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Tidewise — flood-risk intelligence — Presentation Requirements

Source: ../series-a-pitch.html · Type: Series A pitch · Audience: Series A investors · Mode: Live · Time: 10 min + 5 Q&A Fictional case. The deck is the current implementation; this file captures the brief, structure, and acceptance.

1. Audience and intent

Series A investors in a partner meeting; 10 minutes plus Q&A.

Intent: Earn a second meeting and advance to diligence.

Decision or action: Advance to a partner meeting; request data-room access.

Success: An investor can repeat the wedge, the traction, and the ask in one sentence.

2. Narrative

Problem → insight → product → market → traction → model → competition → team → ask.

Slide sequence

#	Slide	Budget	Purpose / speaker cue
1	Tidewise — flood-risk intelligence	1	Open with the one-line thesis: utilities are flying blind on asset-level flood risk.
2	The problem	1	One number per stat.
3	The insight	1	Contrast the scattered data with the single score.
4	The product	2	Do not demo every screen.
5	Market	1	The bottom-up number is the point.
6	Traction	1	Traction is the proof of the wedge.
7	Business model	1	Land is small enough to skip procurement; expand is the NRR story.
8	Competition	1	Do not disparage consultants; position them as a different job.
9	Team	1	One line each.
10	The ask	1	End with the ask and the milestones.

3. Evidence and fact-check

Bottom-up TAM, 14 production utilities, $1.2M ARR, 132% NRR, 9-month CAC payback. All metrics are fictional; label assumptions and sources before use.

Fact-check gate: confirm names, numbers, dates, and comparisons before layout. A precise number without a date and source is a liability.

4. Language and delivery

Spoken, short sentences; one number per slide; no adjective without a number.

5. Visual and accessibility

Dark, teal accent, large numerals; one idea per slide; charts with axis, baseline, and source. Cover uses a coastal aerial photograph; no borrowed dashboard.

6. Time and structure

10 minutes plus 5 Q&A; about one minute per slide. Must-cut: competition detail and team detail; protect traction and the ask. (total budget: 11 minutes)

Q&A: prepare the ten most likely questions and one honest answer for each. Do not improvise a fact.

7. Verification

• Titles-only read: read the slide titles in order. The argument must hold without the body.
• Timed run: rehearse to a hard stop, record it, and cut from the must-cut list.
• Evidence: every number and comparison has a source, date, and range where relevant.
• Visual: check at presentation size, in grayscale, and in the exported file.
• Accessibility: alt text, reading order, contrast, color-not-alone, reduced motion, captions/transcript.
• Print: one slide per page, notes hidden, no clipped content.
• Read the slide titles as an argument; check every metric against the data room; rehearse the ask.

8. Non-goals and open questions

Risks: TAM inflation; unsupported NRR; a pitch that ends without a clear ask.

Open: Replace fictional metrics; confirm fund stage and check size; decide whether to include a live product demo.

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