For founders

Send the deck. See the interest.

Raising is a game of attention. Octopus shows you which investors actually opened your deck, which slides they read, how engaged they are, and when they come back, so you follow up with signal instead of hope.

Free plan, no card needed. Your team included.
Documents / Series A deck
Views
42
People
17
Avg. visit
4m 05s
Read to the end
61%
Time on each slide · hover or click a bar
Slide 1Most time on slide 1
  • PS
    priya@northstar.vc opened it again3rd visit · 11 min · reading now
  • TW
    tom@ashfield.capital read to the end9 min · 2 hours ago
  • LO
    lena@meridianvc.com stopped at slide 41 min · Yesterday

You emailed fifty investors. Now you're guessing.

A Drive link or an email attachment tells you nothing. You don't know who opened it, who read past the team slide, who skipped to the numbers, or who quietly forwarded it to a partner. So you chase everyone equally, and you chase blind.

What you get

Turn your raise into a read on real interest.

Page-by-page read depth per investorKnow which investors to call first

See who read the whole deck and who bounced after the title slide, page by page, so you know exactly who's actually interested.

Return visits + open alertsSpot the momentum you can't see in your inbox

When an investor comes back a third time, that's a partner meeting happening without you. Octopus shows every return visit and emails you the moment your deck is opened.

Verified email gate + dynamic watermarkKeep the deck yours

Recipients confirm their email to open, every page is watermarked (Founder plan), and you can turn any link off the moment a conversation goes cold.

Flat-rate pricing from $49Priced for a pre-seed budget

Unlimited documents and viewers, your co-founders included, for one flat monthly price. No per-seat bills.

In practice

The investor who read your financials twice is your next call.

You share one link with your target list. That evening, Octopus shows you that one investor spent twelve minutes in the deck, returned the next morning, and reopened the financials. That's not a maybe, that's a meeting. You reach out while you're top of mind.

Share 2 Financials
Who can open it
Verified emailThey confirm with a one-time code
Only listed peopleNamed emails or whole domains
NDA before readingYour text, accepted before page one
WatermarkTheir email on every page
PasscodeA code you share separately
Let them downloadOff: view in the browser only
Email me when someone opens it
Link
talkoctopus.com/v/kestrel-financials
Stops working after
Only these people
  • JL
    j.lee@harbourcap.com
  • NC
    northgate.coAnyone at the domain
  • MC
    m.chen@alderpike.com
  • RS
    r.shah@harbourcap.com
  • AR
    a.ross@alderpike.com
Verified email · 5 allowed · NDA · Watermarked · View only · Expires in 30 daysLive
Security

Built for confidential documents.

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Access-checked files

Files are never at a public address. Every request for a page is checked against the viewer's access before anything is sent.

Verified viewers

Ask for a one-time email code, a passcode, an NDA, or a list of approved people and domains.

Watermarks Founder and up

The viewer's email across every page they read.

Download control

Off by default. Readers view in the browser unless you allow a copy.

Permissions Deal and up

A separate link per party, limited to the folders you choose. Turn any link off instantly.

Audit log Deal and up

Every open, download, invitation and access change, exportable as CSV.

Flat-rate pricing, team included.

Start free, then everything a founder needs to share a deck and see who reads it. No per-seat bills, no per-page fees.

Free$0forever

Share a deck and see exactly who reads it.


  • 50 documents and 50 links
  • Unlimited viewers
  • Page-by-page analytics
  • Verified email gate
  • Passcode, expiry and turn-off
  • Allow-lists of people or domains
  • Folders, versions and trash
  • 30 days of history
Get started free
FounderMost popular$49/month

Pre-seed to Series A, raising.


  • Everything in Free
  • Unlimited documents and links
  • Watermark with each viewer's email
  • NDA before reading
  • HTML documents
  • Up to 3 people, with an invite link
  • Full history
Start with Founder

Yearly plans give you two months free. Teammates are included in the price, never billed per seat.

Founder FAQ

Anything else? Talk to the founder directly.

How do I know if an investor actually read my pitch deck?

Share the deck as an Octopus link instead of an attachment. You see who opened it, which slides they read and for how long, and when they come back, and you get an email the moment it's opened.

Can I stop my deck from being forwarded around?

Recipients confirm their email before the deck opens, every page can carry their email as a watermark (Founder plan), and you can turn any link off the moment a conversation goes cold.

Is Octopus a DocSend alternative for founders?

Yes. You get the same page-by-page reading analytics on one flat monthly price, with your co-founders included instead of billed per seat.

What does Octopus cost for a startup?

Start on the Free plan with no card. Founder is $49 a month for watermarking, NDA gates and your co-founders on the same account. No per-seat or per-page fees.

Raise with signal, not silence.

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