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Preliminary Pitch
PV Bootcamp 2021

Southeast Asia’s First

Student-run Venture Fund
Established in 2017
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Agenda for presentation

Introduction Preliminary Pitch Deliverables Q&A

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Typical deal process

Investment
Deal Sourcing Deal Evaluation Post-Investment
Decision

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Preliminary pitch is done before further deal evaluation

Preliminary Pitch
(Venture Sessions)

Investment
Deal Sourcing Deal Evaluation Post-Investment
Decision

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Preliminary pitch helps with initial screening of startups sourced

Description
Preliminary Pitch An initial pitch on a startup sourced, introducing the startup and reasons why the team
should do deeper dive on it
(Venture Sessions)

Rationale
VCs come across many deals and do not have the capacity to conduct due diligence
on all of them. Initial screening through the Preliminary Pitch allows for time to be
spent on evaluating more promising startups

Investment
Deal Sourcing Deal Evaluation Post-Investment
Decision

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Agenda for presentation

Introduction Preliminary Pitch Deliverables Q&A

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Preliminary Pitch touch-points and considerations

Some of the major touch-points for Preliminary Pitch are:

• Brief overview
• Market & Competitive landscape analysis
• Future state & risks involved

The ideal Preliminary Pitch should be:

• Short and succinct (No more than 3 mins)
• Convincing enough for the broader team to feel that the startup is interesting and
worth the time for deal evaluation

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Activity

In your own teams, share about an interesting startup and your preliminary evaluation of it

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Agenda for presentation

Introduction Preliminary Pitch Deliverables Q&A

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Deliverables

1. 3 Mins Preliminary Pitch for a startup in the form of gslides/ppt/pdf

a. 5 slides limit (excluding Appendix)
* You can expect a 3 Mins Q&A session after your presentation on Sunday Morning

Startup Restrictions: 1. SEA headquartered

2. Company in pre-seed, seed or series A stage

Startup Selection: 1. Participants to finalise company choice & inform team leads on
startup choice during team huddle at 3pm today.
2. Repeated startups within each team are not allowed

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Deliverables (cont’d)

Submission: Through upload to Google Drive with the appropriate naming

convention: <TeamXX_Full Name_Company Name>

Deadline: 31st July 2021, 2359hr (strictly)

Presentation Schedule: Based on assignment by team leads

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Agenda for presentation

Introduction Preliminary Pitch Deliverables Q&A

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Q&A
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Good luck & Have fun!