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Notes from the deck shop.

Teardowns, frameworks, and honest reads on seed fundraising — written for founders who treat the deck as part of the pitch, not a formality.

April 19, 2026 · 9 min read

How to vet a pitch deck design agency: three tests, three teardowns.

Most of the agencies ranking on page one of Google for "pitch deck design service" look identical from the outside. Three quick tests separate the real ones from the template mills — and we run them on three of the top results.

Competitor teardown

More essays, teardowns, and seed-deck case studies posting regularly. If there's a topic you'd like us to take apart, write us at hello@slatepress.co.