Pro practicePre-seed investor pitch practice interview
Problem and insight, early traction, founding team, business model and use of funds. Practise the 6 questions selection panels ask with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the award
A pre-seed investor pitch is a short conversation where an early investor decides whether to back your startup before it has much revenue. They look at the problem and your insight into it, early signs of demand, your founding team, how the business will make money and exactly what you will do with the funds.
How to prepare
- Practise a pitch of two to three minutes that covers problem, solution, traction, team and the raise.
- Know how much you are raising and break down how each part will be spent.
- Prepare evidence of demand, even if small, such as waitlists, pilots, letters of intent or paying users.
- Be clear on how you make money and what your customers pay.
- Think through the next 12 to 18 months and the milestones the money will reach.
Common mistakes
- Spending most of the time on the product and leaving no time for the business.
- Giving a market size figure you cannot explain or back up.
- Being vague about how the money will be used.
What to expect
A real selection interview
6 questions the way selection panels ask, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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