Pitchfire for Startups

Pitchfire for Startups is a service that matches a founder's pitch deck with venture firms whose stated theses fit, then makes the introductions. It is the startup-facing side of a product that Pitchfire sells to investors. The founder uploads a deck, and the service reads it, researches the company and ranks the firms it finds.

What Pitchfire for Startups offers

• Deck reading: reads an uploaded pitch deck and researches the company behind it.
• Investor matching: scores the company against thousands of firms' stated theses, portfolio companies and investment criteria, and gives a reason for each result.
• Introductions: writes and sends introductions to the highest-ranked matches.
• Contact sharing: shares the founder's contact details only with investors who reply that they are interested.
• Existing lists: founders can upload their own investor list, and introductions are made where the service holds contact details.

Customers and markets

Startups raising money from venture firms.

Key facts

• Introductions: the company states that signed-up founders are matched and introduced to three investors each day.
• Parent service: the wider product is sold to investors, while this listing covers the founder side.