Any interactions to date?

Market Size Market size? Total Addressable Market (TAM): everyone you wish to reach with your product Specific Addressable Market (SAM): the portion of TAM you will target Share of Market (SOM): the subset of your SAM that you will realistically reach in the first years of business

Product/Service What product or service are you going to be selling? What is the technology that this is based on? Who are you going to be selling it to? I.e. who are your target customers Now, and in the future Types and locations

Value proposition What benefit are you providing, for who and how do you do it uniquely well? What are the applications of your technology? What are the key benefits to customers? How much does your product cost? E.g. Is it cheaper or more expensive than current solutions? Why is it unique and for whom?

Defensibility How will you maintain your competitive advantage over time? Ongoing research and development? Can the idea be protected? Details of IP protection Patents? Trade Secrets? Copyright? Freedom to operate Is there any other IP you need to license to bring your product to market? Access to specific know-how/data/resources?

Competition Who are your competitors? Direct and indirect How is your solution better than theirs? E.g. Table comparing different characteristics

Route to Market What is the commercial path to market and who do you have to interact with to get to market? Details of business model How are you going to make money? Who will you sell this to? For how much? When will you have a product ready to sell? Barriers to customer adoption What would stand in the way of your customers using your product? How will you get your customers to use your technology? Why will it be easy for them to change to your product?

Short Term Strategy What are your plans for the first 12 months? Tell us what your start-up will do in the first year. E.g. Team building? New location? Product development? Business development? Cash requirement? Milestones? Where will you get? What value add point will you reach?

Long Term Strategy What are your plans for the following 2-5 years? Team building? New location? Product development? Business development? Cash requirement? Milestones? What value add point will you reach and when?

Financial Model Show your calculations How much will it cost you to make the product? How much will you sell it for? What profit will you obtain? Simple profit and loss, and cash flow

Long Term Vision What is your ambition? Do you want to sell the company to someone else or build the next HP or GSK? How many lives do you want to impact and how? What behaviours do you want to change? What is the reason for the company’s existence? Why might people be motivated to work for you?

Team Current members Skills still needed Project History Future plans CVs Skills still needed Recruitment plans? Project History Who has been doing what, since when? Future plans Who will be filling what role within the company?