Overview
A venture pitch deck is one of the most high-stakes presentations a startup creates. The pptx.dev API includes a dedicated venture-pitch narrative that structures your deck around what investors actually want to see: traction and team.
The Venture Pitch Structure
Use the venture-pitch narrative to guide this authored sequence:
- Traction — growth metrics, revenue curves, user acquisition
- Team — founding team, relevant experience, roles
This is intentionally focused. Investors see hundreds of decks — the ones that win lead with numbers.
Full API Example
Use this complete OPF document with the complete authenticated API recipe, which saves the response bytes as a .pptx file.
{
"$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
"name": "Series A Pitch — Acme Inc.",
"slides": [
{
"layout": "cover",
"title": "Acme Inc.",
"subtitle": "Series A — $8M Round",
"design": {
"titleAlignment": "center"
}
},
{
"layout": "metrics",
"title": "Traction",
"blocks": [
{
"metric": {
"value": "$1.2M",
"label": "ARR"
}
},
{
"metric": {
"value": "340%",
"label": "YoY Growth"
}
},
{
"metric": {
"value": "2,400",
"label": "Active Customers"
}
}
],
"design": {
"titleAlignment": "center",
"contentAlignment": "center"
}
},
{
"layout": "chart",
"title": "Revenue Growth",
"chart": {
"type": "line-with-markers",
"data": {
"columns": [
"Series",
"Jan",
"Apr",
"Jul",
"Oct",
"Jan"
],
"rows": [
[
"MRR ($K)",
20,
45,
72,
95,
120
]
]
}
},
"design": {
"titleAlignment": "center",
"contentAlignment": "center"
}
},
{
"layout": "chart",
"title": "Market Opportunity",
"chart": {
"type": "doughnut",
"data": {
"columns": [
"Series",
"SAM",
"Current Share",
"Remaining"
],
"rows": [
[
"Market",
500,
12,
488
]
]
}
},
"design": {
"titleAlignment": "center",
"contentAlignment": "center"
}
},
{
"layout": "list",
"title": "Founding Team",
"blocks": [
{
"items": [
{
"text": "Sarah Kim, CEO",
"description": "Ex-Stripe, 10 years in fintech"
}
]
},
{
"items": [
{
"text": "Marcus Chen, CTO",
"description": "Ex-Google, built systems at 100M scale"
}
]
},
{
"items": [
{
"text": "Lisa Park, CPO",
"description": "Ex-Figma, shipped 3 B2B products to 10K+ users"
}
]
}
],
"design": {
"titleAlignment": "center",
"contentAlignment": "center",
"listBullet": "image"
}
},
{
"layout": "text",
"title": "The Ask",
"text": "Raising $8M Series A to expand sales team, launch enterprise tier, and enter European market.",
"design": {
"contentAlignment": "center"
}
}
],
"narrative": "venture-pitch",
"design": {
"colorScheme": "bold-red",
"fontScheme": "segoe-ui"
},
"catalogs": {
"default": {
"source": "https://www.pptx.gallery",
"narratives": {
"venture-pitch": {
"name": "Venture Pitch",
"summary": "Series A/B fundraising arc structured around the canonical investor questions.",
"audienceFit": [
"investors",
"venture-capitalists",
"series-a",
"series-b"
],
"duration": {
"min": 10,
"max": 30
},
"tags": [
"startup",
"fundraising",
"pitch",
"investor",
"series-a"
],
"beats": [
{
"id": "opening",
"name": "Opening",
"instructions": "Establish identity",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "purpose",
"name": "Purpose",
"instructions": "State your mission",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "problem",
"name": "Problem",
"instructions": "Present the challenge",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "solution",
"name": "Solution",
"instructions": "Propose your idea",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "why-now",
"name": "Why Now",
"instructions": "Explain timing importance",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "market-size",
"name": "Market Size",
"instructions": "Demonstrate potential",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "competition",
"name": "Competition",
"instructions": "Analyze competitive landscape",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "product",
"name": "Product",
"instructions": "Showcase features/benefits",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "business-model",
"name": "Business Model",
"instructions": "Detail revenue streams",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "team",
"name": "Team",
"instructions": "Highlight key members",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "financials",
"name": "Financials",
"instructions": "Show projections/needs",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
},
{
"id": "closing",
"name": "Closing",
"instructions": "Reinforce brand",
"type": "text",
"layout": "text"
}
]
}
},
"colorSchemes": {
"bold-red": {
"name": "Bold Red",
"summary": "Confident red and teal accents for urgent, high-salience stories.",
"description": "A bold red-led scheme with teal and navy support. Use it when the deck needs urgency, contrast, and clear emphasis.",
"accent1": "#A41410",
"accent2": "#2693A1",
"accent3": "#EFA517",
"accent4": "#E86D1F",
"accent5": "#324472",
"accent6": "#EFECCA",
"dark1": "#000000",
"dark2": "#232323",
"light1": "#FFFFFF",
"light2": "#DCDCDC",
"hyperlink": "#324472",
"followedHyperlink": "#2693A1",
"tags": [
"bold",
"urgent",
"energetic",
"decisive",
"impactful"
]
}
},
"fontSchemes": {
"segoe-ui": {
"name": "Segoe UI",
"major": "Segoe UI Semibold",
"minor": "Segoe UI",
"type": "sans-serif",
"app": "powerpoint",
"languageFamily": "latin",
"languages": [],
"textSample": "Modern interface font",
"description": "Segoe UI is a sans serif OPF font scheme for Latin presentations, using Segoe UI Semibold for headings with Segoe UI for body text."
