Everything your company shows the people who matter.
The retailer meeting, the partnership proposal, the press inquiry, the investor pitch; every important conversation runs on materials, and they’re usually built the night before. We build them once as one system and keep them ready.
One system, not one-off files rebuilt for every meeting.
Built brands, run them, and decided whether to fund them.
The next conversation answered the moment it lands, not overnight.
What we build
01 · OfferingsDiscrete engagements with a beginning and an end. You come in for the one you need; each is built to stand on its own and to carry into the next.
The Brand Deck
The company story, built once and designed to hold up in front of anyone: retailers, partners, press, customers, and eventually investors. Positioning, a designed deck on a proven architecture, and copy that adapts into every version you’ll need.
The Ready Room
Big conversations rarely give notice. The one-pager, the press boilerplate, the partnership sheet, the investor teaser, set before the moment arrives, so you respond the moment it does, not with an all-nighter.
The Raise Kit
Every document a raise needs, built as one coherent system: the investor deck, the one or two-pager, the outreach, the data room. Same narrative, same numbers, same standard from first email to signed term sheet.
The Retainer
Your outward-facing function, handled. The updates, refreshes, and asks that pile up between milestones: a deck for Tuesday’s meeting, a memo, a page, the investor note, all drafted and kept current as the company moves.
The Deal Read
Diligence for investors before the check clears; diligence-readiness for companies about to be looked at. The data room, the red-flag audit, the story-to-numbers pass, run by someone who’s raised and deployed $250mm+ as both an institutional and a family office investor.
A deck is two documents wearing one cover: the one you look at, and the one that gets funded.
Materials that hold up in the room, designed to a standard, not thrown together the night before. The craft is visible, and it’s the reason people take the argument seriously in the first place.
What the audience has to believe, in what order, with the evidence beneath each step. Built by people who’ve been on the other side of that table and know exactly where a story loses the room.
Polish used to be the hard part. Now it is the entry fee, and the argument is what is left.
Questions
03 · QuestionsWhat does Grain & Proof do?
Grain & Proof builds brand, story and materials: identity, decks, sites and investor materials, as one coherent system.
How does an engagement start?
Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute materials audit of what a company currently shows the outside world today.
Who is Grain & Proof for?
Grain & Proof is for companies raising, going to market, or presenting to retailers, partners, press, customers and investors.
What does Grain & Proof deliver?
Fundraise strategy and materials, investor relations, brand and identity, go-to-market, retail and partner materials, and digital products kept current.
What are typical timelines?
It depends on scope. A raise kit is typically built in two to three weeks, with first drafts sooner.
Can you take on a rush?
Yes. On a case-by-case basis, Grain & Proof can take on a rushed timeline.
Start with a free 30-minute materials audit.
We look at what you show the world today and tell you, honestly, what your audience sees. If nothing needs fixing, we’ll say so. Email us and we’ll set it up.