Pitch Coaching for Non-Native English-Speaking Tech Founders
1:1 and team coaching for Seed-Series A founders raising from North American investors.
Starting with the pitch and built for every room that comes after.
The pitch is where the communication gap shows up first, but it's rarely where it ends. Founders tell me the shift that happens in their pitch shows up in client meetings, board presentations, and how their whole team talks about the business.
My coaching programs are high touch and application-only, so that the coaching is as specific to your business, stage, and gaps as it needs to be.
Who This Is For
We’re a good fit to work together if you:
Are a non-native English speaker or first-time tech founder scaling internationally, and you want to sound confident, clear, and investor-ready in US rooms.
Are raising seed to Series A, $1M+ in US capital.
Have real traction, typically $300K+ ARR with strong pipeline, or clear growth signals.
Have been in investor meetings and left unsure what they thought. You know something is off but you can't identify what.
Are planning to fundraise within the next 6 to 18 months and want time to tighten the story, delivery, and investor handling before the spotlight hits.
Are already a high-level English speaker but know subtle language habits or delivery issues are holding you back, and want intensive personalized coaching to fix them.
Want direct feedback, not cheerleading. You want someone who will tell you exactly what's unclear, what's weak, and what to fix so you see measurable improvement.
Are willing to practice, iterate, and apply feedback between sessions.
Need discretion, speed, or fully customized coaching.
Who This Is NOT For
This is not for you if you:
Are fundraising right now and looking for a “quick fix”- if your first investor call is next week, this won’t be fast enough
Are pre-revenue or still validating your idea- you’ll get more value after you have traction and real investor conversations
Are low or low-intermediate English speakers—this program requires high intermediate to advanced English skills to get results
Are looking for general ELL or public speaking training
Need someone to build their pitch or design their deck for them- I don’t write your story, design your deck, or do it “done-for-you”
Can’t commit the time-You’ll need 1 hour/week for coaching plus 3 to 5 hours/week between sessions to review session materials, build your deck, refine your script, and practice delivery
Looking for a business or fundraising strategy coach- I’m not here to tell you who to raise from, how to price, or how to run your round
Hoping I will make introductions to investors on your behalf- I don’t sell access. I build founders who can win access anywhere
What Makes My Programs Different
Most pitch coaching comes from founders or investors who focus on story structure and slide content. I come from a theatre and language background.
I have a drama degree, TESOL training, and 20 years of teaching communication to founders and executives across the Americas, Asia and Europe. That combination means I coach the whole communicator (voice, breath, body, presence, mindset, and language), and not just what is on the slides.
I also understand what it actually takes to communicate with precision and authority in a language that is not your first because I have spent two decades in the room watching it break down and watching what changes when it finally works.
Most coaches will help you sound better. My programs help you sound like yourself — the sharpest, clearest, most authoritative version of the founder who built your company.
Investor language is embedded in every session with the exact terms, sentence structures, and red flag phrases that come up in North American investor rooms, practised in context until they feel natural.
I haven't founded a startup or raised venture capital, and that's part of my advantage. I listen with fresh ears, and without insider assumptions or shared context, so I can identify the gaps, questions, and moments of confusion that investors will notice too.
Deliver Your Deck
Deliver Your Deck: Own your pitch. Command the room.
You have a pitch deck., but owning it in a room is a different thing entirely.
Investors don't just evaluate your business. They evaluate you:
How clearly you communicate.
How confidently you answer questions.
Whether you sound like the person who can lead your company through uncertainty.
Even the strongest deck can fall flat if the delivery doesn't inspire confidence. None of that is a business problem. It's a delivery problem, and delivery is fixable.
Deliver Your Deck is a private 1:1 or team coaching program that goes slide by slide through your pitch building the delivery, presence, and investor communication that makes a room lean in.
By the end of the program, you won't be reciting a pitch. You'll be communicating your company's story with the clarity, confidence, and authority of the founder behind it.
And those skills doesn't just stay in the pitch. The same clarity that lands with investors is what you'll use explaining a pivot to your board, walking a customer through your product, or getting your team aligned on how to talk about the business. Once you can say what you mean under pressure, that skill shows up everywhere the stakes are high, not just when you pitch.
The Programs:
Pitching With Co-Founders? Make Sure Your Team Tells One Clear Story.
When multiple leaders pitch together, investors aren't just evaluating the business. They're evaluating whether the team has the alignment, clarity, and communication skills to lead it.
The challenge is that every executive naturally sees the company from a different perspective. The CEO focuses on the vision, market opportunity, and investor story. The CTO or CPO focuses on the product, technology, and competitive advantage. The COO focuses on execution, operations, and scaling. These perspectives are valuable, but without alignment, investors can hear different versions of the story instead of one clear vision.
