Why create a pitch deck for your media startup?
The $500B media industry has been a state of turmoil for the last several years: with massive layoffs across the board, advertising revenue down, and customer retention struggles plaguing the streaming sector. According to Crunchbase, venture investment in U.S. media-related startups is on track to hit the lowest level in years.
For media startup founders, creating a captivating pitch deck is more important than ever to win investor backing in today’s tough market climate. If you are not sure where to start, here are a few pitch decks from successful media startups that you should check out:
What are examples of successful media pitch decks?
30+ pitch decks that helped raise millions of dollars for media startups:
1) Our Future
2) Telly
3) CGHero
4) HearHere
5) Canela Media
6) Supercast
7) Legion M
8) Totally Awesome
9) Muck Rack
10) Amagi
11) MediaKits
12) Overtime
13) Maestro
14) Moonshot
15) Curastory
16) Toch.ai
17) Spoon Radio
18) Lumanu
19) Medal.tv
20) Curio.io
21) Fanatiz
22) Beatdapp
23) Holloway
24) SilkRoad Images
25) Roho
26) Sqoop
27) Catnip
28) Adpushup
29) Love with Food
30) NativeAD
31) Buzzfeed
If you are a founder seeking capital for your media startup but you’re not sure how to write the perfect pitch deck, look no further. This list includes over thirty pitch decks from media startups that successfully raised funding, such as Buzzfeed, Amagi Media Labs, and Muck Rack. These example pitch decks are perfect for learning more about what makes an effective media startup pitch deck and how to create your own:
1. Our Future Pitch Deck
Year: 2023 • Amount: — • Round: Acquisition
Our Future is a short-form video media brand that covers business news for a Gen-Z audience
About Our Future
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2B
About the Our Future Deck
- Funding Year: 2023
- Funding Round: Acquisition
- Funding Raised: —
2. Telly Pitch Deck
Year: 2023 • Amount: — • Round: Seed
Telly offers the first Dual Screen Smart TV: the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room.
About Telly
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Telly Deck
- Funding Year: 2023
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: —
3. CGHero Pitch Deck
Year: 2022 • Amount: $4M • Round: N/A
CGHero offers clients the opportunity to assemble their ideal Hero team, tailored to meet their specific production requirements.
About CGHero
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the CGHero Deck
- Funding Year: 2022
- Funding Round: N/A
- Funding Raised: $4M
4. HearHere Pitch Deck
Year: 2022 • Amount: $3.2M • Round: Seed
HearHere provides informative tidbits about users’ surroundings while driving, with three- to five-minute segments, including undiscovered points of interest, upon consent.
About HearHere
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the HearHere Deck
- Funding Year: 2022
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $3.2M
5. Canela Media Pitch Deck
Year: 2022 • Amount: $32M • Round: Series A
Canela Media caters to multicultural audiences with a complete ecosystem that includes a free streaming service for on-demand Latino movies and TV.
About Canela Media
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Canela Media Deck
- Funding Year: 2022
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised: $32M
6. Supercast Pitch Deck
Year: 2022 • Amount: $2M • Round: Seed
Supercast offers a transformative platform that effectively converts the connection between podcasters and their devoted fan base into substantial revenue streams.
About Supercast
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B
About the Supercast Deck
- Funding Year: 2022
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $2M
7. Legion M Pitch Deck
Year: 2022 • Amount: $11M • Round: Crowdfunding
Legion M is a fan-owned entertainment company producing a slate of movies, TV, and digital content. Legion M raised $11M in 2022 with this deck.
About Legion M
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Legion M Deck
- Funding Year: 2022
- Funding Round: Crowdfunding
- Funding Raised: $11M
8. Totally Awesome Pitch Deck
Year: 2022 • Amount: $10M • Round:Â
TotallyAwesome is Asia’s leading platform curating the ad & media inventory for engaging under-18 audiences safely. Totally Awesome raised $10M in 2022 with this deck.
