Pro practiceAngel investment pitch practice interview
A founder pitch covering the customer problem, traction, unit economics, funding ask and terms for an early individual investor. Practise the 6 questions selection panels ask with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the award
An angel investment pitch is a direct conversation with an individual investing their own capital in an early business. The investor tests whether the opportunity is attractive, whether the numbers hold together and whether the founder can make sound decisions with limited resources. Expect close questions on traction, risks, the funding ask and the working relationship after investment.
How to prepare
- Reduce your customer problem, solution and advantage to a short opening that does not depend on jargon.
- Check every traction figure against its source and distinguish paying customers from trials or expressions of interest.
- Model how customer acquisition, pricing, gross margin and cash needs change under a cautious growth case.
- Decide the amount, proposed terms, use of funds and milestones you can defend in a negotiation.
- Prepare honest answers on competition, founder gaps, regulatory exposure and the assumptions most likely to fail.
Common mistakes
- Calling interest or downloads traction without showing whether customers stay or pay.
- Giving a valuation or funding ask that is disconnected from milestones and evidence.
- Avoiding difficult questions instead of acknowledging uncertainty and explaining the next test.
- Reading crowded slides when the investor wants a clear conversation with the founder.
What to expect
A real selection interview
6 questions the way selection panels ask, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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