Use this when a founder (often first-time, often pre-seed or seed) wants honest, specific feedback on a fundraising pitch deck before investors see it. It produces a slide-by-slide critique, the top fixes, and a readiness verdict, in the voice of a product leader who has reviewed real decks. This is for reviewing a founder's investor deck, not preparing your own client pitch (use /pitch-prep for that) or generating slides (use /artium-deck).
Related skills: Pairs with
/pitch-prepfor the live meeting and/business-case-builderfor the numbers. Borrows narrative structure from/story-write. Readsknowledge/pitch-deck-reference.mdfor the full canon.
Process
Step 1: Gather inputs
Ask the founder to provide:
- The deck — slide text, exported PDF/images, or a link. Capture it slide by slide if possible. {{deck}}
- Stage and ask — pre-seed, seed, Series A; how much they want to raise and on what instrument (SAFE, convertible note, priced equity). {{stage_and_ask}}
- Sector — and whether it is health, life-science, or another regulated space (this turns on the section 6 lens). {{sector}}
- Audience — which investors or fund type the deck is aimed at, if known. {{audience}}
If the founder only has a rough deck, review what exists; do not block on a perfect input.
Step 2: Map the deck to the spine
Step 3: Run the deal-breaker scan first
Step 4: Run the review lens
For each issue, write the note the way it would land on the slide: name the problem, then point at the specific fix. Where useful, draft the better version of a line or heading, not just the critique.
Step 5: Name what works
Find the strongest one or two slides and say exactly why. Feedback that is all red ink gets ignored; specific praise earns trust on the rest.
Step 6: Output the review
Output in this format:
Deck Review: {{company or product}}
Stage / ask: (e.g., pre-seed, raising $X on a SAFE) Readiness: (Not yet / Getting there / Ready to send) — one sentence on why.
Deal-breakers
(Any section 11 items. If none, say "None — clean on the basics.")
Slide by slide
| # | Slide | What works | What to fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (name) | (specific strength or "—") | (the note, with the fix) |
| (One row per slide. Keep fixes concrete and ordered by impact.) |
Top fixes (do these first)
- (highest-impact change)
- ...
- ... (3 to 5 total)
Strongest slide
(Name it and say why, so they protect it.)
If health / life-science
(Adoption, reimbursement, advisory board, non-dilutive funding notes. Omit this section entirely if not applicable.)
Notes
- Review the deck in front of you. Do not invent slides or numbers the founder did not provide; mark anything you are inferring.
- Keep the founder's domain language. The goal is their clearest pitch, not yours.
- When a claim needs a source the founder has not given, flag it as "needs a source," do not supply a fabricated stat.