About Totally Awesome
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2B
About the Totally Awesome Deck
- Funding Year: 2022
- Funding Round:
- Funding Raised: $10M
9. Muck Rack Pitch Deck
Year: 2022 • Amount: $180M • Round: Series A
Muck Rack helps organizations find the right journalists to pitch, report on media coverage and prove the value of their work. Muck Rack raised $180M in 2022 with this deck.
About Muck Rack
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B
About the Muck Rack Deck
- Funding Year: 2022
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised: $180M
10. Amagi Pitch Deck
Year: 2022 • Amount: $95M • Round: Series F
Amagi Media Labs is a tech and media startup that facilitates the geographic targeting of TV advertisements. Amagi raised $95M in 2022 with this deck.
About Amagi
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B2C
About the Amagi Deck
- Funding Year: 2022
- Funding Round: Series F
- Funding Raised: $95M
11. MediaKits Pitch Deck
Year: 2021 • Amount: $1M • Round: Pre-seed
MediaKits, provide the tools and support you need to showcase your unique brand and succeed in the digital landscape.
About MediaKits
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the MediaKits Deck
- Funding Year: 2021
- Funding Round: Pre-seed
- Funding Raised: $1M
12. Overtime Pitch Deck
Year: 2021 • Amount: $80M • Round: Series C
Overtime builds disruptive new sports leagues aimed globally at the next generation of sports fans and athletes.
About Overtime
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Overtime Deck
- Funding Year: 2021
- Funding Round: Series C
- Funding Raised: $80M
13. Maestro Pitch Deck
Year: 2021 • Amount: $15M • Round: Series B
Maestro empowers enterprise live streamers with a white-label platform to own, engage, and monetize their audiences.
About Maestro
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Maestro Deck
- Funding Year: 2021
- Funding Round: Series B
- Funding Raised: $15M
14. Moonshot Pitch Deck
Year: 2021 • Amount: $160M • Round: Series A
Moonshot combats online harms like disinformation, human trafficking, gender-based violence, and child exploitation with cutting-edge technologies.
About Moonshot
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Moonshot Deck
- Funding Year: 2021
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised: $160M
15. Curastory Pitch Deck
Year: 2021 • Amount: $2M • Round: Seed
Curastory goes beyond empowering creators by providing brands with valuable benefits such as revenue generation, video matchmaking, and attribution tracking.
About Curastory
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Curastory Deck
- Funding Year: 2021
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $2M
16. Toch.ai Pitch Deck
Year: 2021 • Amount: $12M • Round: Series A
Toch’s product is conceptualized to create epic content that leaves an impact using ingenuity and precision.
About Toch.ai
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Toch.ai Deck
- Funding Year: 2021
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised: $12M
17. Spoon Radio Pitch Deck
Year: 2021 • Amount: $60M • Round: Venture
On Spoon Radio, listeners can purchase virtual tokens to tip audio livestreamers in various audio rooms hosted by creators.
About Spoon Radio
- Product Type: App
- Business Model: B2C
About the Spoon Radio Deck
- Funding Year: 2021
- Funding Round: Venture
- Funding Raised: $60M
18. Lumanu Pitch Deck
Year: 2021 • Amount: $12M • Round: Series A
Lumanu empowers top consumer brands to create captivating content for the modern digital consumer through its cutting-edge media platform.
About Lumanu
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B
About the Lumanu Deck
- Funding Year: 2021
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised: $12M
19. Medal.tv Pitch Deck
Year: 2021 • Amount: $45M • Round: Series C
Using inventive recording techniques, the platform seizes crucial moments in gameplay, easily shareable through the application.
About Medal.tv
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Medal.tv Deck
- Funding Year: 2021
- Funding Round: Series C
- Funding Raised: $45M
20. Curio.io Pitch Deck
Year: 2020 • Amount: $9M • Round: Series A
Curio creates original audio stories from the world’s leading publications. Curio.io raised $9M in 2020 with this deck.
About Curio.io
- Product Type: App
- Business Model: B2C
About the Curio.io Deck
- Funding Year: 2020
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised: $9M
21. Fanatiz Pitch Deck
Year: 2020 • Amount: $10M • Round: Series A
Fanatiz is a streaming platform with sports channels for Live and VOD events. Fanatiz raised $10M in 2020 with this deck.
