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Today, we will look at a seed deck from Rasgo used to raise $1.5M.
This is a weird opening slide; the one-liner under the company name is very awkward. I believe it is meant to be humorous, but I really don’t see the appeal, especially when it comes at the cost of real estate that could be used to advance the pitch.
This is a decent second slide; it jumps right into what the product is. I feel this really could benefit from a perspective framer to explain why this needs to exist.
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This would have been a better second slide, showing a clear problem that they are trying to solve and setting a lens through which the product might make sense. This type of product is going to be controversial and elicit a reaction from people. Starting with something universal like this and then explaining that you are aiming to help a subset of this group is a better approach.
This doesn’t seem necessary. The company launched in 2022, by then, smartphones where already widespread, and online dating was the top way of meeting people. There was no reason to add this type of information; it’s a given. If they were going to add something like this then I would prefer for it to have been specific to dating apps.
This doesn’t need to be here, similar to the slide before but at least the information is more relevant.
This data is important, many believe dating apps are in decline but they are not and reiterating that is key if you are building one.
This should have been part of the perspective framer/problem. If they had started by saying that its hard to find compatible people and that people tend to want to date those of the same moral/value set as them, that is a much stronger pitch than this.
The size of the dating market is incredible, as an investor, I rather see how this will grow. How will they monetize, and how much of the market can they capture?
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Consumer electronics may have dodged the tariff bullet, but one smart home disruptor isn’t waiting for luck.
They’ve strategically secured production outside China, staying ahead of the global manufacturing shift.
That’s exactly how this company has hit 200% year-over-year growth while expanding into over 120 major retail locations.
Their smart shade technology is reshaping home automation, protected by patents and backed by powerful retail partnerships.
Smart investors spot the pattern: companies that turn global challenges into strategic wins often deliver the biggest returns.
At just $1.90 per share, you’re looking at a company that’s not just prepared for supply chain shifts — it’s already capitalizing on them.
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