For global teams, there is another layer. Different language backgrounds and communication styles can create inconsistencies in how leaders explain the business, especially when pitching in English. Even strong teams can struggle to sound unified when the stakes are high.
That is why team pitching requires more than individual coaching. Your shared narrative needs to be built together, with everyone hearing the same feedback, practicing the same message, and understanding their role in the overall story.
Once the team story is aligned, each leader can focus on their own communication goals. One person may need to simplify complex explanations. Another may need to become more confident answering investor questions. Another may need support communicating clearly and naturally under pressure.
This program combines team sessions to build your unified investor narrative with individual coaching to strengthen each leader's delivery.
The result is a leadership team that doesn't just present the same deck. You communicate the same vision.
Ready to make sure your team tells one clear story to investors? Email me at hello@jennkrentz.com and we’ll discuss the right coaching format for your team, whether that includes group sessions, individual coaching, or a combination of both.
What Clients Say
“I thought my English was strong, but Jenn pinpointed subtle habits that were undermining my credibility. She showed me exactly how to fix them while refining my pitch. Now I can speak about any part of my business clearly, confidently, and authentically.”
— Julian, Seed-stage tech founder, Colombia
"When I started, my confidence was low. I was focused on my accent and grammar more than the quality of my content. Jenn changed that. The foundation she helped me build isn't just a better pitch — it's self-confidence and the right attitude to face a larger audience. No question on the value she provides." — Priyanka T., First-Time Founder, US
“Jenn unlocked my ability to communicate ideas in English. Throughout her program, the focus was on refining my speaking and writing when introducing my startup, explaining our product, and telling our story. After completing the sessions, I feel tremendously comfortable having smooth conversations with investors and fellow founders about who I am, what we do, and why we’re doing it. I highly recommend her, both as a professional and as a person.”
— Maria, Seed stage founder, Colombia
“Before working with Jenn, I struggled to convey what I needed in a way that was clear, concise, and meaningful for my audience. Now, I have a great pitch, a strong deck, and most importantly, I can speak confidently about every part of my business. I didn’t expect that speaking in English could actually feel authentic and sound like me. I was also pleasantly surprised that the strategies I learned with Jenn have helped me tremendously in other parts of my business, like client and board meetings.”
— Bruno, Series A founder, Brazil
Frequently Asked Questions
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Seed and Series A tech founders raising from North American investors who know their business but are not communicating it with the clarity and confidence the room requires. Most clients are non-native English speaking founders from Latin America, Europe, and beyond. The programs are equally effective for first-time founders and technical founders who have never had a coach in their corner for the delivery itself.
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Yes. If you and your co-founders pitch together, I offer Team Cohort coaching alongside my 1:1 programs. Everyone works from one shared story and one shared deck, with individual coaching built in as well. Reach out (hello@jennkrentz.com) and I'll walk you through what fits your team.
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No. While most clients are international founders raising from North American investors, the programs work equally well for first-time founders and technical founders regardless of language background. If you struggle to explain your business clearly and confidently under pressure, you are in the right place.
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For Deliver Your Deck, no. Most clients come in with a working deck and refine it throughout the program. Some build it as they go. Come as you are. For Hold the Room, yes — that program is built to defend a pitch that already exists, not build one from scratch.
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Deliver Your Deck is pitch delivery coaching. We go slide by slide through your pitch and build the delivery, presence, and investor communication skills that make a room lean in. Hold the Room is investor Q&A coaching. It is built entirely around what happens after the pitch ends — answering under pressure, handling pushback, and staying composed when the conversation goes somewhere you did not prepare for. One builds the pitch. The other defends it.
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Yes. Many founders complete Deliver Your Deck and move straight into Hold the Room before active fundraising begins. That combination is the most complete investor preparation available. Hold the Room is currently available to founders who have completed Deliver Your Deck. Mention it in your application and we will talk through the right sequence for where you are.
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Most pitch coaches come from a founder or investor background and focus on story structure and slide content. I come from theatre and language. A drama degree, TESOL training, and 20 years of teaching communication to founders and executives across the Americas and Europe means I coach the whole communicator ( voice, presence, mindset, and language) not just what is on the slides. The goal is not to help you sound better. It is to help you sound like yourself in English, under pressure, in a room where everything is on the line.
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Most founders notice a meaningful shift in clarity and confidence within the first two to three sessions. The kind of delivery that holds up in a live investor Q&A or a high-stakes board meeting builds over the full 12 weeks with consistent practice between sessions.
My programs are application-only. I keep my roster small so every founder gets the focus and specificity the work requires.
If you are raising and you know communication is the gap, apply now.