How to Create & Share a Pitch Deck Online
Create a pitch deck and share it with investors via a simple link. Free tools, structure tips, and hosting guide for founders.
A pitch deck is the document that introduces your startup to investors, partners, or stakeholders. It needs to be compelling, clear, and easy to share. Here is how to create one and get it in front of the right people.
Pitch Deck Structure
Most successful pitch decks follow a variation of this structure:
- Title slide - Company name, tagline, your name and title
- Problem - What pain point exists in the market
- Solution - How your product solves it
- Market size - How big is the opportunity (TAM, SAM, SOM)
- Product - Screenshots, demo, or key features
- Business model - How you make money
- Traction - Metrics, revenue, users, partnerships
- Competition - Landscape and your differentiation
- Team - Key team members and their relevant experience
- Financials - Projections and key metrics
- The ask - How much you are raising and how you will use the funds
- Contact - How to reach you
Keep it to 10-15 slides. Investors review dozens of decks each week, so brevity matters.
Design Tools
Free Options
- Google Slides - Collaborative, easy to export as PDF
- Canva - Professional templates designed for pitch decks
- Pitch - Purpose-built for startup presentations with a free tier
Professional Options
- Keynote - Clean templates, Mac only
- Figma - Full design control for custom layouts
- PowerPoint - Industry standard with extensive template options
Design Tips
- Use one key idea per slide
- Limit text to headlines and short bullet points
- Include data visualizations instead of raw numbers
- Use consistent fonts and colors throughout
- Make text large enough to read on a phone screen
- Include your logo on every slide
How to Share Your Pitch Deck
Emailing large PowerPoint files is unreliable. Investors may not have the right software, the file might get flagged by spam filters, or the formatting could break.
The better approach:
- Export your pitch deck as a PDF
- Upload it to Linkyhost
- Share the link in your outreach emails
Benefits of Link-Based Sharing
- No download required - Investors view it instantly in their browser
- Works on any device - Phone, tablet, or desktop
- Track views - Know when your deck has been opened
- Easy updates - Replace the PDF if you update your metrics
- Professional appearance - A clean link is better than a 15MB attachment
Pitch Deck Mistakes to Avoid
- Too many slides (keep it under 15)
- Walls of text instead of visuals
- Missing the ask slide
- No traction or proof of concept
- Generic market size claims without sourcing
- Sharing an editable file instead of a PDF
Get Started
Build your pitch deck, export it as a PDF, and host it on Linkyhost for free. Share it with a single link.