Deckmetric

Deckmetric is an AI-powered pitch deck analysis platform built by Shepard&Young, a commercial strategy consultancy founded by Sebastian Scheplitz. The product is designed for founders raising pre-seed to Series A who want to understand how investors will actually score their pitch deck before entering a meeting. Deckmetric scores every uploaded deck across 10 investor frameworks: the proprietary Shepard&Young Captivate-Validate-Motivate (CVM) framework as the headline grade, plus nine benchmark VC frameworks derived from public criteria and materials (Y Combinator, Sequoia, a16z, 500 Global, First Round, Tiger Global, Family Office, Techstars, and Antler). The CVM framework weights Captivate at 35%, Validate at 40%, and Motivate at 25%. The analysis pipeline runs in four stages: extraction, classification, scoring, and prioritized recommendations. The platform's core promise is to show founders where investor conviction breaks and how to fix it. It identifies whether a deck looks polished but fails to build conviction, whether metrics exist but are framed incorrectly for the raise, and whether the story targets the wrong investor type. Deckmetric also provides visual design analysis, slide-by-slide comparison, deck order improvement, investor outreach templates, a monthly market digest, and a pre-pitch valuation calculator. The methodology is published in full on the company's website so founders can read the rubric before uploading. Deckmetric positions itself as bringing the quality of pitch deck feedback that top accelerator partners give in private to every founder, on demand. It aims to make the scoring rubric visible, make investor-fit logic transparent, and cut iteration time from weeks of warm intros to a single afternoon of structured rewriting. The service is offered with a free analysis tier and a premium tier that unlocks deeper recommendations. The company states that decks are not used to train models, can be deleted anytime, and results are delivered in under 10 minutes. Deckmetric reports being trusted by over 500 founders.

Deckmetric was built by Shepard&Young, a commercial strategy consultancy founded by Sebastian Scheplitz. The platform emerged from a recurring pattern observed in advisory engagements: founders repeatedly received the same kind of pitch deck feedback, but access to high-quality, structured feedback was limited to those with warm introductions to top accelerator partners. Deckmetric was created to productize that feedback and make it available on demand. The methodology behind Deckmetric was authored by Sebastian Scheplitz and is published in full on the company's website. It centers on the proprietary Shepard&Young Captivate-Validate-Motivate (CVM) framework, which weights Captivate at 35%, Validate at 40%, and Motivate at 25%. In addition to the CVM framework, Deckmetric benchmarks every deck against nine VC frameworks derived from public criteria and materials: Y Combinator, Sequoia, a16z, 500 Global, First Round, Tiger Global, Family Office, Techstars, and Antler. The analysis pipeline runs in four stages: extraction, classification, scoring, and prioritized recommendations. The product has evolved to include a suite of features beyond the core scoring: visual design analysis, slide-by-slide comparison, deck order improvement, investor outreach templates, a monthly market digest, and a pre-pitch valuation calculator. Deckmetric reports being trusted by over 500 founders. The company continues to update its methodology and features, with the about and methodology pages last updated in May 2026.

• Deckmetric built by Shepard&Young as an AI pitch deck analyzer.

• Methodology authored by founder Sebastian Scheplitz, featuring the CVM framework and nine benchmark VC frameworks.

• About and methodology pages updated May 2026.

Bring the quality of pitch deck feedback that top accelerator partners give in private to every founder, on demand.

• Free pitch deck analysis

  Shows the first gaps in a pitch deck, including overall CVM score, what investors understand immediately, where conviction breaks, and which investor type the deck fits.

• Premium pitch deck analysis

  Unlocks deeper recommendations on how to fix identified gaps.

• Visual Design Analysis

  AI scoring of every slide across brand consistency, layout balance, color, typography, and chart clarity, with slide-specific fixes.

• Slide-by-Slide Comparison

  Per-slide score, strengths, weaknesses, missing-slide recommendations, and a strongest-slide / weakest-slide verdict.

• Deck Order Improvement

  Scores deck flow against a recommended investor-facing order, with position-swap suggestions and a structure score.

• Framework Analysis & Grading

  Grading on the Shepard&Young CVM framework and 9 benchmark VC frameworks, with best-fit and weakest-fit verdicts.

• Investor Outreach Templates

  11 cold email and LinkedIn DM templates, prefilled from your pitch analysis with hooks, traction lines, and a clear ask.

• Monthly Market Digest

  A monthly briefing tailored to your industry and stage, with trends, named funding rounds, investor focus, and practical advice.

• Pre-Pitch Valuation Calculator

  Conservative, target, and optimistic pre-money ranges from your stage, sector, traction, and market, plus eight investor perspectives so you can rehearse the number.

1. 1AI-Powered Pitch Deck Analysis for Startups | Deckmetricdeckmetric.com
2. 2About Deckmetric: Mission, Methodology, Team | Deckmetricdeckmetric.com
3. 3Pitch Deck Analysis Features Overview | Deckmetricdeckmetric.com
4. 4Scoring Methodology: 10 VC Frameworks | Deckmetricdeckmetric.com
5. 5Deckmetricwikidata.org