Mossgate Investor Teaser
Investor teaser deck: eight slides before a call
An investor teaser deck has to prove the company is worth a first call, and nothing more, so it carries the thesis and three numbers and leaves the detail for later. Mossgate, an invented security operations service for mid-size firms, sends eight slides with 4.9 million dollars of ARR and a six week round timetable.
Every slide, in order
The whole deck as it renders, one slide after another. Read it the way the audience would.
The structure
What each slide is doing, so you can reuse the order even with different content.
- Slide 1cover
- A teaser cover that says what the reader is holding and what happens next: a first call.
- Slide 2intro
- The thesis in two sentences, because a teaser that cannot say it in two will not get the call.
- Slide 3metrics
- ARR, growth and customers, the three numbers a teaser exists to deliver.
- Slide 4metrics
- ARR by quarter, so the growth claim reads as eight consistent quarters rather than one good year.
- Slide 5pillars
- Three proof points behind the numbers, each one something a diligence call can check.
- Slide 6investment
- The round in one slide: amount, use and the milestone it is sized to.
- Slide 7timeline
- The round timetable, so an investor knows how fast they need to move after the call.
- Slide 8closing
- Close with how the data room works, which is the next thing a teaser reader needs.
Slide by slide
Slide one says what the reader is holding and that the full deck follows the call. Slide two is the thesis in two sentences. Slide three is ARR, growth and customers. Slide four is ARR by quarter. Slide five is three proof points, each backed by a file in the data room. Slide six is the round: 12 million dollars in four uses. Slide seven is the timetable. Slide eight explains how the data room opens and what is in it.
How to adapt this deck
A seed teaser can drop the chart and the round uses, keeping the thesis, three numbers, the founders and the timetable; at seed the team is one of the proof points. A teaser sent to strategic investors rather than funds should replace the round slide with what a partnership would look like. A company that does not want its numbers circulated should give ranges on slide three and say exact figures follow under confidentiality, rather than leaving the slide out.
What investors want before a first call
Sequoia guidance on business plans reduces a company to purpose, problem, solution, why now, market, competition, model, team and financials, and a teaser is the shortest useful version of that list. Y Combinator seed fundraising guidance adds that investors decide quickly whether to take a meeting, so the deck should make that decision easy. Investors read a teaser in a couple of minutes and decide whether to take the call. They need the thesis, evidence it is working, the size of the round and how fast the process moves; everything else can wait for the meeting.
What makes this deck work
The thesis fits in two sentences
Slide two says who the buyer is and what is sold in two sentences, then three short cards: the buyer, the service and the model. If an investor can forward the teaser with that paragraph pasted into the email, the teaser has done its job.
Growth is a curve, not a ratio
Slide three claims 2.3 times growth in a year; slide four plots eight quarters from 1.2 to 4.9 million dollars with 2.13 million a year earlier. The ratio and the chart agree, and no quarter is flat or down.
The timetable creates the deadline
Slide seven dates the teaser, the data room, partner meetings and term sheets. A teaser without a timetable is filed for later; one with a date six weeks away gets a call this week.
Questions people ask
What is the difference between a teaser deck and a pitch deck?
A teaser is sent before the first meeting to win it; a pitch deck is used in the meeting and in diligence. A teaser has six to ten slides and no detail that needs explaining. The pitch deck can run to fifteen with an appendix.
How much of the numbers should a teaser deck reveal?
Only the headline numbers the round will be priced on, such as ARR, growth and customers, plus one chart. Detailed financials, the model and cohorts belong in the data room after the call. Say on the teaser what is held back and why.
How do I send a teaser deck to investors?
As a PDF or a view only link, with a two line email that repeats the thesis. A share link can be turned off from the dashboard deck menu if the round closes. PDF export costs about 1 credit per 10 slides; PowerPoint exports need a paid plan.
Should the teaser say how much I am raising?
Yes. Investors filter on round size and stage before anything else, so state the amount, the stage and the main uses. This teaser gives 12 million dollars across analysts, sales, platform and a reserve, and names the 15 million dollar ARR milestone it is sized to.
How long should a teaser deck be?
Six to ten slides, readable in two minutes without you there. This example is eight. If a slide needs a voiceover to make sense, it belongs in the full deck. The free plan generates up to six slides; eight needs a paid plan.
Does a teaser need a data room slide?
It helps to end with what happens next: when the data room opens, what is in it and who to contact. That turns interest into a booked call. Keep the actual documents out of the teaser so it can be forwarded safely.
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