Free practice scenario · Pitching

Demo Day: Investor Q&A

Rehearse the Q&A after your demo day pitch with a sceptical seed investor: customer, market size, traction, competition, use of funds and team.

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Who you'll talk to

Dana Reyes · Partner, seed-stage venture fund

A seed investor on a demo day panel: friendly but sceptical, numbers-first, short on time, polite.

“Thanks for coming by. I've got about ten minutes. Give me the 60-second version: what are you building, and for whom?”

By default they speak aloud and you answer by voice; you can switch to text.

This one asks for your camera as well as your microphone.

Your review

What you're scored on

Problem and customer clarity

States who has the problem and how they know, specifically.

Credible market sizing

Gives a market size with a believable basis (bottom-up preferred).

Honest traction

States real traction plainly and separates it from pilots or intent.

Concise answers

Answers in under about 45 seconds without rambling.

Composure under challenge

Handles pushback without getting defensive and answers the actual question.

Clear ask

States the raise, what it funds and the milestone it reaches.

You get an overall score, a score for each of these, a summary and coaching notes.

Say it out loud before it counts.

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