Read 47 pitch decks that creator-economy startups used to raise millions of dollars

Business Insider has compiled 47 pitch decks that creator-economy startups used to raise millions of dollars from venture capitalists and angel investors. The collection includes decks from companies like Hedra, which secured a $32 million Series A led by A16z in 2025, and ShopMy, which raised $147 million and reached a $1.5 billion valuation that same year. The decks offer a look at how startups in areas like AI, social commerce, and influencer marketing pitch their businesses to secure funding.

The creator economy https://www.businessinsider.com/promising-creator-economy-influencer-marketing-startups-per-top-vcs-2024-10?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp has bred a generation of startups — from influencer-marketing companies to new social-media https://www.businessinsider.com/best-social-media-apps-worth-downloading-recommendations-2023-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp experiences. These startups have captured the attention and wallets of influential venture capitalists and angel investors https://www.businessinsider.com/angel-investors-funding-creator-economy-startups-vc-fundraising-investing-seed-2023-9?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp over the last several years, giving rise to many unicorn valuations in the space. Meet 17 creator-economy startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs AI is continuing to fuel investor interest in the creator economy. For instance, Hedra https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-generative-video-image-hedra-startup-raise-a16z-pitch-deck-2025-5?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp , a generative AI startup used by some creators to make viral content, announced a $32 million Series A led by A16z in 2025. These 13 creator economy startups pulled in about $2 billion in funding in 2025 Other categories, such as social commerce https://www.businessinsider.com/creator-economy-trends-helped-startups-pull-in-funding-2026-1 , are also top areas of interest for investors. ShopMy, which previously shared its Series A pitch deck with Business Insider, raised another $147 million in 2025 and was valued at $1.5 billion. Creators themselves, like Emma Chamberlain https://www.businessinsider.com/emma-chamberlain-coffee-expansion-plans-detailed-in-leaked-deck-2025-3 and MrBeast, https://www.businessinsider.com/mrbeast-pitch-deck-creator-marketplace-replicate-success-2025-3 are also raising venture capital for their businesses. See the leaked pitch deck Chamberlain Coffee used So, how do creator-economy startups land those investments? Often, it starts with a pitch deck. Lumanu, a creator-focused financial startup, uses a simple pitch deck https://www.businessinsider.com/lumanu-startup-creator-economy-paid-brands-influencers-pitch-deck-example-2021-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp that's more of a "conversation guider," its cofounder and CEO, Tony Tran, told Business Insider. "My pitch is always why, what, how, and why now?" Tran said. Read the full pitch deck here. https://www.businessinsider.com/lumanu-startup-creator-economy-paid-brands-influencers-pitch-deck-example-2021-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Every startup has a different approach. Some even ditch the pitch deck altogether and opt for an email or Notion document. Check out 16 VC firms investing in creator economy startups We talked with founders who've pitched their startups to investors about their process. They broke down the pitch decks they used to secure millions of dollars in funding. Read the pitch decks that helped 47 creator-focused startups fundraise millions of dollars: Note: Pitch decks are sorted by investment stage and size of round. Series A Restream, a livestreaming alternative to platforms like the Amazon-owned Twitch: $50 million Series A 14 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/livestreaming-startup-restream-pitch-deck-50-million-raise-2020-9?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Hedra, a generative AI video platform: $32 million Series A 9 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-generative-video-image-hedra-startup-raise-a16z-pitch-deck-2025-5?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Dub, a fintech startup that lets people copy influencers' stock trades: $30 million Series A 15 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-fintech-finance-influencer-startup-dub-raises-30-million-2025-4?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp ShopMy, an affiliate platform that lets creators earn commissions through shoppable landing pages: $26.5 million Series A 23 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/read-pitch-deck-affiliate-marketing-startup-shopmy-used-series-a-2024-6?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Posh, an IRL events startup: $22 million Series A 12 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/posh-raises-series-a-help-make-plans-friends-pitch-deck-2024-7?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Pearpop, a creator-marketing platform: $18 million Series A 18 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-creator-startup-pearpop-used-raise-18-million-2022-11?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Spoon Radio, a social-audio startup: $17 million Series A 15 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/read-the-pitch-deck-for-social-audio-startup-spoon-radio-2021-10?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Kyra, a content studio, talent-management firm, and influencer-marketing platform: $15 million Series A 20 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-creator-platform-kyra-raise-15-million-series-a-2022-11?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Allstar, a startup helping gamers become social-media creators: $12 million Series A 6 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-mark-cuban-backed-gaming-creator-startup-allstar-2023-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Lumanu, a business-solutions platform for creators: $12 million Series A 8 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/lumanu-startup-creator-economy-paid-brands-influencers-pitch-deck-example-2021-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Hype, a platform for link-in-bio and other creator-monetization tools: $10 million Series A 13 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-example-creator-startup-hype-fundraising-vc-series-a-2023-4?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Catch+Release, a startup that helps creators and everyday social-media users license their content to brands: $8.8 million Series A 12 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-content-licensing-startup-catch-release-raise-8-million-2023-8?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Slip.stream, a music startup focused on gamers: $7.5 million Series A 13 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-music-startup-slip-stream-series-a-sony-music-2022-6?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Brag House, an esports startup: $5 million Series A 24 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/brag-house-pitch-deck-example-college-esports-platform-2021-11?