PowerPoint Under Threat?
Venture capitalists spend an inordinate portion of their working lives staring at PowerPoint presentations. But it seems like more are looking for a better way. Looking at venture funding data, it seems that several would-be PowerPoint rivals have raised money in the last couple of years. The most recent, San Francisco-based SlideRocket, raised $5 million last week from Azure Capital and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. As someone who’s spent enough time at venture events to see more than my fair share of PowerPoint presentations, I can agree that there ought to be a more dynamic, less clunky way to do things. (Though admittedly, it’s unclear to me to what extent the blame lies with PowerPoint itself or with presenters who aren’t using the program’s features to optimal effect.)
