Ask HN: Review my Pitch Deck

I enjoyed the deck, a few ideas:

1. I had to skip around a bit to learn what FP was, then I came back and started reading from the beginning again. I think it's be helpful to provide a small amount of background in the very beginning (perhaps even just a tagline would suffice), so that the reader understands the context before they read the market overview.

2. This probably goes without saying, but the financials aren't filled in yet. For a product that has a beta launched, I'd want to see traction and revenue numbers above all else. If you don't want to share financial/growth numbers publicly that's fine, as long as the investors you're pitching get to see them.

Hope that helps.

Lovely design. It takes a long time to figure out what it is. Either lead with the problem and follow up with your solution (which I'm not convinced is a good strategy for games) or lead with the description and follow up with your traction.

Which is the other big problem: there is nothing about traction, whether in terms of users or finances. Forget projections - angels want to see what concrete rates of growth you've had.

OK now that I'm rereading your description above, it sounds like you haven't launched yet. I wouldn't expect an angel to invest in you based on (a) you having quit your job and (b) there being a market to address. Instead, you should expect an angel to invest in you because you've launched AND shown that you're growing massively. Especially in Europe, and especially in games.

I'd look into alternative funding options. In Canada, where there is also nearly no VC or angel money, we have a lot of game dev tax credits.

Finally, I'd close with this note, because I wish I'd had someone tell me it when I went full time on my first startup: focus on product, not fundraising. If you can't live off of your own savings or any other funding you can get together, then (unless you've raised money before and did well) don't bet on someone backing you until it's obvious that they should put money in (e.g. a hundred thousand users).

Great design. I have been in gaming for a very long time and I can tell you that it is very very hard to raise money for games in Europe. Investors simply do not like game companies. Games are not predictable and often it is only luck that makes the difference between a smash hit and a failure. A few things you should try: - talk to the guys at London Venture Partners. They are the only VC that solely focusses on games. - talk to the European Games Group EGG. They are very open minded and can help with publishing and provide modest funding - talk to the guys at Spil Games. Spil operates the largest European online games sites. You might be able to get prepayment from them if you give them an exclusive.

Also talk to other publishers. When setting up my own game company I managed to get pre payments from publishers. These guys do not take any shares of your company but they will take a large chunk of your future earnings. But publisher prepay coupled with their power to market your game is a good thing.