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How to make a product demo for investors

Investors skim decks. A link they can click through in ninety seconds does more than three product slides.

Short answer

Record the shortest path through your product that shows real value, blur any customer data, and link the demo directly from your deck and data room.

Steps

  1. 1Capture the flowOpen the InstaDemo sandbox, paste the page URL, and click the elements you want to demo, in order. Each click is captured as a step with the exact viewport state at that moment.
  2. 2Let AI write the tooltipsEvery captured step gets draft tooltip copy generated from the element you clicked and the surrounding page context. Rewrite anything that does not sound like you.
  3. 3Blur customer dataMask names, logos, and revenue figures before sharing outside the company.
  4. 4Publish and embedPublish to get a shareable link, or copy the embed snippet and drop the interactive demo straight into your page, email, or docs.

Try it here

This is the actual InstaDemo editor, running live on this page. Click through it — then build the real thing in the open sandbox.

Click a step, edit the text, drag the dots to reorder, or move the blue box.

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Rename the demo

Click the name to retitle your demo. Viewers see this at the top of the player.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account to make an investor demo?
No. The InstaDemo sandbox at /demo lets you paste a URL, click through the flow, and preview the finished interactive demo without creating an account. You sign up only when you want to save, edit, or share it.
How long does this take?
Most people finish in about three minutes: paste the page URL, click the steps in order, review the AI-drafted tooltip copy, then publish or embed the link.
What about login-protected pages?
Public pages can be cloned directly from a URL. For dashboards and other signed-in screens, use the InstaDemo Chrome extension to record inside your own authenticated session.

Try it yourself in three minutes

Reading about demos is slower than building one. Paste your product URL and have a clickable demo in about three minutes — no account required.

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