<p>Deck, a mobile-first app that lets users create presentations on the go, has raised a $600,000 seed round from Qualcomm Ventures and angel investors led by Sabeer Bhatia, the Hotmail co-founder. The Bangalore-based startup of the same name says it will be using the funds to hire people it's recently picked up designers whose teeth were cut working on Avatar and to expand internationally.</p><p>Deck is coming into the market at an opportune moment. It's amazing how much room for innovation has been left unaddressed by PowerPoint to allow more startups launch in the online presentation space. We have seen how Prezi has been growing its user base, and hiring aggressively to reach 36 million users by the end of this year.</p><p>Last year, Deck also received $100,000 from Qualcomm Ventures' QPrize in prize money, the startup's founder Sumanth Raghavendra tells me. Deck is available as an app on Android and iOS. The app has already seen around 300k downloads since its beta version was launched in March this year.</p><p>Bhatia, who is backing Sumanth for the second time (he put seed money in Sumanth's last venture called InstaColl, which has closed), says that while the idea may not be particularly new, what Deck brings is an ease of use that speaks to where many users, particularly in countries like India, are going online today on hand-held devices.</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/16/deck-a-cloud-based-presentation-app-from-india-raises-600k-from-qualcomm-hotmail-co-founder/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.vcpost.com/articles/19843/20131216/indian-cloud-based-presentation-app-deck-gets-600k-backing-hotmail.htm">Indian cloud-based presentation app Deck gets $ 600K backing from Hotmail co ...</a> (Venture Capital Post)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dq9zHwIOw9I0boMwTLOteiGWJ2_HM&ned=us">2 additional articles.</a></p>