What's in this set
Renewable energy is one of the newer filters in the pitch deck database, and right now it holds a single company: Nanogrid's pre-seed deck, which raised $150K in 2019. Nanogrid builds software that calculates the value of solar, battery storage, and an electric vehicle for a homeowner, so it sits at the intersection of renewable energy, solar, electric vehicles, and automotive rather than in a single lane. That cross-tagging is common in this space. A lot of climate and energy-transition startups touch more than one category, and a deck that reads as "renewable energy" to an investor might also carry solar or EV tags in a database like this one.
What investors look for in a renewable energy pitch deck
Renewable energy investors weigh a few things that a generic software or consumer deck does not need to cover. Nanogrid's pre-seed raise is a useful anchor for what an early climate-tech deck actually needs to answer.
Show the economics, not just the mission. A deck like Nanogrid's has to translate "solar plus storage plus an EV" into a dollar figure a homeowner or utility actually cares about, because renewable energy investors are used to underwriting on unit economics and payback period, not on climate benefit alone.
Be clear about where you sit in the stack. Nanogrid is a software layer on top of hardware other companies build and install, and its deck needs to draw that line clearly. Renewable energy investors see everything from panel manufacturers to financing platforms to software like this, and a deck that is vague about which layer it plays in makes the check size and comparable set harder to figure out.
Expect policy and incentive questions early. Rebates, tax credits, and utility program rules move the economics of solar and storage more than almost any other industry, so a pre-seed renewable energy deck should be ready to show how the model holds up if an incentive shifts, even if that is only a sentence or two at this stage.
With only one deck tagged to this filter today, there is not yet a range of rounds or years to compare against. Founders building a renewable energy deck right now are better served pairing this example with the solar and electric vehicle filters, where Nanogrid also appears, to see more decks from adjacent parts of the energy transition.
Renewable energy's presence in the pitch deck database is thin today, but the funding environment around it is not. AngelMatch's investor database lists 18,000+ renewable energy investors you can filter by stage and check size, which is a faster way to start conversations while more decks get added to this filter. Find renewable energy investors who back solar, storage, and energy-transition startups once your deck is ready to share.
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