Jenn Krentz
Pitch Coach for Tech Founders
Your business is fundable. The only risk is how investors experience your story.
I help seed through Series A tech founders close the gap between the company they've built and the way they communicate it.
You’ve built a business investors want, but even strong traction and a solid deck can stall a raise if investors leave your meetings with doubts.
I help founders identify where their narrative, delivery, or Q&A creates hesitation, and fix it before it costs them the round.
Most Pitch Coaching Fixes the Wrong Thing.
More slides. Better graphics. A tighter script.
None of that solves the real risk.
Investors are not just evaluating your business. They are evaluating you. Your clarity. Your conviction. How you respond when someone challenges your assumptions.
If that breaks under pressure, the deck does not matter.
I have spent 20 years watching brilliant people struggle to communicate what they built, and watching what changes when they finally do.
The founders who raise are not always the ones with the strongest businesses. They are the ones who create investor conviction in the room.
And if you are building in a language that is not your first, pitching to investors who do not understand your market, and navigating rules no one explains out loud, you are carrying additional risk that has nothing to do with your product.
That is not a talent issue. It is a communication risk. And it is fixable.
That is what I do.
Is This You?
1. Seed Founders Raising $1M+: You have real traction and a deck that should be working, but you're leaving meetings unsure what they thought, and you can't figure out what's off. It's not your business. It's how you're communicating it. That's fixable, and it doesn't take as long as you think.
2. Series A Founders: You've already raised once, but the bar is higher now. Investors are scrutinizing every assumption, every metric, every word. You need to communicate like someone who's done this before, even if this is only your second time in the room. The founders who close Series A don't just have better businesses, they have tighter stories and stronger delivery under pressure.
3. First Time Technical Founders: You've built something real and you know the technology inside out. But when an investor asks you to explain it simply, you either over-explain the architecture or undersell what it actually does for the customer. The problem isn't your knowledge. It's that nobody ever taught you how to translate technical depth into investor language. That's exactly what I do.
4. Non-Native English Speaking Founders: Your English is usually good enough. That's not the problem. The problem is that you sound like a different person in English than you are in your own language: Smaller, less certain, and less like the founder who built this company. You're not missing fluency. You're missing the unwritten playbook for how North American investors expect to be spoken to, and the delivery tools to sound like yourself while doing it. That's what we work on.
Why Founders Work With Me
Most communication coaches come from business. I come from theatre and language.
I have a drama degree, 20 years of teaching experience, and TESOL training which means I understand not just what you're saying, but how your body, voice, breath, and presence either back it up or undermine it.
I also understand what it takes to communicate with precision and confidence in a language that isn't your first.
That combination is unusual in the startup world, and it's exactly what founders need when they're walking into a room where everything is on the line.
I understand the communication challenges tech founders actually face like:
How to explain complex technology simply
How to build credibility as a first-time CEO
How to navigate investor conversations when the stakes are everything.
And I understand that in the AI-powered build era, communication is the real bottleneck. Anyone can ship a product., but not everyone can make the room believe in it.
You'll get honest, specific feedback on what actually matters for your raise instead of generic communication theory, empty praise, or a framework that falls apart in a real investor meeting.
I've helped dozens of tech founders secure funding, close enterprise deals, nail conference talks, and build the executive presence their companies needed them to have.
From one-time deck audits to full cohort coaching to private 1:1 programs, there's a level of support that fits where you are right now.
Services Built For Founders
Whether you have two weeks before a critical pitch or six months+ to transform how you communicate, there's a way to work together that fits where you are right now.
Group Cohorts- COMING SOON
Deliver Your Deck — Group Cohort
Pitch coaching for seed through Series A tech founders
A 12-week small-group cohort coaching program for tech founders raising seed through Series A. Fix the key gaps in your pitch that could slow your raise. Ideal for founders preparing for their first investor meetings who want to reduce avoidable mistakes.
If you want to be first to know when doors open and get early access pricing:
Private 1:1 Coaching
Personalized pitch and communication coaching for tech founders
For founders who need to move faster or go deeper than a group cohort allows. High-stakes, personalized coaching over 12-weeks for founders in active fundraising. Every session targets investor hesitation so you move rooms from doubt to conviction, and close faster.
Quick-Hit Services
Pitch Deck & Delivery Audits
Fast expert feedback for founders preparing to fundraise
Need honest feedback on your deck and delivery before a critical investor meeting? Get a detailed audit (slide by slide, delivery note by delivery note) back in 3 business days. No fluff. Just exactly what's working, what isn't, and what to fix.
Real-time coaching and support also available via WhatsApp during your fundraise, with responses within 6 hours.
Accelerator & Startup Workshop Training
Investor pitch training and communication workshops for startup programs
Customized remote workshops on investor pitching, executive presence, public speaking, and cross-cultural communication for accelerators, incubators, and startup programs. 90-minute sessions to full-day intensives. Special packages for accelerator cohorts and multi-workshop series.
Found in Translation: The Online Course for Tech Founders Pitching in Their Second Language (COMING SOON)
Built specifically for founders who pitch in their second language.
Most pitch coaching was designed for native English speakers who grew up inside the culture, the system, and the unwritten rules of North American investor meetings.
If that's not you, if you're building in a language that isn't yours, pitching to investors who don't know your market, navigating communication norms nobody ever explained, you've been working twice as hard just to get to the same starting line.
That changes.
Found in Translation: The Online Course for Tech Founders Pitching in Their Second Language is a complete communication system for international founders raising capital. Not a grammar course. Not accent reduction. The unwritten rules, the cultural translation, and the specific communication skills that help international founders stop performing English and start actually communicating in a way investors respond to.
This course is coming soon. If you want to be first to know when it launches and get early access pricing: