Pitch Deck Agencies for Startups: Who to Hire From Pre-Seed to Series A, and How to Brief Them
Pitch deck agencies for startups sell one thing: a funding presentation that gets a busy investor to book a second meeting. A pitch deck here means the 10 to 30 slide investor presentation covering the problem, product, market, traction, team and funding ask. For a first-time founder the price gap is huge: a $799 redesign and a storytelling package from $6,000 sit on the same list, and picking the wrong one burns a pre-seed budget.
TL;DR: The agencies below cover the full price ladder, from fixed-price design jobs under $1,000 to strategy-heavy packages above $5,000. Pre-seed founders with a clear story need design help and a fast turnaround. Founders heading into a Series A need story and numbers work, so pick an agency that sells narrative support and investor-feedback revisions. Brief the agency with your own draft deck, your round size and your investor list, and you get a better deck for the same money.
How did we choose these pitch deck agencies?
We opened every agency's own website in October 2026 and kept only firms that sell investor pitch deck work to startups. We favoured agencies that publish prices or package contents, name the funding stages they serve, and describe their process in writing. The list mixes specialist pitch deck studios with larger presentation firms based in the US, the UK, Turkiye, India, the UAE and the Philippines. We left out software tools, freelance marketplaces, and one firm whose site sat behind a bot wall. Every price and claim below comes from the agency's own pages, and figures such as "projects delivered" are the agencies' own claims.
Which pitch deck agencies for startups publish their prices?
Agency
Base
Entry price published
Upper package published
Stage signal on its site
Slidebean
New York City and San Jose
$799
from $6,000
Pre-seed and seed client stories
Deck Studio
Istanbul
$895
$3,500
Antler and Techstars companies
100PitchDecks
Not stated
from $1,500
from $5,000
Pre-seed to Series A
Pitch Deck Fire
US (Startup Fire LLC)
$1,650
$5,999
Startup, fund and demo day decks
Whitepage Studio
Boston
on request
on request
Pre-seed, seed, Series A pages
Ink Narrates
Kanpur, India
quote per slide
quote per slide
First round to third round
SlideGenius
San Diego, London, Philippines
on request
on request
General investor decks
Pitchworx
India, UAE, USA
$699 per month
custom
Series A sample deck
Sources: each agency's website, October 2026.
2. Slidebean
Slidebean sells pitch deck software and a done-for-you deck service, and its site lists New York City and San Jose as home. Its pitch deck design page lists two packages. The first, at $799, redesigns an existing deck of up to 20 slides in 4 business days and includes content writing, market size estimation help and go-to-market (GTM) advice. The second starts at $6,000, runs 3 to 4 weeks, covers up to 30 slides and adds consulting hours with its analysts.
The process starts with a one-hour briefing call with a business analyst, then content drafts with revision rounds, then a design concept. According to its website, Slidebean has worked on investor decks for over 30,000 startups, and the client stories on that page are pre-seed and seed rounds.
Best for: pre-seed and seed founders who already have a rough deck and want a fast, fixed-price rebuild.
3. Deck Studio
Deck Studio is a pitch deck studio in Istanbul, Turkiye, founded by Duygu Dulger, a former investment consultant. It handles strategy, story, copywriting and design, plus market and competitor research. Its bigger package delivers three versions of the deck: a 5 to 6 slide teaser, an email deck and a meeting deck, so each stage of an investor conversation gets its own version.
The entry package costs $895 with one-week delivery and one revision round. "The Full Deck Build" costs $3,500, takes three weeks, and includes three revision rounds, one of them after real investor feedback. According to its website, the studio has delivered 200+ decks worldwide and has worked with Antler- and Techstars-backed companies and TechCrunch Startup Battlefield finalists.
Best for: accelerator-stage founders who want a teaser, an email deck and a meeting deck from one brief.
4. 100PitchDecks
100PitchDecks calls itself a pitch deck agency for startups and founders, and its About section names pre-seed and Series A as its focus. The founder is a Berkeley Haas graduate, and the site claims 400+ founders advised over 7+ years. Beyond the deck, it sells fundraising branding, a landing page and LinkedIn content for the raise.
