Pitch deck examples · teardowns

The decks that raised the famous rounds — taken apart.

Honest, slide-by-slide teardowns of the pitch decks behind Airbnb, Uber, LinkedIn, Buffer, Front and more — what each deck did right, the real numbers, and exactly how to apply it to your own raise.

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Bx
Brex
~$57M Series B · 2018–2019
“Corporate cards built for startups.”
PrivateTeardown
F
Front
$10M Series A (2016) · $66M Series B (2018)
“All your company’s external communication in one collaborative inbox.”
PrivateTeardown
M
Mixpanel
$65M Series B · Dec 2014 (~$865M valuation)
“Analytics that measure actions, not pageviews.”
PrivateTeardown
B
Buffer
~$450K seed (vs a $500K target) · 2011
“A smarter way to schedule social media posts.”
PrivateTeardown
A
Airbnb
$600K seed · 2009
“Book rooms with locals, rather than hotels.”
IPOTeardown
U
Uber
Earliest funding (figures unconfirmed) · late 2008
“Next-generation car service — everyone’s private driver.”
IPOTeardown
in
LinkedIn
$10M Series B · Oct 2004
“Professional people search — “2.0”.”
AcquiredTeardown
Sq
Sequoia Capital
Not a raise — Sequoia’s published deck framework
“The canonical 10-part pitch-deck structure.”
PrivateTeardown
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