Convince Clinic

Make your message land.
Faster, clearer, more convincingly.

Convince Clinic is a Light Point Ventures project focused on one practical skill: helping people communicate ideas in a way that gets buy-in. We break down pitches, interview answers, fundraising asks, internal proposals, and other persuasion moments to show what works, what doesn’t, and how to improve them.

Who?

Convince Clinic is for founders, professionals, creators, and teams who need to win support for an idea. It helps people preparing pitches, interviews, fundraising asks, and internal proposals where clarity, credibility, and persuasion directly affect the outcome.

Why?

Because good ideas often fail when the message is unclear, weakly structured, or missing proof. Convince Clinic exists to make important messages land better by showing what works, what doesn’t, and what to change to get stronger buy-in.

What?

Convince Clinic is a Light Point Ventures project focused on practical persuasion feedback. It analyses pitches, interview answers, and other high-stakes communication moments using clear lenses such as clarity, stakes, proof, structure, and presence to improve the message fast.

What I would have wanted as a founder!

As a founder, I know how frustrating it is when you can feel the value of an idea, but others do not see it quickly enough. You may understand the market, the product, and the opportunity, yet still lose people because the message is too broad, too technical, or missing urgency. What I would have wanted is not generic presentation advice, but sharp feedback on the actual ask: what is unclear, where the proof is weak, and which words need to change. Convince Clinic is built from that need. It is designed to help people communicate important ideas with more clarity, structure, and conviction when the stakes are real.

Meet Martijn

I am a serial entrepreneur turned VC and have sat on both sides of the table. As an entrepreneur I have won pitch competitions as VC I receive pitches on a daily basis and I am frequently asked as a jury member in pitching events

Martijn Lopes Cardozo