PitchStack

PitchStack - Venture Capital Deal Flow Platform Inspiration Watching VCs struggle with hundreds of pitch decks scattered across emails, losing track of evaluations, and wasting hours coordinating team decisions. The venture capital industry needed a modern solution for deal flow management. What it does PitchStack centralizes startup pitch evaluation with structured scoring, real-time team collaboration, and analytics. VCs can upload pitch decks, score startups across 5 key criteria, collaborate with comments, and track deals through their investment pipeline. How we built it

Frontend: React with modern UI using Tailwind CSS Backend: Supabase for authentication, PostgreSQL database, and real-time features Deployment: Netlify for seamless hosting Built entirely with Bolt.new in record time

Key features include drag-and-drop pitch uploads, collaborative scoring system, real-time comments, analytics dashboard, and mobile-responsive design. Challenges we ran into

Implementing real-time collaboration without conflicts Designing an intuitive scoring system that works for different investment styles Balancing feature richness with simplicity for busy VCs Optimizing performance for large pitch deck files

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Created a production-ready platform VCs would actually pay for Implemented seamless real-time collaboration Built beautiful, responsive UI that works on all devices Solved a real problem faced by the hackathon judges themselves

What we learned

Bolt.new's power for rapid full-stack development The importance of understanding your users' daily workflows How real-time features can transform collaboration That solving judges' actual problems is the best strategy

What's next for PitchStack

Integration with major email providers for automatic pitch imports AI-powered initial scoring suggestions Advanced analytics and deal flow predictions Mobile app for on-the-go pitch reviews Enterprise features for large VC firms