Product Story Roundtable: From Product to Pitch

​About the Session

​Most early-stage founders don’t struggle because they’re building the wrong product.

​They struggle because they can’t tell their story clearly.

​Investors don’t fund features. They fund clarity, conviction, and narrative.

​After speaking with 1000+ founders and seeing countless pitch decks, one pattern is clear:

​Strong products → weak storytelling → missed fundraising opportunities

​This roundtable is designed to fix that.

​Join a small, curated group of founders as we break down how to turn what you’re building into a compelling product story that investors actually believe.

​About Your Facilitator

​Subhadeep Mondal is a coach at The Momentum Studio and an angel investor in 15 startups, with a portfolio backed by Tiger Global, Lightspeed, Accel, and PeakXV. He spent a decade as an operator scaling products at Gaana, SignEasy, and HealthPlix before turning his focus to early-stage founders. 

​At The Momentum Studio, he works with 0-to-1 founders on the hardest parts of building: product, fundraising, and finding early traction. He also runs 2.2Club, a community for IIT Kharagpur alumni building and backing startups. Having been a founder and investor himself, he brings a grounded perspective to both sides of the fundraising conversation.

​What You’ll Learn

​This is not a lecture. This is a working session.

​You’ll walk away with:

• ​The Product Story Framework
  A simple, repeatable structure to explain your product in a way that lands with investors

• ​What Doesn’t Work (and why)
  Common mistakes founders make:

  • ​Feature dumping

  • ​Generic problem statements

  • ​“Big vision, no proof” narratives

• ​Live Story Breakdowns
  Real founders share their pitch → we refine it live

• ​Your Own Story, Sharpened
  You’ll leave with a clearer, tighter version of your pitch

​Who Should Attend

​A note before you register: This roundtable is designed for founders who are not just thinking about fundraising, but actively preparing or already in conversations with angel investors or VC funds.

​This roundtable is designed for early-stage founders. To get the most out of the session, you should have at least one or more of the following:

• ​A working prototype or MVP (even scrappy)

• ​A pitch deck you're currently using or refining

• ​You are preparing to raise or are having active investor conversations you're trying to convert

​If you're still at the "validating the idea" stage, this session will get ahead of where you are and we'd love to have you at a future one.

​Format (Highly Interactive)

​To keep this high-signal:

• ​Small, curated group (10 founders)

• ​Open discussion + peer learning

​Format: 

• ​30-min: Intros

• ​60-min: framework by Subhadeep

• ​60-min: interactive founder breakdowns 

• ​30-min: networking & snacks

​No fluff. No generic advice. Only actionable feedback.

​Participation

​Seats are limited to keep the discussion tactical, honest, and outcome-driven.

​If you're selected, come ready to:

• ​Share openly

• ​Get your story challenged

• ​Leave with clarity