Often, it starts with a pitch deck. Lumanu, a creator-focused financial startup, uses a simple pitch deck that's more of a "conversation guider," its cofounder and CEO, Tony Tran, told BI.

Media and tech startups raised millions for their ventures with these pitch decks. Private equity and VC investors are backing firms with models aimed at disrupting Hollywood.

3. Pull your information into the template you’ve chosen. Before you do so, do a quick Google search for some pitch deck examples that you like and whose elements you might want to bring into ...

Using one pitch deck, Devoted Health managed to secure $300 million from investors in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz late last year, with a valuation of $1.8 billion - all before it ...