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12% -- pitch decks read in full rate for startup pitch decks (2025)
Only 12% of startup pitch decks analyzed were read in full by investors.
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12%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Sample Size
200
Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
DocSend (Dropbox)
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Tier B
https://stradonn.com/2025/05/12/vcs-decide-in-3-minutes-how-to-make-your-pitch-deck-count/ ↗
Source Article
VCs Decide in 3 Minutes: How to Make Your Pitch Deck Count
That’s all the time your pitch deck gets before investors move on.
A Dropbox DocSend study analysed 200+ startup decks. The findings?
- Only 12% were read in full
- Average time spent per slide: 19.2 seconds
- Most time spent on: Company Purpose, Business Model, and Financials
Founders Obsess Over S…
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DocSend (Dropbox)
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Methodology
DocSend analysis of 200+ startup pitch decks
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Industrysaas
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startup pitch decks: 12% pitch decks read in full rate. Source: DocSend (Dropbox) (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/pitch-decks-read-in-full-12pct
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/pitch-decks-read-in-full-12pct" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>12%</strong> -- pitch decks read in full rate for startup pitch decks<br><small>Source: DocSend (Dropbox) (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/pitch-decks-read-in-full-12pct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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