The team

Built by people who've raised, built & backed companies.

Three operators, one belief: the way founders pitch — and the way investors actually decide — was overdue for a rebuild.

$3B+
Raised by our founders
5,000+
Founders worked with
7
Unicorns shipped through
40K+
Slides crafted
Pankaj Singh
Founder, SlydS
Co-founder · Storyteller

Pankaj Singh

Founder, SlydS · Partner, OneAlphaNorth Capital · Host, Driving a Startup

Over the last decade, Pankaj and his team at SlydS have worked with 3,000+ founders — from breakout names like Groww, Porter, and Bombay Shaving Company, to ambitious early-stage hustlers raising their first round.

They've shipped 40,000+ slides and seen those decks help raise more than $2.1B. But more than the numbers, it's about the belief he helps founders build in themselves — and in the eyes of investors.

Today he wears another hat at OneAlphaNorth Capital, a fund investing in tech, health, and consumer. And when he's not behind a deck, he's behind a mic — chatting with India's boldest entrepreneurs on his podcast Driving a Startup.

3,000+ founders $2.1B raised 40K+ slides shipped
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Deepak Kumar
Co-founder, SlydS
Co-founder · Design + Strategy

Deepak Kumar

Co-founder, SlydS · Storyteller-in-chief

Deepak has spent the last decade turning SlydS into a trusted partner for founders raising smarter. Design, storytelling, and strategy — combined into pitch materials that don't just look good. They work.

Across India, MENA and Europe he's worked with 1,000+ startups including Groww, Porter, Bombay Shaving Company, and BluSmart — helping founders raise over $1B in capital. Seven unicorns and counting.

He started out as a math guy who loved equations and numbers. Today he gets the same kick from seeing those numbers turn into valuations, term sheets, and success stories.

1,000+ startups $1B+ raised 7 unicorns 30+ VC funds
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Rishi Khiani
Co-founder, Craise
Co-founder · Product + Platform

Rishi Khiani

Co-founder, Craise · CEO, Antfarm

Rishi is the builder. Founded Scootsy (acquired by Swiggy) and UrbanEye — two exits across consumer and B2B. Co-founded Fork Media Group (Curly Tales, Mashable India). CEO at Times Internet, Times of India, and Network18. Each one a top-down rebuild of how a category should look.

He runs Antfarm, his studio, and is co-founder of Kaam — a work-OS for hiring and operations. Craise is the bet that pulls his decade across operating, investing and storytelling together.

The conviction underneath: most software still treats users like operators of forms. The next decade belongs to products that treat them like decision-makers. Craise is that thesis, applied to fundraising.

2 exits 3× CEO Times · Network18 · Fork alumnus
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Why we built this

Three thousand pitches in,
we'd seen enough to fix it.

Decks vanish into inboxes. Founders guess at interest. Investors lose context between meetings. Craise is what we wished we had — for the founders we've spent a decade pitching for, and the ones we're investing in now.

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