Plutoshift’s pitch deck that helped it score $2.1m from 500 Startups, others

ABOUT

Launched in 2017, Plutoshift is an AI-powered analytics platform that helps water facilities prevent wastage, predict asset health, and minimize operating costs.

Its technology analyzes real-time data and provides customers with insights related to challenges of excess resource consumption. Plutoshift’s solution can be used across various industries such as water treatment, food and beverage, brewery, chemical, and energy.

Using the pitch deck above, the company raised US$2.1 million in seed money in March 2017. The investors in the round were 500 Startups, Refactor Capital, Fall Line Capital, Unshackled Ventures, and Jacob Gibson, co-founder of US personal finance company NerdWallet, among others.

Last year, Plutoshift secured US$8 million in a series A round from Fall Line Capital, Unshackled Ventures, Warby Parker co-founder Dave Gilboa, Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger, and Flatiron Health co-founder Nat Turner.

How is the deck compelling?

• The deck uses numbers to describe the pain points the startup wants to solve. It reiterates the point at the end of the presentation to make it memorable.
• Using screenshots, the deck shows how Plutoshift’s platform works to solve the issues.
• It elaborates the startup’s plan to enter a large market by illustrating the potential with figures and listing down relevant initiatives such as partnerships.

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