500 startups accelerator
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Accelerator Info Session
Agenda
• Presentation
• Q&A
• Networking
GLOBAL SEED FUND
450 Investments
ACCELERATOR
150 Investments
DIRECT
300 Investments
OPS
CORE
GLOBAL
VENTURES/ EVENTS/ ACCELERATOR/WORKSPACE/
FINANCE*AccountingBudget
LEGAL*FundsPortfolio
MARKETING*Press RelationsDesign
TECH*DashboardTools
500 Startups Fund I
500 Startups Fund II
500 StartupWallah
500 Luchadores
BR Innovators
7x7
MamaBear
Sales 4 Startups
WarmGun
Demo Day
Mountain View
Mexico City
Mountain View
Mexico City
New York City
GUILD/Mentor Network
Founder Network
LP Network
HUBS
SILICON VALLEY
NEW YORK CITY
MEXICO CITYSÃO PAOLO
DELHI
HQAcceleratorEvents
Workspace
AcceleratorWorkspaceEvents
Events
EventsEvents
DATADESIGN
DISTRIBUTION
Accelerator
• investment
• 30 companies / twice a year
• 5 batches since 2011
• Global
• Work @ 500 office for 4 months in startup mecca
• 500 team + 500 founders + 500 mentors
Speakers
• Jeff Lawson, Twilio
• Josh Elman, Greylock
• Aaron Batalion, LivingSocial
• Yshan Wong , Reddit
• Andy Johns, Quora
• Justin Wong, Mochi Media
• George Takei (Sulu), Star Trek
• Nir Eyal, AdNector
• Tim Chae, PostRocket
• Christine Herron, Intel Capital
• Naval Ravikant, AngelList
• Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC
• Sami Inkinen, Trulia
• Enrique Allen, Designer Fund
• Jon Dahl, Zencoder/Brightcove
• Rob LaFave, Foodzie
• Mike Greenfield, Circle of Moms
• TJ Sassani, Zozi
• Julie Zhou, Hipmunk
• Sukhiner Singh Cassidy, Joyus
Mentors
• 200 Mentors
• Operators / Founders
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Thematic–Consumer & Commerce (ex. zozi, 9GAG, Ipsy, Barkbox, Makerbot)
–SMB / SaaS (ex. LucidChart, Recurly, Crocodoc)
–Family Tech (ex. ecomom, Kiwi Crate, Red Tricycle)
–Education (ex. Udemy, MindSnacks, Chalkable)
–Marketing / Distribution services (ex. Wildfire, FanBridge, Reachli)
–Video Content & Infrastructure (ex. Zencoder, Virool, Vungle)
–Language / International (ex. Gengo, Babelverse, Language Cloud)
–Mobile / Tablet (ex. Elacarte, SearchMan, AppStack)
–Financial Services / Payments (ex. Credit Karma, ReadyForZero, Simple)
–Food Tech (ex. Kitchit, LoveWithFood, Ordr.in)
Timeline
• Applications open till 11:59 PST March 1st
• Interviews March 1st to March 22nd
• Finalists will be decided March 25th
• Program starts April 15th
https://angel.co/500startups
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Recommendations from #500strong network
In Summary
• Global mindset
• Solving a problem
• You have a product
• Revenue > Eyeballs
• You having something to prove
• apply via AngelList but leverage your connections
Questions?
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