Pricing is public and stepped: design only from $1,500, design plus story from $2,500, and a full package with logo, brand identity, deck and landing page from $5,000. Work starts with a 30-minute call and a written proposal with scope and timeline, which gives you a document to compare against other quotes.
Best for: founders who want the deck, the brand and the landing page to look like one company before the first investor email goes out.
5. Pitch Deck Fire
Pitch Deck Fire, run by Startup Fire LLC in the US, says it has helped founders raise money since 2015. It pairs design with pitch review and coaching, with sessions that cover content, story, flow and structure. It also makes decks for funds, demo days and pitch competitions.
Ember costs $1,650 for 10 to 12 slides of design only, with your own copy and 10 design hours. Flame costs $3,999 for 15 to 20 slides, content support and three pitch review sessions. Bonfire costs $5,999 for 21 to 35 slides and 40 design hours. Every package includes unlimited revisions and an editable file with full rights.
Best for: founders preparing for a demo day or pitch competition who want coaching on delivery as well as slides.
6. Whitepage Studio
Whitepage Studio is a presentation design agency at 867 Boylston Street in Boston, led by founder and CEO Tanya Slyvkin. It runs separate pitch deck pages for pre-seed, seed and Series A, and it also sells financial modeling, industry analysis and go-to-market strategy, which matters when your numbers slides are the weak spot.
Its pricing page lists three packages with prices on request. Lite covers up to 10 slides and three revisions, the middle tier up to 20 slides with content writers and researchers, and Premium up to 30 slides with unlimited revisions. Every tier includes a discovery call with the CEO and market research. According to its website, the studio has delivered 4,000+ projects over 12 years, and most decks take two to three weeks.
Best for: seed to Series A founders who need help with the financial story and market sizing, beyond slide design.
7. Ink Narrates
Ink Narrates is a presentation design firm whose site lists Kanpur, India as its location and clients from the USA to Singapore. It writes and designs investor decks, sales decks and templates, and its startup copy speaks to founders raising a first, second or third round.
Pricing depends on slide count and arrives as a quote in your local currency after a project request. According to its website, the team has created 7,000+ presentations for 750+ brands, and 81% of clients come back.
Best for: founders who want writing and design from one team and prefer a per-slide quote over fixed packages.
8. SlideGenius
SlideGenius is a large presentation design company headquartered in San Diego, with offices in London and the Philippines. Pitch deck design is one of its listed services, next to motion graphics and templates. According to its website, it has served 5,000+ clients worldwide.
It quotes per project, and its FAQ on pitch deck pricing is one of the clearest public breakdowns we found (see the cost section below).
Best for: founders who want a large presentation firm with offices across US, European and Asian time zones.
9. Pitchworx
Pitchworx is a creative studio with offices in India, the UAE and the USA, working since 2012 according to its site. Investor pitch decks sit in its presentation work, and a Series A deck appears among its sample projects.
Its model differs from the rest of this list. The Creative Assist plan costs $699 per month with a 7-day free trial, no contract and cancel-anytime terms, with two active requests at a time and most first drafts within 72 hours. The site lists 100+ creative formats under the same plan, so one subscription covers the deck and the design work around a raise.
Best for: founders who need a deck and a steady stream of design work during a months-long raise.
What should a first-time founder expect from a pitch deck agency?
An agency turns your thinking into slides, and your traction, market and team still come from you. Here is what the packages above share:
A discovery call first. Slidebean books one hour, 100PitchDecks 30 minutes.
Two separate jobs: story and design. Cheap packages assume you bring the story, and Pitch Deck Fire's Ember plan says so outright.
Limited revisions. Packages range from one round to unlimited. Count them before you sign.
Two to four weeks for real story work. Turnarounds of a week or less are for redesigns of decks that already work.
An editable file. You will edit the deck yourself after investor meetings.
How do you brief a pitch deck agency?
A good brief cuts revision rounds, and revision rounds are what you pay for. Next steps, in order:
Send your ugly draft. Even 10 rough slides tell the agency more than a long call. Founders who play through a startup simulation such as the Fe/male Switch startup game come out with a problem, customer and model already on paper, which is the raw material an agency needs. No draft yet? Our pitch deck tool and free elevator pitch generator get a first version on paper in an afternoon.
State the round. Pre-seed, seed or Series A, the amount, and what the money buys in months of runway.
