500 Startups - AngelList

I invest in 125 startups @ $25,000-$250,000 a year

How I like to add value

500 Startups provides funding & operational expertise in product development, design & user experience, customer acquisition, business metrics, pitch prep, & investor intros. Our team and global network of founders & mentors help startups succeed in ways other venture firms do not.

Skills

Conversion Optimization, Customer Acquisition, Customer Development, Customer Service, Facebook Platform, Graphic Design, Internet Marketing, Lead Generation, Pitching, Product Design, Product Development, Product Marketing, SEO/SEM, Sales Strategy and Management, Startup Metrics, Twitter, User Experience Design, Viral Marketing

What I'm looking for

Markets

Advertising, Analytics, B2B, Babies, Big Data, Business Productivity, Cloud Computing, Collaborative Consumption, Consumer Goods, Consumer Internet, Crowdsourcing, Digital Media, E-Commerce, Education, Email, Enterprise Software, Entertainment Industry, Families, Fashion, Financial Services, Games, Green, Health Care, Internet, Internet Infrastructure, Language Learning, Local, Marketplaces, Mobile, Music, Parenting, Payments, Photo Sharing, Photography, QR Codes, Recruiting, Retail Technology, SaaS, Sales and Marketing, Search, Small and Medium Businesses, Social Commerce, Social Games, Social Media, Subscription Businesses, Video, iPad, iPhone

Locations

Atlanta, Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Earth, London, Los Angeles, Mountain View, New York City, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo, Washington, DC

What I've done

Investor

Ad Hoc Labs , Affinity China , alex+von , AllTrails , AppGrooves , Appstores , Apsalar , Aslan Computing , AwayFind , BackType , Backyard , Baydin , BizeeBee , Bloodhound , Cashie Commerce , Chromatik , Coderbuddy , Culture Kitchen , Curebit , Curios.me , drchrono , drumbi , eLacarte , Everpix , Evo , FanBridge , FastCustomer , FeeFighters , Fitocracy , Flowtown , Foodspotting , From.Us , GazeHawk , Ginzametrics , inDinero , InternMatch , LaunchBit , LaunchRock , Loku , Lujure , Makerbot , Manpacks , Massive Joe Studios , Mile High Organics , MindSnacks , MixRank , MogoTix , Motion Math , NetPlenish , Nettle , Ninua , OtherInbox , OVIA , OwnLocal , Payvment , Peertransfer.com , PicCollage , Picplum , Pixowl , Proven , Punchd , Rapportive , Recurly , Relevant , Retailigence , Rewardli , Saygent , Scaffold , SendGrid , Snapette , Social Stork , Storytree , StyleSeat , Talkdesk , TaskRabbit , The RealReal , Tinfoil Security , Torbit , Tout , Triptrotting , Trusted Insight , Twilio , Udemy , Vayable , Visually , Wednesdays , Welcu , Wildfire Interactive , WillCall , Zencoder , Zerply , Zozi

Incubator

300 Milligrams , 500 Startups (Fund) , 72Lux , 9GAG , ActivityHero , AppGrooves , Baydin , Bloodhound , Bluefields.com , Bombfell , BrandBoards , BrightNest , BugHerd , Cadee , CardFlick , Centrally , Chalkable , Chorus , Console.fm , ContaAzul , Contactually , Culture Kitchen , Curios.me , eSpark Learning , Evo , Farmeron , Fileboard , Fitocracy , Fontacto , Forrst , From.Us , Ginzametrics , Gizmo , GoVoluntr , Groupiter , Habit Labs , Hapyrus , HighScore House , Ingresse , Intercom , InternMatch , Kibin , LaunchBit , LaunchRock , Life360 , LookAcross , LOOKK , Love With Food , MeMeTales , Miso Media , MogoTix , Monogram , MoPix , Motion Math , Motives , NetPlenish , Ninua , OVIA , PayByGroup , PicCollage , PocketOffice , PostRocket , Proven , PublikDemand , Punchd , Rapportive , Relevvant , Rentlord , Rewardli , Rota dos Concursos , Safe Shepherd , Saygent , Scaffold , Singboard , Skipola , Snapette , Social Stork , Spinnakr , Spoondate , Sqoot , Storypanda , Storytree , Switchcam , Tailored , Talkdesk , Teamly , TeliportMe , TenderTree , Tie Society , Timbuktu Labs , Tinfoil Security , Tiny Review , Tokyo Otaku Mode , Toshl Finance , Tout , Twitmusic , UmbaBox , Uscoop , Vayable , VidCaster , Visually , Volta , Wanderable , WeddingLovely , Wednesdays , Welcu , WillCall , Yogome , Zerply

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21 Reviews

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Reviews

21 out of 21 people recommended 500.

There's simply no organization or angel in the world that is this supportive and active for startups. I'm so thrilled to be part of their network.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
Dave really cares about startups as illustrated by the many 10pm Friday night calls I've had with him. He's got an unparalleled network and is an invaluable addition to any team.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
We enjoy every second with this family, and benefit greatly from been part of it.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
Exceptional understanding of the "science" and repeatable processes that produce great products and great companies.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
They took a chance on my company when potentially nobody else would. This program literally changed my life and I struggle finding words to describe my gratitude. Trying to imagine where I'd be without the 500Startups accelerator program is like finding your soul-mate and trying to recall what life was like before. The team and mentor network are quite arguably superhuman. I will forever be #500Strong and know I'm truly part of a family. Thank you so much.

— anonymous
The best thing we could have done for our startup. Being tech and product-focused people, it was good to have someone on our shoulder telling us to worry about design, data, and distribution. Also, the network is massive and _incredibly_ helpful.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
I love what 500Startups is doing - smart help + booster rockets for entrepreneurs. In addition, they tell you yes or no quickly and don't waste your time. Awesome.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
Smart, quick to make decisions, and amazing value add especially via access to the 500 network of founders and mentors. You'd be an idiot not to take their money.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
The 500 Family regularly exceeds our expectations. It's impossible to do more for entrepreneurs than what Dave, the 500 Team, and the incredibly active mentor + founder network do regularly.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
These guys are great. There's a lot of talk out there about value add investors, or people who are entrepreneur friendly. At the end of the day, these guys are one of the few who are legit on both fronts. If they offer, say yes.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
Despite the fact that 500 startups has a proven track record of launching successful companies, joining 500 startups is probably the most fun and the most rewarding experience I have ever had.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
Great exposure

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
Great network.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
I'm a coinvestor with them on a variety of deals and always try to bring them in when I can. Love their team, philosophy, and network

— Co-investor in company 500 invested in
Focus on what's important: community, teamwork and strength through collaboration.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
Helpful, smart, great to have on your team.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in
Dave McClure is an incredibly gifted marketer, and so good at what he does.

— Founder of a company 500 invested in

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