}
},
"layouts": {
"cover": {
"name": "Cover",
"summary": "The opening slide: title, subtitle and an optional picture.",
"tags": [
"Openers and closers"
],
"design": {
"titleAlignment": "center",
"contentAlignment": "center"
},
"direction": "row",
"regions": [
{
"name": "title"
},
{
"name": "media",
"accepts": [
"image",
"video"
],
"role": "media",
"flow": "none",
"bleed": true
}
],
"description": "Open a presentation with its subject and a short introduction. Add a picture when it helps establish the context.",
"preview": {
"vectorSrc": "https://www.pptx.gallery/layout-previews/cover.svg"
}
},
"metrics": {
"name": "Metrics",
"summary": "One to six headline numbers, with an optional note.",
"tags": [
"Numbers"
],
"design": {
"contentAlignment": "center"
},
"direction": "column",
"regions": [
{
"name": "title"
},
{
"name": "metrics",
"accepts": [
"metric",
"group"
],
"role": "primary",
"flow": "grid",
"anchor": "middle"
},
{
"name": "note",
"size": "auto",
"accepts": [
"text",
"list"
],
"role": "supporting",
"flow": "none"
}
],
"description": "Highlight a small set of important numbers. Give each number a label and the context needed to interpret it.",
"preview": {
"vectorSrc": "https://www.pptx.gallery/layout-previews/metrics.svg"
}
},
"chart": {
"name": "Chart",
"summary": "One to six charts, with an optional note.",
"tags": [
"Visuals"
],
"direction": "column",
"regions": [
{
"name": "title"
},
{
"name": "charts",
"accepts": [
"chart",
"group"
],
"role": "primary",
"flow": "grid"
},
{
"name": "note",
"size": "auto",
"accepts": [
"text"
],
"role": "supporting",
"flow": "none"
}
],
"description": "Give a chart enough space to show its evidence. Use the title to state the conclusion and labels to explain the measures.",
"preview": {
"vectorSrc": "https://www.pptx.gallery/layout-previews/chart.svg"
}
},
"list": {
"name": "List",
"summary": "Bulleted or numbered points; one long list flows into columns.",
"tags": [
"Text"
],
"direction": "column",
"regions": [
{
"name": "title"
},
{
"name": "body",
"accepts": [
"list",
"text",
"group"
],
"role": "primary",
"flow": "auto",
"listColumns": "auto"
}
],
"description": "Present several related points in a clear sequence. Use bullets for independent points or numbered items for an ordered list.",
"preview": {
"vectorSrc": "https://www.pptx.gallery/layout-previews/list.svg"
}
},
"text": {
"name": "Text",
"summary": "Prose. Several blocks sit side by side when short and stack when long.",
"tags": [
"Text"
],
"direction": "column",
"regions": [
{
"name": "title"
},
{
"name": "body",
"accepts": [
"text",
"list",
"quote",
"code",
"group"
],
"role": "primary",
"flow": "auto"
}
],
"description": "Explain one idea in continuous prose. Use paragraphs or flowing blocks for detail that needs to be read in sequence.",
"preview": {
"vectorSrc": "https://www.pptx.gallery/layout-previews/text.svg"
}
}
}
}
}
}
Slide-by-Slide Breakdown
Title Slide
Lead with your company name and the round. Keep it clean — no taglines or mission statements on slide 1.
Traction Metrics
Use a metrics layout for your three strongest metrics. Investors scan these in 2 seconds.
Growth Chart
A line chart with markers showing month-over-month revenue or user growth. This is the most important slide in your deck.
Market Opportunity
A doughnut or pie chart showing TAM/SAM and your current penetration. Investors want to see room to grow.
Team
Use a list with item images. Keep bios to one line — company name + one relevant credential.
The Ask
A single text slide stating the raise amount and how you will deploy the capital. Be specific.
Tips for Pitch Decks
- Lead with traction. Investors care about numbers first, story second.
- Keep it to 8-10 slides. More slides ≠ more compelling.
- Use the
bold-redorburnt-orangecolor scheme for energy and confidence. - Include a data room link in your closing slide for investors who want to dig deeper.
Next Steps
- Learn about chart types for traction slides
- Explore all narratives
- Browse the gallery for layout inspiration