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I filled out a contact form on Pitchdeck.us and Sitaraman.vip to obtain quotations for a pitch deck not knowing that the owner of both is Vip Sitaraman
I filled out a contact form on Pitchdeck.us and Sitaraman.vip for a pitch deck and received two quotes, (one was almost double) so I went with the lower one from Sitamaran.vip not knowing it was actually the same company. On the call I learned that Vip had minimal vc fundraising experience but I didn’t not mind because I had all of the information and just needed it to look good for an upcoming investor meeting. Vip missed my 2 week deadline by 3 days and delivered a pitch book that looked like a low quality template. At this point I had no other choice but to spend the extra 5 thousand dollars and go with PitchDecks.us not knowing it was the same person! Needless to say the pitch deck was not good even after spending close to $7,000. I ended up having my daughter clean it up on powerpoint which actually came out much better than what Vip delivered. Nothing about this experience has been pleasant and I believe that he gave a higher quote on one site versus the other as a sales tactic. When I confronted him about getting a refund from the first transaction on Sitamaran.vip he said that the two companies are ran as separate entities with separate employees.
How this is legal and how he is still in business is beyond me.
Not to mention I still get nonstop spam emails from Sitaraman.vip, Pitchdeck.us and “VIP Graphics vip.graphics?”
His real name is Viputheshwar Sitaraman and he uses www.sitaraman.vip and pitchdecks.us to lure people in. It's a simple scam, he gives one very high prices with one company and lower price with the other. The lower of the two prices is still much higher than the going rate for his shoddy power point skills.
I can verify and confirm that all of the good reviews are fake. He has very bad graphic design skill.
This is easily provable as untrue. All 50+ reviews below are verified by LinkedIn and directly linked to the profile of the reviewers, see below:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipsitaraman/details/recommendations/
On the other hand, this post and all the comments here are obviously fake profiles (ie. "AngelaNailQueen") created by someone who was never a client. Everything described here is fabricated and never happened. Our counsel is taking next steps regarding these fake and defamatory claims.
tl;dr:
1) This is a fraudulent review & this person has not done any business with us.
2) Below are links to real, verified customer reviews and our portfolio, for reference.
This review is totally fabricated and is not written by a real customer.
Nothing stated here actually happened.
- Neither Vip nor PitchDecks.us were ever hired by this person
- We have never been paid the amounts claimed here
- We never spoke to this person via phone
We have extensive third-party documentation to prove this is a fake review, which has been shared with site admins. This was obviously written by a disgruntled competitor, and not an actual customer.
Real clients will know the prices stated here are way off from our flat-fee structure, and do not match publicly listed pricing.
For genuine reviews, you can refer to over 55+ *actually verified reviews* from real clients here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipsitaraman/details/recommendations/
Some recent examples:
"He is on top of project timelines and helped us come up with a compelling story and appealing, clean design. " (Techstars '22)
“We had a fantastic experience working with Vip; I would recommend him to anyone.” (Y-Combinator W21)
“Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment’s executives love the amazing creative, neat, beautiful work Vip delivered.”
“From okay deck with too much info → WOW! How do I invest? Vip did a fantastic job!”
“This was a multi-million dollar presentation. Vip is a true pro!”
Our decks have closed *over $2B* in deals & funding for clients ranging from Forbes 30u30 alums to Fortune500 corporations: https://folio.sitaraman/decks
The claim that we spoke on the phone (we did not) and admitted having "minimal fundraising experience" is blatantly untrue; our track record speaks for itself—
Not only has Vip raised VC funding himself (one of the youngest Americans to do so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viputheshwar_Sitaraman#:~:text=venture%20capital), but our decks have closed over $2 billion in deals including:
- millions in funding from top investors (ie. Tiger Global, Khosla Ventures),
- $100M+ investment funds, from VC & PE to crypto, RE & more
- global retail distribution deals (ie. Walmart, Target, Starbucks),
- M&A + roll-ups of publicly-traded companies
This reviewer uses multiple fake names (Ali, David, etc.) and never actually hired, paid, or worked with us. Our legal counsel is taking action regarding the defamatory and provably false claims made here. Fake reviews are illegal by FTC regulations, and we will be pursuing the fullest extent of legal action against this.
See 50+ LinkedIn-verified reviews directly from *genuine* customers below:
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipsitaraman/details/recommendations/
If you have been taken advantage of by Viputheshwar Sitaraman please add to this site and contact me regarding a class action litigation against and review and add to below link
https://www.scam report.com/report/vip-sitaraman-sitaramanvip/los-angeles-california-i-1526909
His storytelling was way off.
This is clearly yet another fake profile created by the original reviewer, who is not a real customer and never worked with us.
Here are LinkedIn-verified reviews from real customers speaking to our storytelling abilities:
"I worked with Vip this year. He is, simply put, one of the best at corporate storytelling out there." -- Jun 2023
"We enjoyed working with Vip. He is on top of project timelines and helped us come up with a compelling story and appealing, clean design. " -- Techstars '22
"We were looking to find a "pitch deck guru" to help tell our fundraising story…Can't say enough about how pleased we are with Vip's work product in all dimensions." -- Apr 2023
"Not only was VIP able to nail it, but he was also able to articulate our story in a way that made pitching investors our deal an easy and comfortable process…If you need a deck, design, or an expensive story told with skill VIP is your solution" -- Dec 2022
See 55+ more LinkedIn-verified reviews from *genuine* customers below.
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipsitaraman/details/recommendations/
I just tried to download his "free app tool" Not only wasn't it free, I got a call exactly 10 minutes after signing in to sell me a custom pitchdeck, website, and seo which I did not need! I attached reviews from his app that he's cheating people on now. These are recent reviews taken from google//// Vip uses many sites and apps to upsell. It's a common scammy way to start a relationship. No thank you.
Vip Sitaraman will sell you anything. Be very careful, their prices are way above the average in their industry. This guy is the biggest crook. Vip SItaraman sold me the moon, stars and everything in between, but literally delivered NOTHING! I agreed to having them redo my small business website and business plan at a very fair rate back in January of 2022. In February I was told by Vip Sitaraman that "his coders had taken over the request file and had already began working on my new wesbite". Honestly, I was thrilled that he had his best guys working immediately on my project. Originally we had spoke about it taking any were from 30-60 days, max of 90 days for them to complete the new website being that my companies current website had all of the content necessary for the new website, it was simply some design and color changes really. July, August and September came and went and Vip would check in everyone couple of weeks, but even he apologized on multiple occasions that they were "super busy" but I would have my completed website and business plan soon." December came and went... still nothing. It wasn't until January 2023 that I began to lose my patients as what was promised to be delivered in 30-60 days had now exceeded the 120 day period with little to no changes made to the site in the last 40 days. Luckily for me, I wasn't paying these guys by the hour or I really would have lost a ton of time and money with these small timers. Finally on December 18th I contacted Vip and let him know that enough is enough and I am contacting my credit card provider to cancel my services with Vip SItaraman and file a dispute claim, of which he basically replied to me in writing (rookie mistake) "Good luck getting your money back, we deal with disputes all of the time!" (would love to show this email to anyone even considering using these guys). Long story short, my bank has since told me that there is nothing they can do as the agreement is iron tight, so I guess Vip and The Sitaraman.vip and pitchdecks.us wins this one, but its my mission to let as many people in the South California market know what low life trash these people really are. I am very thankful to this website and its community for providing a platform where unsatisfied customers like myself can get the word out! Moral of the story is, web development and business plan can all be done yourself, you don't need to hire companies like this, its just not worth the risk! Don't make the same mistake I did, go elsewhere!