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Investor updates that lead with the truth, good or bad

Bring the quarter's numbers and PitchBoost builds the update in the order investors read: headline, metrics against plan, wins, misses, burn and runway, asks. It's for the investors you have, not the ones you're pitching.

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The deck you get

How PitchBoost shapes an update for existing investors

Not a pitch with your topic pasted in. The slides follow the order this kind of talk actually needs.

1The headlineHow the quarter went, in one honest sentence. Investors read this slide first, and some read only this one.
2Metrics against planRevenue, growth and the numbers you report every time, set against the plan you shared.
3WinsCustomers signed, launches shipped, hires made. Specific and short, backed by your numbers.
4MissesWhat fell short and what you learned from it. Investors trust the update that includes this slide.
5Burn and runwayMonthly burn, cash in the bank and months of runway, from the figures you provide.
6AsksThe specific help you want: intros, candidates, advice. The slide that turns readers into helpers.
7Next quarter's prioritiesThree priorities and how you'll measure them, so next quarter's update has something to report against.

Why it is harder than it looks

The usual ways this goes wrong

The quarterly update is late again

You promised an update every quarter. The last one went out in month five. Each one takes a weekend of pulling numbers into slides, so it keeps slipping.

Bad quarters are the hardest to write

When the numbers miss, the temptation is to bury them under adjectives. Investors notice. A plain update with the miss on its own slide earns more trust than a cheerful one.

A wrong number in front of investors sticks

Report 18 months of runway when it's 14 and you'll hear about it at the next board meeting, and the one after that.

What you get

What comes back

An update in the order investors read it: headline, metrics against plan, wins, misses, burn and runway, asks, next quarter's priorities.
Your numbers, not invented ones: anything it can't trace is cut before you see the deck.
No pitch dressed up as an update: only pitches get calls to action, and this isn't one.
Ask the AI to fix one slide, say the runway, without touching the rest.
Your logo, colors and fonts, taken from your website, so the update looks like the company you're building.

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Prompts that work

Specific beats short: say who it is for, how long, and anything it must include. Pick one to start with it filled in.

“Q3 investor update: ARR $1.2M vs $1.4M plan, burn $180k a month, 16 months runway, two enterprise wins, one key hire delayed. Ask: intros to logistics CFOs.”Start with this prompt →“Monthly update for our angel investors, from the attached metrics PDF. Lead with the miss on signups, then what we changed, then hiring.”Start with this prompt →“Quarterly update for seed investors: launched in two new cities, gross margin improved, and we want advice on Series A timing. 8 slides.”Start with this prompt →

FAQ

Questions people ask

Is this for raising money?

No. An investor update goes to people who already invested: how the quarter went, numbers against plan, and what you need. Raising a round is a pitch, which PitchBoost also builds, written for one specific investor and ending on a clear next step.

Will it make up metrics?

No. It works from the numbers you supply, and a figure it can't trace to them or to a cited source is deleted before the deck reaches you. Read it anyway; it's your company's name on the update.

Will I know if the update was opened?

Yes, if it goes out as a link. You'll see when it was opened and which slides got viewed, with basic detail on Free and the full picture on Pro. Worth knowing before the follow-up call.

What does it cost each quarter?

Free covers one AI deck a month (up to 10 slides, a small badge, shared as a link), which is enough for a monthly update if a link is all your investors need. Files take a paid plan, Starter at $7 a month or Pro at $29, or $9 once to finish one update of up to 25 slides with no badge and every download.

Gamma or ChatGPT could draft this. Why PitchBoost?

Both can draft an update from a prompt. The difference that matters here is the numbers: PitchBoost removes any figure it can't trace before you see the deck, so a confident-sounding metric you never reported doesn't reach your investors. And if you draft in ChatGPT anyway, PitchBoost works inside it, free accounts included.

Guides

Good quarter or bad, send the update on time.

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