Name the investors. Angels, accelerators and Series A funds read decks differently.
Share real numbers. If a number is zero, say so; designers cannot fix a missing traction slide with colour.
List three decks you like. Visual references save a design round.
Fix the format. Teaser deck for email, full deck for meetings, or both.
Agree on the feedback loop. Ask for one revision round after your first investor meetings; Deck Studio builds one into its Full Deck Build.
How much does a pitch deck agency cost?
SlideGenius's pricing FAQ gives the widest public view. It puts professional pitch deck work at $500 to $10,000 or more, with $800 to $1,500 typical for a pre-seed raise under $500,000 and $4,000 to $8,000 for a Series A pitch of $3 million or more. It lists freelance designers at $500 to $2,000 for 10 to 15 slides and boutique consultancies at $5,000 to $15,000. The same FAQ says rush delivery in 48 to 72 hours adds 30% to 50%, and sector specialists in areas such as biotech or fintech charge a 20% to 30% premium.
The published packages on this list fit those ranges: $799 to $1,650 for design-led entry work, $2,500 to $4,450 for mid-tier packages with content help, and from $5,000 to $6,000 and up for strategy-heavy builds. A sensible rule for first-time founders: spend in proportion to the round. A deck for a $300,000 pre-seed round does not need a five-figure package.
Which red flags should make you walk away?
Promises of funding. No agency controls an investor's decision.
No revision count in writing. "Unlimited" is fine when it is written down; silence is a problem.
Locked files only. You will edit the deck after every investor call, so a locked PDF costs you later.
Template work sold as custom. Ask to see two decks at your stage before paying.
Pressure to cut your own story. Agencies polish; you own the narrative and the numbers.
FAQ
What do pitch deck agencies for startups do?
They turn a founder's story and numbers into an investor presentation. Packages range from design only to writing, research, financial slides and pitch coaching.
When should a first-time founder hire a pitch deck agency?
Hire one once you have a clear story, a target round and a list of investors. If you still cannot explain the problem and customer in two sentences, fix that first, because an agency will only design what you give it.
How much does a pitch deck agency charge for a pre-seed deck?
SlideGenius's pricing FAQ puts pre-seed decks for raises under $500,000 at $800 to $1,500. Published entry packages on this list run from $799 (Slidebean) to $1,650 (Pitch Deck Fire).
How much should I budget for a Series A pitch deck?
SlideGenius's FAQ suggests $4,000 to $8,000 for a Series A pitch of $3 million or more. Strategy-heavy packages here run from $3,500 (Deck Studio) to $6,000 and up (Slidebean).
How long does an agency take to make a pitch deck?
Redesigns take 4 business days (Slidebean) to one week (Deck Studio). Full story and design work takes two to four weeks.
Will a pitch deck agency write the content for me?
Some will. Slidebean's $799 package includes content writing, 100PitchDecks sells a design plus story tier, and Whitepage Studio's middle tier adds writers and researchers. Pitch Deck Fire's Ember plan is design only, so you bring the copy.
Do I need a teaser deck and a full deck?
A short teaser works for cold emails and a fuller deck works for meetings. Deck Studio's bigger package delivers a teaser, an email deck and a meeting deck from one brief.
Is a monthly design subscription better than a one-off deck project?
A subscription such as Pitchworx's $699 per month plan suits a long raise with ongoing design needs, and a one-off project suits founders who need one deck.
Should I ask for editable source files?
Yes. You will change the deck after every investor meeting, so ask for PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides or Figma files with full rights.
What is the biggest mistake founders make when hiring a pitch deck agency?
Paying for design before the story is ready. Brief the agency with your draft, your round size, your investor list and your real numbers, and every revision round goes toward a better deck instead of guesswork.
Violetta Bonenkamp, also known as MeanCEO, is an experienced startup founder with an impressive educational background including an MBA and four other higher education degrees. She has over 20 years of work experience across multiple countries, including 5 years as a solopreneur and serial entrepreneur. Throughout her startup experience she has applied for multiple startup grants at the EU level, in the Netherlands and Malta, and her startups received quite a few of those. She’s been living, studying and working in many countries around the globe and her extensive multicultural experience has influenced her immensely.