# Tesla's pitch deck

> Tesla's pitch deck: 15 slides, and the funding round we observed afterwards.

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

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Pitch deck

# Tesla's *pitch deck*

The deck, and the round we watched Tesla raise afterwards, with the investors each report named.

15 slides 2.2MB US Industrial

Read the deck Free account. The deck belongs to Tesla, 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. 15 slides against a median of 13 across the 1,712 decks we hold.

*median*

- 1 **Cover**
- 2 **Product**
- 3
- 4 **The ask**
- 5 **The ask**
- 6 **Roadmap**
- 7
- 8 **Market**
- 9 **Product**
- 10 **Go to market**
- 11 **Product**
- 12
- 13 **Vision**
- 14
- 15 **Contact**

Cover Product The ask Roadmap Market Go to market Vision Contact

What happened next

## $546M across 1 round

**1** rounds observed **$546M** reported in total **Feb 2018** first we saw **Feb 2018** most recent

- Feb 2018 Debt **$546M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by TechCrunch

[Everyone who backed Tesla](https://millionrounds.com/company/tesla)

Form D

What they told the regulator

## Tesla filed a Form D with the SEC

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

**$20M** sold under the offering **Nov 2018** most recent filing

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The deck itself

## Read Tesla's full pitch deck

All 15 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 Tesla.

## Investors who claim them

Firms listing Tesla 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.

[**The Westly Group** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group)[**Lingotto** Asset manager](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lingotto)[**Darwin Ventures** Fund of funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/darwin-ventures)[**Kluz Ventures** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kluz-ventures)[**Newlin** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newlin-ventures)[**Partners Resolute** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partners-resolute)[**ARIZONA INVESTISSEMENTS SA** Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arizona-investissements-sa)[**Futurist Capital** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/futurist-capital)[**Invest in the Clean Energy Gas Station Fund, We call it Last Point of Distribution LPDs.** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-in-the-clean-energy-gas-station-fund-we-call-it-last-)[**Venture Hacks** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venture-hacks)

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