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Pitch Deck Teardown LIVE: A Real VC Reviews a Real Founder's Deck

July

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Zoom

Isaac Kato

Most pitch deck advice is generic. This isn't.

For one hour, you'll watch a seasoned VC open up a real founder's actual pitch deck - slide by slide - and react the way he would in a real partner meeting. No hypotheticals, no polished "after" version. Just an honest, live teardown of a deck that's out in the world right now.

The VC: Isaac Kato is a 3x founder with 3 exits who has raised over $200M in capital, and has spent two decades as an early-stage investor. He's now Founding General Partner of Two Ravens, a pre-seed and early-seed firm backing extraordinary founders from non-obvious backgrounds. Before Two Ravens he led the Techstars Seattle and Filecoin Accelerators (investing in 44 teams), was President of Mighty AI (acquired by Uber), and co-founded Verne Global (a $320M exit). He's seen thousands of decks from both sides of the table.

What you'll get:

A live, slide-by-slide review of a real seed-stage deck

What a VC actually looks for - and what makes them lose interest

The difference between a slide that "works" and one that raises questions

Open Q&A: bring your own deck questions and pitch challenges

Whether you're actively fundraising, refining your story, or just want to understand how investors really read a deck, this is a rare look behind the curtain.

FounderNexus Roundtable: Scaling from 10M to 100M ARR

July

9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Seattle, WA

Court Lorenzini

FounderNexus Roundtable: Scaling - The Second Act

You've built before. You know the playbook. And you also know the uncomfortable truth: most of it expired.

The scaling motion that carried your last company stalls out past $10M ARR. The product you started building before 2023 now competes in an AI-native market. And the capital you're raising to scale comes with one loaded question attached—scale into what, exactly?

This is an invite-only working roundtable for second-time founders at Stage 3 ($10–50M ARR), all building their next big company right now. Ninety minutes. One table. No warm-up acts.

The conversation: what actually changes in your scaling engine between $10M and $50M—what you'd never repeat from company one, how to deploy fresh capital without burning it on last cycle's playbook, and how to make a company you started before the AI wave compete like it was born in it.

No panel. No pitches. No spectators—everyone at this table has operated at this level and brings scar tissue to share. What's said in the room stays in the room.

Hosted by FounderNexus. Seats are confirmed personally.

I can say with confidence that I get far more value from FounderNexus than the cost of the membership, and I'm not even taking full advantage! This community is going to be an important part of my journey as I continue building and growing my company.

Steve Tout

founder, Identient

I really loved how welcoming the vibe felt from the moment I arrived.

Katrina Romatowski

founder, reSpace

It was awesome.

Edan Shahar

founder, Wild Zebra

The event was great! Highlight: Encouragement of diverse viewpoints and good founder mix.

Darian Parrish

founder, PwrOn

I think the breakout sessions are a loose but useful way to get people talking about challenges and resolutions.

Mark Fiebig

founder, Payscore

I was initially hesitant to join yet another group as there is no shortage of people claiming to help entrepreneurs, but Court Lorenzini and FounderNexus are the real deal. Any serious founder will benefit immensely from joining FounderNexus.

Jasper Kuria

co-founder, ConversionMagic

Great event, I learned a lot! Looking forward to the next one.

Shama Keskar

founder, Mudita Studios

FounderNexus fills a gap for entrepreneurs by complementing traditional incubator and early investment programs with a high-quality peer founder network.

Bob Lach

founder, Lightbridge Solutions

I also felt a sense of real community for the first time as a founder. You're all onto something special here!

Elias DeFaria

co-founder, SDF Labs

This was a fast track to relevant experience/advice in a room where you hold nothing back.

Nicole Resch

Co-founder, Imperative

I have attended events nationwide and joined so-called “MasterMind” groups, but nothing comes close to the network and support I have experienced at FounderNexus.

Arthur Baranovskiy

co-founder, ARY Engineering

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