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Re:Raise Less Money by frequentnapper on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:38PM (#24139139)
Is it still possible these days to found a startup and raise funding based on just powerpoint slides? Are there examples of this?
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Re:Raise Less Money by threeseed on Thursday August 13, 2020 @02:30AM (#24140543)
Yes very common.

Almost always however there is something special about the founders e.g. they previously exited a successful startup or are simply a rockstar who all the VCs follow on Twitter.

It's not recent but Canva got funding with just a Powerpoint. And I can't imagine Justin Kan needing an MVP for Atrium in order to get into YC.

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