Does your pitch deck help with fundraising? Yes and no.
No, because no investor makes a decision purely based on a deck. Most don’t even read it that carefully.
Yes, because a deck says a lot about the founder. A clean, well-structured deck signals someone organized and thoughtful. An incoherent deck that’s also a 47MB pdf file raises an immediate yellow flag.
A deck alone won’t close or kill a deal, but it does shape first impressions. That’s why it’s still worth making sure yours is in solid shape.