Start-up culture has framed and empowered to test the unique business ideas and collect premium profits. We constantly observe the stories about these startups through trending website searches and business magazines, which were started from scratch and now have a global business empire and a powerful global market position. The investors invest their capital in the early decks for unique ideas and compassion to build something elite in the market.
Let us discuss some of the early decks’ journey to becoming a billion-dollar organization. Let us have a look:
ALAN:
Alan Pitch deck is a France-based health insurance company with a current valuation of $1.68 Billion. This startup raised $363 when it was started. Its latest round of investment has a net valuation of $1.68 Billion. It aims to become the leading firm of health insurance in France.
BREX:
This corporate company was started in 2018, raising the primary investment of $1.5 Billion. The current valuation of this company is $12.3 Billion with raising series with unicorn club vaulting. During the pandemic crises, Brex raised $1Billion and presently has a powerful corporate position in the global corporate market.
AIRBNB:
It was a core home rental startup reaching the $40.6 Billion current valuation. It is a well-known name in the hospitality industry whose catapulted valuation of $86.5 Billion is more than the valuation of the leading three companies combined. During the COVID-19 crisis, it raised its series G of investment, eventually reducing its valuation.
https://www.slideshare.net/BaseTemplates/brex-pitch-deck
APPNEXUS:
Appnexus is a cloud application-based company with a $1.6 to $2 Billion valuation. It is an ad tech company acquired by AT&T, which is the leading digital ad exchange company. This unit has been sold to Microsoft currently.
BUZZFEED:
It is one of the talked companies whose primary deck optimized the 2.5 million pages per month. This platform built around 1.2 billion unique website pages every month, collecting an exciting revenue of 41 percent. In 2021 BUZZFEED was public through SPAC MERGER.
https://www.slideshare.net/TechInAsiaID/buzzfeed-pitch-deck
CANVA:
It is one of the best digital collaborative platforms, with a valuation of $40 billion. Many of the top firms avail the designs of CANVA. Recently the company has drawn the $570million in funding, increasing its valuation.
COINBASE:
It is a company with an early pitch deck in 2012 with a current valuation of $65.3 Billion. The company has raised $600K and $539 K for the Funders club and Angel investors. This company has listed public in April 2021 with its current valuation.
https://www.slideshare.net/BrianArmstrong29/coinbase-seed-round-pitch-deck
DROPBOX:
The early pitch of DROPBOX is shared by Sequoia capital, raising its seed round of $1.2 million. This company represents the freemium business model with a current valuation of $12.6 billion. The company went public in March 2018.
https://www.slideshare.net/DanielChadorhany/dropbox-15k-of-vc-investment-turned-into-17b-dropboxs-initial-pitch-deck
FACEBOOK:
FACEBOOK has a current valuation of $104 billion. It raised its first investment of $500 million in 2004. Its addictive user interface and engaging accessibility made it one of the top-grossing companies to date.
https://www.slideshare.net/startuphome/facebook-pitch-deck-87761364
FOURSQUARE:
This company has recorded more than $100 million in revenue. The company’s current valuation is $1.1 billion with two apps and a data location company.
https://www.slideshare.net/alkarmi/foursquare-1stpitch2009
INTERCOM:
This prime raise of INTERCOM was $600K. This company builds CRM and Saas-Based messaging tools with a current valuation of $1.3 billion. It crossed the annual revenue of $150million in the year 2020.
https://www.slideshare.net/eoghanmccabe/intercoms-first-pitch-deck
LINKEDIN:
It is the global recruitment and connecting company with a current $26.2billion. LinkedIn raised its series B in August 2004 and $103 million in 2011before going public. It is also acquired by Microsoft.
https://www.slideshare.net/webjoe/linkedin-deck-27367069
MIXPANEL:
It is a real-time analytical service company with a valuation of 1.1billion. It raised its first round of $65million in 2014 and raised the funding of series C of $200million on current valuation.
