Freight Tech VC Pitch Deck - Zamora Design
30 Knots (Freight Ventures) / Pitch Deck Design

The Freight Tech Pitch Deck That Sells Survival to a $2 Trillion Legacy Industry

The maritime industry moves $2 trillion annually and remains one of the slowest to modernize. 30 Knots needed to convince traditional maritime companies to fund the technologies that could upend their own industry.

CLIENT
30 Knots (Freight Ventures)

VERTICAL
Freight, Shipping, Venture Capital

SERVICES
Pitch Deck Design, Strategic Narrative Development

TOOLS
Adobe Suite, PowerPoint

freight tech pitch deck
(01)The Challenge

How do you convince a traditional industry to fund its own disruption?30 Knots had identified a real gap: talented founders struggling to break into an industry dominated by legacy companies resistant to change. Maritime had already missed billions by sitting out early-stage technology bets. The pitch needed to prove that funding disruption beats absorbing it.

(02)Our Solution

We built the fund's thesis around one idea: maritime innovation is happening either way. Fund it or get left behind. We showed 30 Knots as the connection point between founders and maritime decision-makers, so the technology gets shaped by the people who'll actually use it. We highlighted what the industry already missed: XOCEAN raised €115M, Protex AI hit a $140M valuation. Proof that waiting has a price.

(03)Main Idea

Smart industries fund their own evolution.The pitch wasn't about turning maritime companies into tech investors. It was proof that funding disruption is cheaper than surviving it. Every technology 30 Knots backs strengthens the network and keeps transformation in the industry's own hands.

(04)The Result

30 Knots secured $15M for Fund I. The deck that got them there made the case that traditional maritime companies had already missed XOCEAN's €115M raise and Protex AI's $140M valuation and couldn't afford to sit out the next wave. LPs who had never written a tech check wrote one.

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