In record-busting fundraising year, VCs are moving faster on investing decisions, reviewing pitch decks in record low time of 2 minutes, 28 seconds SA

DocSend Year-End 2021 Pitch Deck Interest Data Shows 55% Increase in VC Engagement as Investors Sprint from Pitch Deck to Term Sheet

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2022-01-12 21:00:09

In record-busting fundraising year, VCs are moving faster on investing decisions, reviewing pitch decks in record low time of 2 minutes, 28 seconds

SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DocSend, a secure document sharing platform and Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX) company, released new data based on its Pitch Deck Interest metrics showing that investor and founder activity in the venture capital market posted significant year-over-year (YoY) gains in both the fourth-quarter and full-year 2021. VC engagement with startup pitch decks reached an all-time high in Q4, increasing 55% YoY and 44% across the full year.

The metrics indicate that the increasing amount of investment dollars pouring into early-stage startups is pressuring VCs to move faster in their process of seeking out and funding startups. To keep up with this furious pace, VCs reviewed pitch decks faster in Q4, with an all-time low "time spent on deck" metric of just 2 minutes, 28 seconds, a YoY decrease of 12% from Q4 2020.

Through its Pitch Deck Interest, DocSend tracks activity and engagement on pitch decks to analyze investors' hunger for deals and founders' quest for capital. Its metrics analyze the following: