How much does an engagement cost?

A Paid Consultation is $225 for 30 minutes. A Pitch Deck Audit is $750. Strategy and build engagements have current working prices from $1,500 to $4,450, with final scope confirmed before work begins.

How long does it take?

A Paid Consultation is 30 minutes. Audit timing is confirmed before purchase. Strategy and build engagements are scheduled according to scope, round timing and founder availability. Live deadlines are evaluated during qualification.

Is this a pitch deck design service?

The work begins with the fundraising argument: what the round is, who it is for, which proof supports it and what decision the material must move. Design is developed as part of carrying that argument clearly and credibly.

I already generated a deck with AI. Is that useful here?

An AI-generated deck is a useful starting point. The review identifies generic claims, unsupported logic, filler and the questions an investor is likely to test, then prioritizes what needs to change.

Use the diagnostic or send a proposal request with your stage, deadline and current materials. I review the context and reply directly with the recommended scope or a clear next step.

Make your roundimpossible tomisunderstand.

Fundraising strategy, investor narrative and pitch materials. Built directly with Anna Mazarsky.

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Strategy · Story · Copy · Design

Anna Mazarsky, fundraising strategist, in a black blazer against a light studio wall.

The work has receipts.

19 years: in capital raising and startup advisory
$30M+: personally raised for mission driven organizations
$60M+: raised by founders Anna worked with, combined
$100K+: earned on Upwork

79: Upwork jobs
1,200+: Upwork hours

The work.

Strategy you can see.

The final deck is only the visible part of the job.

Pre-seed to Series A · Multi-year partnership · Investor, sales and board presentations

ReflectizFrom pre-seed deck to Series A presentation partner

What began as one pre-seed fundraising deck became a multi-year partnership across investor, sales and board presentations.

Reflectiz first came to me as a very small pre-seed company. The starting material was essentially text on slides, and the company needed a fundraising deck. I created the visual language and designed that deck.

The work continued across dozens of projects over the following years: a refresh of the broader brand and marketing language, sales presentations, board presentations and fundraising decks through Series A.

In the later rounds my role moved past designing supplied content. I helped structure the round story and the deck architecture itself, starting from the questions that decide everything else: the essence, the goals, the audience and how the presentation will actually be used.

Round story and architecture
Visual language
Investor, sales and board decks

“Anna is highly experienced, thoughtful and high-quality. Clients and investors consistently responded positively to the presentations. Across dozens of joint projects, a few words from me were enough for her to understand the need and make the vision live.”

Idan Cohen, CEO & Co-Founder, ReflectizPublic Upwork feedback

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Sales presentations · Brochures · Messaging clarity
Blue EquinoxFrom outdated materials to a clear sales presentation system
Outdated material across several offers, rebuilt around the goal of each presentation and the way the audience needed to understand it.
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Sponsorship pitch deck · Narrative restructuring · Positioning
Back2WarcraftBuilding a sponsorship story before creator decks were a template
2018. Scattered old files rebuilt into a sponsorship story structured around what a sponsor needed to understand and decide.
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EdTech · Exit and transaction deck · Narrative architecture
DriveITDesigning an exit story that did not look corporate
A client since 2017 preparing for a sale asked for a deck that felt nothing like a corporate presentation, while still making the company easy for investors and buyers to understand.
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Most of this work sits inside live fundraising and sales material, so it is shown only as far as each client has approved. Ask for examples close to your sector and stage and you will get them directly.

What I fix.

Strong businesses lose momentum when the case investors hear is weaker than the business itself.

The business is stronger than the story.

Investors understand what you built. They still cannot repeat why it is an investment.

The deck keeps growing. The round doesn't.

More slides are being added because the argument underneath them is still unsettled.

The product makes sense. The investment case doesn't land.

The room gets the product. The urgency, upside, proof or ask still feels easy to postpone.

AI made the material faster. Judgment still decides what survives.

Drafting is cheap now. Knowing what an investor should believe, question or remember is the valuable part.

Clarity is a fundraising advantage.

Ways to work.

Choose the level of intervention your round needs.

Not sure where to start?

5 questions. One clear next move.

Answer five quick questions and get the service that fits your round, your material and your timing.

Find my best-fit service

01
Pitch Deck Audit
$750
Founders with a deck in market who need to know what is blocking the next meeting.
What is actually weakening the current deck, and what to fix first.
Request a deck audit
02
Investor Story Strategy
$1,500
Complex businesses that take too long to explain.
Who the round is for, what it claims and which proof carries the claim.
Request my story strategy proposal
03
Deck Rescue
$2,750
Live rounds where the deck has drifted and time is short.
Whether the existing deck can carry the round, and what it has to become.
Request a deck rescue
04
Full Build
$4,450
Founders opening a round who want the whole case handled once.
The whole fundraising case: round shape, argument, evidence and materials.
Request a full-build proposal

Need one answer first?

Paid consultation · $225 / 30 min

One focused fundraising question. One direct working session.

Request a consultation time

Still deciding between scopes? Take the 5-question diagnostic.

Why Anna

19 years inside fundraising.Strategy, story and the roomit has to survive.

Anna Mazarsky presenting an investor narrative to a seated boardroom audience.

I work where fundraising strategy, investor narrative and the material itself meet. That means I can diagnose the round, rebuild the argument and carry it through to the final deck without handing the thinking from one specialist to another.

Capital raising: I raised for mission driven organizations, where the case had to survive committees, not enthusiasm.
Startup strategy: I work with founders on positioning, round shape and the milestone logic behind the ask.
Investor storytelling: I turn complex businesses into arguments investors can repeat internally, in their own words.

You work directly with me, from the first strategic question to the final word on the page.

AI + human judgment

Already built it with AI? Bring me the output.

I use AI deeply across research, synthesis and iteration. Every strategic judgment is mine.

Founder of Pink X, where I am building the methodology into a scalable platform for female founders.

More about Anna

The practical stuff

Questions before we work together.

Scope, timing, price and what happens when the material already exists.

How much does an engagement cost?: A Paid Consultation is $225 for 30 minutes. A Pitch Deck Audit is $750. Strategy and build engagements have current working prices from $1,500 to $4,450, with final scope confirmed before work begins.
How long does it take?: A Paid Consultation is 30 minutes. Audit timing is confirmed before purchase. Strategy and build engagements are scheduled according to scope, round timing and founder availability. Live deadlines are evaluated during qualification.
Is this a pitch deck design service?: The work begins with the fundraising argument: what the round is, who it is for, which proof supports it and what decision the material must move. Design is developed as part of carrying that argument clearly and credibly.
I already generated a deck with AI. Is that useful here?: An AI-generated deck is a useful starting point. The review identifies generic claims, unsupported logic, filler and the questions an investor is likely to test, then prioritizes what needs to change.
How do we start?: Use the diagnostic or send a proposal request with your stage, deadline and current materials. I review the context and reply directly with the recommended scope or a clear next step.

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Ready when you are

Your business should soundas strong as it is.

Tell me your stage, your deadline and what feels broken right now. You get a scoped proposal or a straight answer about fit.

You work directly with me. No account team, no handoff.

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Nine short questions, one at a time. It takes about two minutes.

Privacy: Confidential materials stay confidential.
Response time: I reply within two business days.

What I need from you

01Your stage and the decision this work must move
02The real deadline
03What feels broken or missing now

Your details and materials stay confidential and are never shared.

Make your roundimpossible tomisunderstand.

The work has receipts.

The work.

ReflectizFrom pre-seed deck to Series A presentation partner

Blue EquinoxFrom outdated materials to a clear sales presentation system

Back2WarcraftBuilding a sponsorship story before creator decks were a template

DriveITDesigning an exit story that did not look corporate