I need to send a pitch deck to an investor I can't meet, what should I use?

Use a narrated async deck link so the investor gets your full story, in your voice, without needing a live call slot they cannot offer.

A silent PDF leaves too many gaps. Investors read decks fast and often misinterpret the founder thesis when there is no spoken context next to the numbers. A 10 to 12 minute narrated walkthrough closes that gap and is short enough that a partner will watch it on the train rather than save it for later and forget.

Keep the structure tight: problem, why now, what you built, traction proof, team, ask. One idea per slide, with the narration block focused on the single argument that slide makes. Investors will replay the traction and ask slides specifically, so put your strongest numbers there and rehearse those segments more carefully than the others.

Use voice annotations so the deck looks like your existing pitch deck rather than a generic video export. The investor can click through at their own pace, pause to study a chart, or rewatch a single slide. That matches how partners actually consume founder material in practice.

Turn on per-slide analytics so you can see whether the investor watched the full deck or stopped at slide three. If they finished it and rewatched the team slide, that is a useful signal for your follow-up email. Pair the closing slide with a single clear CTA, ideally a calendar link to a 20 minute follow-up, not a generic "let me know what you think".