About this design
Where the Term Sheet style comes from, and what it signals.
Term Sheet is the structured, framework-driven investor pitch deck, built to the classic venture template in the spirit of the Sequoia Capital pitch template and LinkedIn's Series B deck. It runs on a visible grid: numbered sections, ruled tables, aligned data columns and editorial serif headlines, with navy ink on a cool white field. Nothing is decorative. Every line on the slide is doing structural work.
The system pairs Source Serif 4 for headlines with IBM Plex Sans for every label, number and caption. Headlines sit in navy #0E1B33; body text reads in #41495A; small uppercase labels use #818A9C. White #FFFFFF cards with thin #DDE2EA borders break the cool white #F7F8FA background into legible regions, and a single panel on primarySoft #DCE4F2 anchors the most important number on a slide. Charts are plain navy bars or a nested TAM, SAM, SOM square, drawn from the four chart hexes so the deck never reaches for a second accent.
The format suits a Series A or B raise and enterprise audiences who read decks the way they read a term sheet: looking for the structure first. It gives a founder the VC pitch deck structure that investors expect, so the argument carries instead of the design.
Use it for
- Series A and B investor pitch decks for fintech or enterprise startups
- Decks built to the Sequoia pitch deck template style with numbered sections
- Board updates and enterprise sales reviews that need ruled tables and aligned data
- Fundraises where a calm, institutional tone reads as more credible than visual drama
Skip it for
- Consumer or lifestyle brands that want warmth, photography or color
- Early demo-day decks where a bolder, high-contrast style helps you stand out in a crowd
The presentation design prompt
This is the exact text that gets sent to your AI.
Create a presentation in the 'Term Sheet' theme: a structured, institutional investor pitch deck that reads like the Sequoia pitch deck template, calm authority over flash. Background: flat cool white #F7F8FA on every slide, never a gradient. Typography: headlines in Source Serif 4, 40 to 64px, semibold, navy #0E1B33; section labels and all data in IBM Plex Sans, both Google Fonts. Body runs 16 to 18px in #41495A, labels are 11 to 13px uppercase letterspaced in #818A9C, and every stat number is IBM Plex Sans semibold, 40 to 52px, in navy #16315C. Layout: a visible structured grid with numbered sections, ruled tables and aligned columns built on white #FFFFFF cards with 1px #DDE2EA borders. Accents: navy #16315C carries headings, section numbers, table rules and bar fills only; one panel sits on primarySoft #DCE4F2. Strictly avoid: photos, icons, rounded blob shapes, drop shadows, more than one accent hue, decorative gradients, centered body paragraphs. Use this theme for my slides. Ask me what the presentation is about first, then apply the theme to every slide.View this prompt and its data on GitHub
How to use this prompt
From copied text to a finished Term Sheet deck in four moves.
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Copy the prompt
Use the copy button, or open it pre-filled in Claude or ChatGPT with one click from the panel on this page.
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Tell the AI your topic
The prompt instructs the AI to ask what your presentation is about first. A sentence or a pasted outline is enough.
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Generate and iterate
Ask for more slides or swap a layout. The avoid list at the end of the prompt keeps Term Sheet on-style while the content changes.
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Or skip straight to a deck
SlideSpeak turns your topic or document into a finished Term Sheet presentation, exportable as PowerPoint or PDF.
Common questions
Working with the Term Sheet presentation design prompt in practice.