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp CreatorDB, an influencer marketing company: $4.7 million Series A 13 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/influencer-marketing-company-creatordb-ai-data-creator-economy-pitch-deck-2025-9 Seed Linguana, an AI video translation startup that is targeting YouTubers: $8.5 million 13 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/linguana-ai-translation-startup-youtubers-seed-funding-pitch-deck-2025-4 AvatarOS, a startup building virtual avatars for social media, gaming, and other immersive experiences: $7 million 11 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-animation-virtual-influencer-startup-avataros-raises-seed-pitch-deck-2025-3 Hypernatural, a generative AI startup that wants to be the Canva for video: $6.8 million 14 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/generative-ai-video-creator-startup-hypernatural-raised-seed-pitch-deck-2025-7 Flick, an AI video generation startup for filmmakers: $6 million 10 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-filmmaking-startup-flick-lands-yc-seed-funding-pitch-deck-2026-5 Scenario, a generative AI startup to create gaming art and assets: $6 million seed 8 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/notion-doc-ai-gaming-company-used-to-raise-6-million-2023-1?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Sesh, a music startup that connects artists and fans using their mobile wallets: $5 million seed 13 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-music-startup-sesh-fandom-superfan-raise-millions-2025-6 there-are-millions-of-artists-to-recruit-3 Authoritive, an online course-development startup: $5 million seed 11 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/authoritive-pitch-deck-raised-5-million-creator-startup-conde-nast-2021-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Dstlry, a comic-book creator startup: $5 million seed 26 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/dstlry-pitch-deck-comic-book-startup-from-amazon-alums-fundraise-2024-8?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Dharma, a travel startup for creators and brands: $4.7 million pre-Series A 17 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/read-notion-memo-travel-startup-dharma-raise-4-million-2023-10?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Glystn, an AI-powered community-management platform: $4 million seed 15 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-community-engagement-startup-glystn-4-million-seed-pitch-deck-2023-6?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Daisy, an influencer marketing startup that launched in 2024: $3.9 million 9 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-influencer-startup-daisy-raises-seed-funding-creator-economy-2025-3 Anima, an augmented-reality startup: $3 million 15 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-ar-sugmented-reality-startup-anima-raise-3-million-2022-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Grandstand, a sports startup working with athlete creators: $2.75 million https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-slides-sports-creator-economy-startup-grandstand-subscription-fans-2023-10?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Seam Social, a new Web3 social-media platform: $2.5 million 10 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/read-pitch-deck-new-social-media-web3-platform-seam-seed-2023-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Spark, a digital art platform from the YouTuber Moriah Elizabeth: $2.5 million seed 9 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-spark-youtube-moriah-elizabeth-night-media-seed-funding-2022-11?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Insense, a startup helping e-commerce brands get low-cost ads: $2.5 million pre-Series A 9 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-that-helped-insense-ugc-startup-raise-round-2022-8?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Supercast, a podcast subscriptions startup: $2 million seed 20 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-podcast-startup-supercast-used-raise-2-million-example-2022-2?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Chartmetric, a music-data and -measurement company: $2 million seed 46 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-music-data-chartmetric-used-to-raise-2-million-2021-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Ultimate Playlist, a music-marketing startup: $2 million round 9 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-music-discovery-startup-unlimited-playlist-raise-2-million-2022-6?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Magroove, a music distribution and discovery platform: $1.6 million seed 21 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/read-pitch-deck-music-startup-magroove-used-raise-million-2023-5?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Stagetime, a professional-networking startup for performing artists: $1.5 million seed 13 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-raised-1-million-stagetime-linkedin-performing-artists-2021-11?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Jubilee Media, a content studio looking to expand beyond YouTube and TikTok: $1.1 million seed-plus 12 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-media-company-jubilee-startup-fundraise-raises-1m-2022-10?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Pre-Seed Storiaverse, a startup for animators and writers: $2.5 million pre-seed 16 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/read-pitch-deck-creator-startup-storiaverse-raise-2-5-million-2024-4?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp July, a "talent manager in your pocket" for creators: $2.3 million pre-seed 9 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-creator-economy-startup-july-raise-2-million-ohanian-2022-12?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Squads, a startup that helps creators mint and sell crypto coins: $1.8 million pre-seed 12 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/read-pitch-deck-crypto-startup-creators-raise-million-pre-seed-2022-5?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Skye, a career-coaching platform: $1.6 million pre-seed 33 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-coaching-startup-platform-raise-1-million-preseed-funding-2022-7?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Punchup Live, a comedy platform: $1 million pre-seed 19 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-meta-employees-launch-startup-comedians-punchup-live-pitch-deck-2024-3?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Spore, a content and community-building startup: $1 million pre-seed 17 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/spore-pitch-deck-helped-creator-economy-startup-get-investment-2021-7?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp Hashtag Pay Me, a startup that helps creators price brand deals: $200,000 pre-seed 9 pages https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-creator-economy-startup-hashtag-pay-me-preseed-200k-2023-6?r=creator-economy-pitch-decks-lp