https://www.slideshare.net/metrics1/mixpanel-our-pitch-deck-that-we-used-to-raise-65m
MONZO:
MONZO is a company with 5 million users and a current valuation of $4.5 billion. It raised the funding of series H with the current valuation after the revenue cut of 40 percent in June 2020.
https://www.slideshare.net/DanielChadorhany/monzo-1m-vc-investment-turned-into-2217m-monzos-intial-pitch-deck
MYSQL:
It is an open-source database company with a valuation of $1 billion. It raised its first round of $38 million in 2008 before acquiring Computer Maker Sun Microsystem. Later Oracle acquired it for $7.4 billion.
https://www.slideshare.net/robinwauters1/mysql-fundraising-pitch-deck-16-million-series-b-round-2003
N26:
It is a mobile banking company with a $9.2 billion valuation and special fintech services. It raised more than $1.7 billion in its series E in 2021.
https://www.slideshare.net/NOAHAdvisors/n26-noah16-london
NUTANIX:
This company was established in 2009, and its current valuation is $2.2 billion. It is one of the rapidly growing companies whose stock initially soared at the ratio of 130 percent.
https://www.slideshare.net/Murugesh/nutanix-36050380
OSCAR:
It is a health insurance company with a valuation of $7.9 billion. It pitched the early deck in 2014 and went public with a current valuation in 2021.
https://www.slideshare.net/oscarhealth/design-is-what-you-need-edward-segel
PENDO:
This company raised its funding for series B of $15 million, and it has raised around $359 million to date. The company has a valuation of $2.6 billion.
https://www.slideshare.net/ToddOlson/pendo-series-b-investor-deck-external-70016133
REVOLT:
This company offers mobile-first banking solutions and attains the current valuation of $33 billion. The company has raised the funding of $1.7 billion to date.
https://www.slideshare.net/BaseTemplates/revolut-pitch-deck
SENDGRID:
The company marks the recent valuation of $3 billion and has raised the early funding of &750Kin 2009. TWILIO acquired this company with $3 billion valuations and $2 billion share values.
https://www.slideshare.net/dgcohen23/sendgrid-pitch-deck
SNYK:
This company raised the funding in late 2015 and marked its current valuation of $8.6 billion. The company designs web security for developers, and its valuation is growing by 8x.
https://www.slideshare.net/esim/snyk-investor-deck-late-2015-short
TINDER:
It is a trending dating app marking a current valuation of $3 billion. The 2012 founded company matched the couples based on personal interest and mutual liking.
https://www.slideshare.net/ryangum/tinder-pitch-deck
UBER:
UBER is one of the well-known global companies with an overall valuation of $75 billion. It raised its first pitch deck in 2008 and has a current market cap of $65 billion.
https://www.slideshare.net/kambosu/uber-pitch-deck
WEALTHSIMPLE:
The company raised its seed funding of $2 million in 2014 and is currently active with a valuation of $4 billion. It participated in the equity rounds with many big investors in the markets.
https://www.slideshare.net/wealthsimple/we-we-raised-2m-in-2-weeks
WEWORK:
The current valuation of WEWORK is $9 billion. In 2019 the company reached the valuation of $49 billion, which was slashed to $8 billion due to poor performance and unprofitability.
WISE:
It is the 2011 company actively serving peer-to-peer exchange services. The current valuation of this company is $11 billion. It receives a 20 percent growth revenue from its active users.
https://www.slideshare.net/DanielChadorhany/transferwise-56k-vc-investmenet-turned-into-7727m-transferwises-initial-pitch-deck
YAMMER:
It is the social networking platform acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The company attains the current valuation of 1.2 billion. It has raised funds for top-tier market VCs.
https://www.slideshare.net/vishaltx/yammmer-pitch-deck
YOUTUBE:
It is a global video platform marking its valuation at $1.7 billion. YouTube has 10,000 users viewing the videos per day. It has around 2 billion paid monthly users.
Conclusion:
Here are the details of early pitch decks that started from scratch and presently earning billion-dollar revenues. These companies have raised the funding in various series, and various esteemed brands have acquired some. All the companies started with an idea and are engaged with plenty of users globally.