# LinkedIn's pitch deck

> LinkedIn's pitch deck: 37 slides, and the funding round we observed afterwards.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/decks/linkedin (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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Pitch deck

# LinkedIn's *pitch deck*

The deck, and the 9 rounds we watched LinkedIn raise afterwards, with the investors each report named.

37 slides 2.9MB US

Read the deck Free account. The deck belongs to LinkedIn, so reading it needs one; everything on this page is public.

What is in it

## The deck, slide by slide

Each slide by what it argues. 37 slides against a median of 13 across the 1,712 decks we hold.

*median*

- 1 **Cover**
- 2
- 3 **Problem**
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- 9
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- 11 **Financials**
- 12 **Market**
- 13
- 14 **Market**
- 15
- 16 **Traction**
- 17 **Financials**
- 18 **Market**
- 19 **Business model**
- 20 **Business model**
- 21
- 22 **Market**
- 23
- 24 **Market**
- 25
- 26 **Market**
- 27 **Market**
- 28
- 29 **Market**
- 30 **Market**
- 31 **Business model**
- 32 **Traction**
- 33 **Financials**
- 34 **Product**
- 35 **Team**
- 36 **Market**
- 37 **Contact**

Cover Problem Financials Market Traction Business model Product Team Contact

What happened next

## $221M across 9 rounds

**9** rounds observed **$221M** reported in total **Nov 2003** first we saw **May 2013** most recent

- May 2013 Growth **$82M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov
- Oct 2011 Venture **$3.0M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov
- Oct 2011 Venture **$12M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov
- Oct 2008 Series D **$23M** [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs)[McGraw-Hill Companies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mcgraw-hill-companies)[SAP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sap)[Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) Reported by paidcontent.org
- Jun 2008 Series D **$53M** [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures)[Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[Greylock Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) Reported by techcrunch.com
- Mar 2007 Venture **$21M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded
- Jan 2007 Series C **$13M** [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[European Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-founders-fund) Reported by press.linkedin.com
- Oct 2004 Series B **$10M** [Greylock Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) Reported by linkedin.com
- Nov 2003 Series A **$4.7M** [Josh Kopelman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) Reported by press.linkedin.com

[Everyone who backed LinkedIn](https://millionrounds.com/company/linkedin)

Form D

What they told the regulator

## LinkedIn filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC

The company reporting its own raise, rather than a journalist reporting it.

**$120M** sold under the offering **Mar 2014** most recent filing

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The deck itself

## Read LinkedIn's full pitch deck

All 37 slides, each read for what it argues and set against the decks that raised at the same stage. The cover is shown here; the rest is read in the app.

Read the deck *→* Free account. The deck belongs to LinkedIn.

## Investors who claim them

Firms listing LinkedIn on their own portfolio page: the firm's own account rather than a round we watched. Weaker than an announcement, much stronger than a list somebody sold us.

[**LLR Partners** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/llr-partners)[**Nucleus Capital** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nucleus-capital)[**Tenmile** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenmile)[**Merak Ventures** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/merak-ventures)[**Fund Good Jobs** Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fund-good-jobs-2)[**Fund Good Jobs** Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fund-good-jobs-2)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/johnson-and-johnson-impact-ventures)[**Meet Capital** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meet-capital)[**Scale Capital** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-capital-2)[**Ainsley Capital** Family office](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ainsley-capital)[**Edgebold DMCC** Investment firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edgebold-dmcc)[**ICA Fund** Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ica-fund)[**JE Dunn Construction** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/je-dunn-construction)[**Morph Capital** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morph-capital)[**Morph Capital** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morph-capital)[**Nexus Bay Capital** Fund of funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-bay-capital)[**TXE Partners** Private equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/txe-partners)

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