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PITCH GUIDE

Consumer pitch deck guide

Brand, loyalty, and repeat purchase

Consumer investors look for brands with genuine customer love, efficient repeat purchase economics, and a path to category leadership. Your pitch should lead with authentic brand differentiation and cohort data showing customers come back.

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Key metrics to know

Repeat Purchase Rate

Percentage of customers who buy again within a defined period.

Benchmark: Healthy consumer brands: 40%+ repurchase within 12 months.

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)

Blended cost to acquire a new customer across all channels.

Benchmark: LTV:CAC of 3:1+ required; payback ideally within 6-12 months.

Average Order Value (AOV)

Average revenue per transaction.

Benchmark: Higher AOV improves margin leverage; track trend over time.

Gross Margin

Revenue minus cost of goods sold, before fulfillment and marketing.

Benchmark: Physical goods: 50-70%, Digital-physical hybrid: 60-80%.

Net Promoter Score (NPS)

Measure of customer advocacy and satisfaction.

Benchmark: Consumer brands: 50+ is strong, 70+ is exceptional.

Must-have slides

1Brand and differentiation

Show why customers choose you over alternatives

  • Articulate the brand positioning in one sentence
  • Show qualitative and quantitative evidence of customer love
  • Explain the category insight that drives your advantage

2Cohort economics

Prove customers return and economics improve

  • Show repeat purchase curves by acquisition cohort
  • Demonstrate payback period shortening over time
  • Break down CAC by channel and highlight efficient channels

3Channel strategy

Explain how you reach and retain customers at scale

  • Show mix of owned, earned, and paid channels
  • Explain retail or DTC expansion plans with economics
  • Address channel concentration risk

Common mistakes to avoid

  • !Conflating early gifting or viral spikes with sustainable demand
  • !Ignoring unit economics until "after we scale"
  • !Underestimating supply chain complexity for physical goods
  • !Treating brand marketing and performance marketing as interchangeable
  • !Not knowing customer churn rate and lifetime value by channel

What investors expect

  • Strong cohort data showing repeat purchase and improving payback
  • Brand founder or operator with consumer category expertise
  • Evidence of organic community or word-of-mouth traction
  • Clear gross margin structure before and after scale
  • Credible path to retail, wholesale, or international expansion

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