About Fanatiz
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B2C
About the Fanatiz Deck
- Funding Year: 2020
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised: $10M
22. Beatdapp Pitch Deck
Year: 2019 • Amount: $2.4M • Round: Seed
Beatdapp provides real-time tracking of media for brands and artists, helping them find up missing royalties. Beatdapp raised $2.4M in 2019 with this deck.
About Beatdapp
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B
About the Beatdapp Deck
- Funding Year: 2019
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $2.4M
23. Holloway Pitch Deck
Year: 2019 • Amount: $4.6M • Round: Seed
Holloway’s Guides are a long-established series of books, written by expert authors, to help you learn whatever you want to know. Holloway raised $4.6M in 2019 with this deck.
About Holloway
- Product Type: Marketplace
- Business Model: C2C
About the Holloway Deck
- Funding Year: 2019
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $4.6M
24. SilkRoad Images Pitch Deck
Year: 2016 • Amount: Undisclosed • Round: Seed
Silkroad Images is provider of exclusive Turkish & ME stock photography and digital content. SilkRoad Images raised Undisclosed in 2016 with this deck.
About SilkRoad Images
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B2C
About the SilkRoad Images Deck
- Funding Year: 2016
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: Undisclosed
25. Roho Pitch Deck
Year: 2016 • Amount: $125K • Round: Seed
ROHO offers online religious content that is indexed and curated for users. Roho raised $125K in 2016 with this deck.
About Roho
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B2C
About the Roho Deck
- Funding Year: 2016
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $125K
26. Sqoop Pitch Deck
Year: 2015 • Amount: $125K • Round: Seed
Sqoop is an innovative network that employs the power of data to help journalists access news and sources faster. Sqoop raised $125K in 2015 with this deck.
About Sqoop
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2C
About the Sqoop Deck
- Funding Year: 2015
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $125K
27. Catnip Pitch Deck
Year: 2014 • Amount: $100K • Round: Seed
Catnip is an online personal magazine that features latest content aggregated from social media networks. Catnip raised $100K in 2014 with this deck.
About Catnip
- Product Type: App
- Business Model: B2C
About the Catnip Deck
- Funding Year: 2014
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $100K
28. Adpushup Pitch Deck
Year: 2014 • Amount: $632K • Round: Crowdfunding
AdPushup enables businesses and media companies to increase their website’s ad revenue by optimizing ad performance. Adpushup raised $632K in 2014 with this deck.
About Adpushup
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B
About the Adpushup Deck
- Funding Year: 2014
- Funding Round: Crowdfunding
- Funding Raised: $632K
29. Love with Food Pitch Deck
Year: 2014 • Amount: $1.4M • Round: Seed
Love With Food helps food brands and CPGs to ensure that they are reaching their target customers using a combination of survey data, whitepaper creation, and media outreach. Love with Food raised $1.4M in 2014 with this deck.
About Love with Food
- Product Type: Subscription
- Business Model: B2C
About the Love with Food Deck
- Funding Year: 2014
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $1.4M
30. NativeAD Pitch Deck
Year: 2013 • Amount: $150K • Round: Seed
NativeAD is a digital marketing agency specializing in editorial media and ad networks. NativeAD raised $150K in 2013 with this deck.
About NativeAD
- Product Type: Ads
- Business Model: B2B2C
About the NativeAD Deck
- Funding Year: 2013
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $150K
31. Buzzfeed Pitch Deck
Year: 2008 • Amount: $3.5M • Round: Series A
BuzzFeed is an internet media company delivering news and entertainment to a global audience. Buzzfeed raised $3.5M in 2008 with this deck.
About Buzzfeed
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Buzzfeed Deck
- Funding Year: 2008
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised: $3.5M
How-to create your own media pitch deck:
Are you interested in learning how to write and design a winning pitch deck for your startup? If you’re building a media startup, you may be interested in our popular BuzzFeed Pitch Deck template, based on BuzzFeed’s original deck above.
