If you’re raising money, updating shareholders,
We train and coach management teams,
We work with companies raising venture or growth capital,
If your need is more specific — private equity pitches,
A Selection of Our Satisfied Clients
“A fantastic job”
“A fantastic job reviewing and transforming our marketing material and helping us get our message across with clarity to potential investors.”
Sylvie Armand Delille, Head of IR, Equinox
What Investor Pitch Training Involves
Every programme is tailored, but most engagements follow a similar shape. You can use some or all of these stages:
- 1. Messaging, story and structure We help you build a clear equity story — the narrative that explains why your business is a compelling investment, and holds up when investors push back.
- 2. Deck review and polish We review or help design your pitch deck: cutting clutter, sharpening the narrative flow, and making sure each slide earns its place. Most decks land in the 10-20 slide range.
- 3. Delivery coaching and rehearsal Individual or team coaching on meeting performance — pacing, interaction, presence and handling nerves — typically with video review.
- 4. Q&A stress-testing We role-play tough investor questions so your team isn’t caught off guard in the room.
- Typical timelines:
- Messaging and Story – Usually 2-3 weeks — refining messaging, equity story and pitch narrative.
- Write and Design Pitch Book – Usually 3-4 weeks — Write each page, create pitch deck design templates, lay out
- Comprehensive coaching 1-3 days — in-depth practice and polishing
- Ongoing support help you prepare for specific meetings or investor events
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Get World-Class Help With Your Investor Presentation
Presenting to institutional investors
Private company sale & fundraising
Private equity & investor pitch books
Venture capital funding & pitch decks
Investor days & capital market days
Shareholder & investor pitch deck writing
How We Help You Present to Investors
Meet Your Investor Presentation Coaching Team
A hand picked team of former financiers, journalists, and PR leaders with decades of real-world experience
Benjamin Ball
Ben is founder and is chief coach. As a former corporate financier in the City of London, he has written hundreds of PE pitches and coached countless PE executives.
Steve Jacobs
With over 25 years’ experience in corporate and financial public relations, Steve was a founding partner of FTI and was head of comms and IR at Breedon Group plc. He has prepared hundreds of management teams and PE teams for fundraising and investor days
Paul Farrow
As a former journalist, stockbroker and partner in a Financial PR firm, Paul brings huge insight into the world of financial communication. He’ll help you write and deliver great investor pitches.
James Phillips
As a former fund of fund manager, James will put you through your paces, preparing you to meet investors of all types.
David Bond
David is one of our top financial presentation experts. He began his career as a fund manager at Merrill Lynch Asset Management.
Sandra Davis
Sandra is a trusted adviser and coach to executives and senior spokespeople. She has been helping them craft and deliver investor narratives for over 20 years.
What Our Clients Say
“Improved the outcome and offer we received”
“Moved our presentation into a different league and undoubtedly improved the outcome and offer we received.”
Liz Warner, CEO, betty
CASE STUDY – Preparing Betty TV to Meet Investors
Betty TV is the UK’s leading producer of high quality, modern, factual TV. e.g. Country House Rescue, Freaky Eaters and The Joy of Teen Sex.
- Their Challenge Needed a compelling management presentation Liz, CEO, came to us for advice. Liz did not want ‘to turn the pages’ of her pitch deck in front of prospective buyers.
- The BBA Solution Building on the team’s skill of pitching creative ideas, we transformed the equity story into a compelling narrative. And we role-played investor meetings.
- Outcome As a result their 2 hour management presentation turned into a lively, engaging meeting punctuated with videos, clever visual aids and mood boards. They had a choice of great offers Five months after their first buyer meeting, they sold to Discovery Communications, the first independent producer that Discovery had ever bought.
Specialist Pitch Training Programmes
Need something more specific than general investor pitch training?
Private equity pitches
for management teams preparing pitches to PE investors, including trade sales, secondaries and IPO preparation
- Fundraising coaching
- Preparing for portfolio company exits
- Annual results & Annual members meetings
AGMs, CMDs & investor days
for listed companies & fund managers preparing shareholder, analyst and results presentations
- Give high-impact presentations
- Impress investors
- Deal with analyst questions
Roadshow training
for teams running multi-city investor roadshows
- Polish your meetings
- Engage your investors
- Deal with challenging questions
Coaching for financial services firms
sector-specific programmes for asset managers, banks and financial advisers
- Tailored coaching in financial services
- Better pitches and presentations
- Sharpen your question answering
Get a Winning Pitch Deck
Win investors with powerful pitch decks written by experts. Refine your pitch to investors.
- Simplify complex information
- Grab attention and be memorable
“Convinces even the most reluctant investor”
“Makes sure your financial presentation convinces even the most reluctant investor.”
Philippe Moschetta, CFO, Al-Muhaidib
What This Costs
Every programme is scoped to the business and the event, so we don’t publish a fixed price list — but to give you a starting point:
- A one hour 1:1 online coaching session from £395
- A single half-day coaching session for one to four people from £3,950
- A full team preparation programme ahead of a fundraise or capital markets day (deck review, multiple coaching sessions, Q&A rehearsal) is a larger, multi-day engagement.
- Call Louise on +44 20 7018 0922 for a scoped quote
Who We Are – Your Partner of Choice
One of the leading investor pitch coaching companies in London
Specialists in investor and financial pitch preparation
Trusted by leading businesses across Europe
Call Louise Angus today to improve your pitch
“I have attended several presentation skills trainings … this was the best by quite some way.”
NF, Bureau van Dijk
+44 20 7018 0922
info@benjaminball.com
Investor Pitch Coaching FAQs
15+ years’ experience, a team who’ve worked in and around the City in corporate finance, financial PR and fund management, and a fast, cost-effective process focused on adding measurable value.
Most programmes run from a single half-day session to a multi-week engagement ahead of a major event, depending on your goals and timeline. See “What Investor Pitch Training Involves” above for typical timelines.
Founders raising capital, management teams preparing for a sale, executives presenting to shareholders, and finance teams preparing for a specific investor event. Programmes are tailored for early-stage companies through to FTSE 100 firms. (Rarely do we work with startups)
Yes — all coaching is bespoke and delivered in-house or remotely, tailored to your specific pitch or event.
The cost of investor pitch coaching depends on several factors including the scope of the program, the level of customisation and your timetable. You can be confident of a great return on investment. See cost section above for more detail.
Call Louise, our client services director today to discuss how we can add most value. +44 20 7018 0922 or info@benjaminball.com.
Read the Ultimate Guide to Private Equity Pitches and VC Pitching