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54%
54% -- share of successful decks with why now slide for successful pitch decks (2025)
54% of successful pitch decks include a 'Why Now' slide.
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54%
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Data Vintage
2025
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50
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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raisek.com
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Tier C
https://raisek.com/2025/04/23/pitch-deck-mistakes/ ↗
Source Article
Pitch Deck Pitfalls: 13 Errors That Sabotage Funding Opportunities
Pitch deck mistakes hurt founders more than they realize. Investors respond to only about 10% of pitch decks and invest in less than 1%. Their review time averages just 3 minutes and 44 seconds before making investment decisions.
Our analysis of hundreds of failed pitch decks revealed 13 fatal error…
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successful pitch decks: 54% share of successful decks with why now slide. Source: raisek.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/why-now-slide-successful-decks
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