The PitchReady™ Library
Guides, checklists and straight answers on pitch decks, investor readiness, valuation and capital raising in Australia — the same material we use inside PitchReady™, updated as the market moves. Free, sourced, and built for founders doing it themselves.
Pitch deck · Guide · 8 min
The 12 slides investors expect, where their attention actually goes, and how to build a deck that works in a four-minute read.
Startup advice · Article · 7 min
Story, deck, Q&A, targeting — the four failure modes, what they look like in the room, and the fix for each.
Valuation · Guide + one-pager · 10 min
Pre- and post-money maths, dilution bands, the two published Australian day-zero anchors, and a worked A$500K SAFE example.
Readiness · Checklist + download
The 12 gaps investors find first — story, numbers, Australian housekeeping, deck and rehearsal — with a downloadable fix-by checklist.
Capital raising · Guide · 11 min
Round medians, who writes the cheques, the Corporations Act rules behind every offer, and the incentives that change the numbers.
Raising funds · Guide + checklist
The readiness gates, the target list, the materials and the outreach mechanics — with an 18-gate pre-flight checklist.
Q&A prep · Checklist + one-pager
The 25 questions investors actually ask, what each one is really testing, and the practice protocol that gets your answers tight.
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Free tools & downloads
The working one-pagers and checklists behind the guides — printable, free, no email gate. Grab them before your next investor meeting.
One-pager · Printable
The three formulas, the dilution bands, the two published Australian day-zero anchors, and the worked A$500K SAFE example — on one page. Check your maths before an investor checks it for you.
Open the one-pagerChecklist · In review
The 12 fixes, a fix-by column and a sequencing rule — the printable version of our readiness guide. Landing here first.
Coming soonChecklist · In review
Eighteen gates to tick before the first outreach email goes out — decision, target list, rules, materials, batching.
Coming soonThe library is the DIY layer. PitchReady™ is the same process, built with you — assessment to the investor's desk.
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