# Square's pitch deck

> Square's pitch deck: 20 slides, and the funding round we observed afterwards.

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

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Pitch deck

# Square's *pitch deck*

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

20 slides 1.6MB US

Read the deck Free account. The deck belongs to Square, 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. 20 slides against a median of 13 across the 1,712 decks we hold.

*median*

- 1 **Cover**
- 2 **Market**
- 3 **Team**
- 4 **Market**
- 5 **Product**
- 6 **Problem**
- 7 **Go to market**
- 8 **Competition**
- 9 **Financials**
- 10 **The ask**
- 11 **Product**
- 12 **Contact**
- 13 **Financials**
- 14 **Financials**
- 15 **Financials**
- 16 **Vision**
- 17 **Validation**
- 18 **Validation**
- 19 **Vision**
- 20 **Market**

Cover Market Team Product Problem Go to market Competition Financials The ask Contact Vision Validation

What happened next

## $591M across 9 rounds

**9** rounds observed **$591M** reported in total **Nov 2009** first we saw **Apr 2015** most recent

- Apr 2015 Growth **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded
- Mar 2015 Growth **Amount undisclosed** [Yellow Brick Capital Advisers (UK) Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yellow-brick-capital-advisers-uk-limited) Source recorded
- Oct 2014 Series E **$150M** [GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital)[GIC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gic)[Goverment of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goverment-of-singapore-investment-corporation-gic)[Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) Source recorded
- Apr 2014 Debt **$100M** [Barclays Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-ventures)[Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs)[JP Morgan Chase & Co](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jp-morgan-chase-and-co)[Morgan Stanley](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-stanley-investment-management)[Silicon Valley Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) Source recorded
- Sept 2012 Series D **$200M** [Citi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi-ventures)[CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3)[Rizvi Traverse Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rizvi-traverse-management)[Starbucks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/starbucks) Reported by techcrunch.com
- Dec 2011 Series C **$3.0M** [GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital)[Richard Branson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/virgin) Reported by techcrunch.com
- Jun 2011 Series C **$100M** [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers)[Tiger Technology Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-technology-global-management) Reported by techcrunch.com
- Jan 2011 Series B **$28M** [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[Visa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visa) Reported by techcrunch.com
- Nov 2009 Series A **$10M** [Andrew Rasiej](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-rasiej)[Biz Stone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biz-stone)[Brian Pokorny](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-pokorny)[David Lee](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-lee)[Dennis Crowley](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dennis-crowley)[Esther Dyson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/esther-dyson)[First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[Fritz Lanman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ali-partovi)[Greg Yaitanes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-beyer)[Jim Pitkow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jim-pitkow)[Joshua Schachter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter)[Kevin Rose](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-rose)[Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[Marissa Mayer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marissa-mayer)[Robin Chan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robin-chan)[Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway)[Shawn Fanning](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shawn-fanning)[Xavier Niel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xavier-niel)[Zachary Bogue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zachary-bogue) Source recorded

[Everyone who backed Square](https://millionrounds.com/company/square)

Form D

What they told the regulator

## Square filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC

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

**$103M** sold under the offering **May 2021** most recent filing

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The deck itself

## Read Square's full pitch deck

All 20 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 Square.

## Investors who claim them

Firms listing Square 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.

[**Darwin Ventures** Fund of funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/darwin-ventures)[**Rizvi Traverse Management** Growth equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rizvi-traverse-management)[**28 Ventures** Family office](https://millionrounds.com/fund/28-ventures-2)[**Conduit** Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit)[**Equilibrium Group** Venture studio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equilibrium-group)[**GPI Global Partners Investments** Investment firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gpi-global-partners-investments)[**Hinge Capital** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hinge-capital-formerly-venture51)

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