Jenn Krentz
Pitch Coach for Non-Native English Speaking Seed & Series A Tech Founders
Your business is fundable. Now let's make sure the room knows it.
You know your business. You know your numbers. You know exactly why this company is going to work.
But knowing it and communicating it under pressure in a North American investor room are two completely different skills. The founder who can do both is the one who closes the round.
I work with seed and Series A tech founders at the two moments that matter most in fundraising: when they need to deliver a pitch that commands a room, and when they need to hold that room once the questions start.
My clients are often non-native English speaking founders from Canada, The US, Latin America, and Europe who are navigating investor room culture, language, and communication expectations that were not built for them. They are also first-time founders and technical founders who know their business inside out but have never had a coach in their corner for the room itself.
What they have in common is this: they have something worth funding, and they are not going to let how they communicate it be the reason it does not get funded.
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. 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.
4. 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.
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.
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 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.
Private 1:1 Pitch Coaching for Tech Founders Raising Capital
Personalized pitch and communication coaching for tech founders
When you’re in active fundraising, generic advice is too slow. This is high-stakes, fully personalized coaching over 12 weeks. Every session targets the exact moments investors hesitate in your pitch. Your thinking. Your delivery. Your tough questions. No group pacing. No shared airtime. No theory. Just focused work that moves rooms from doubt to conviction.
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:
Online Training- COMING SOON
The frameworks my 1:1 clients use. At your own pace. Before the pressure is real.
Five self-study courses are coming for seed and Series A tech founders raising from North American investors:
The Seed Pitch Course
The Seed Q&A Course
The Series A Pitch Course
The Series A Q&A Course
Found in Translation — The Online Course for Tech Founders Pitching in Their Second Language
Most pitch resources give you a framework. A few give you templates. None of them tell you what the investor is actually thinking while you speak, where founders lose the room in each section, or how to navigate a North American investor meeting when the culture, the language, and the communication norms were not built for you.
That combination does not exist anywhere else at a price point that works for founders who are not yet funded.
No live sessions. No scheduling around someone else's calendar. Work through it when you can, at the stage you are at, before you are standing in front of an investor finding out what you should have known going in.
Nothing is live yet.
Audits, Playbooks & Coaching Resources
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.
Self-Study Playbooks
The investor psychology, the delivery guidance, and the pitch frameworks at your own pace.
Not ready for coaching yet? The playbooks give you the structure, the investor psychology, and the delivery guidance for every section of your pitch. Used by seed and Series A founders raising from North American investors.
Seed Pitch Playbook
Seed Q&A Playbook
Series A Pitch Playbook
Series A Q and A Playbook
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.
Common Questions from International Founders
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This is exactly who I work with. My programs are built specifically for non-native English speaking and global founders raising from North American investors — combining TESOL training, 20+ years of communication coaching, and deep knowledge of what seed and Series A investors expect in the room. If you are raising from North American investors and English is your second language, you are in the right place.
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The goal is not to sound like a native speaker. It is to sound like a credible founder. I help international founders strip away the filler, sharpen their delivery, and handle tough investor Q&A with composure — so the version of you that built this company shows up in the room instead of the version that is monitoring every word. Many of my clients are raising from North American investors while based in Latin America, Europe, and beyond.
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Accelerators focus on your business model. I focus on you — how you sound, how you handle pressure, and whether investors trust what they are hearing. Founders who have been through YC, Latitud, Techstars, and other top programs often come to me because they have a strong deck but their delivery is not landing. I fill the gap accelerators do not have time for.
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I offer 1:1 pitch delivery coaching and investor Q&A coaching for seed and Series A founders through my Deliver Your Deck and Hold the Room programs. For founders who want to prepare independently, I have self-study playbooks starting at $97 and self-paced online courses coming soon. If you are not sure where to start, apply and I will point you in the right direction.