Start-Up 101: Investment Readiness: Pitch Decks & Pitching

Date 3 March 2022
Time 1 - 5pm
Cost Free

Are you looking to create a powerful pitch deck that will inspire investors to put their capital into your business? This session will cover the fundamentals of an effective deck that will get you the results and startup funding your company needs. Whether you are just starting out with your business idea or are on your Series A funding round, you need a strong and effective investor pitch deck to piggyback on.

Learning outcomes:

  • Nailing the big and urgent problem you’re solving
  • The solution that you are using to solve this problem
  • The size of your market and how to determine what portion you are addressing
  • Your competitors and your competitive advantage in the marketplace
  • Traction gained so far, and how to provide proof and market validation
  • Your business model for marketing, selling, and gaining customers and revenues
  • Financials, how to forecast sales, revenues, and profits 

About Karen:

Karen Winton is a co-founder of VoXo, an online platform offering training and using data to connect women to speaking opportunities. Her previous roles encompassed venture capital with Hong Kong-headquartered firm Nest where she opened its first overseas office in London in 2015 and helped UK-based high growth early-stage tech companies with business models relevant to Asia and Africa find funding and other support. She also spent six years with the Hong Kong Government, spearheading a global campaign to attract startup founders to scale their businesses from Hong Kong. Karen began her career in business journalism in London and moved to Hong Kong in 1990, where she held positions with publishers Fairfax Media Ltd and The Economist Group. In 2003, she launched an independent custom publishing business with US partners. She holds a Bachelor's Degree with Honours in History from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.