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500 Startups

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500 Startups is an early-stage seed fund and incubator program located in Mountain View, CA. They invest primarily in consumer & SMB internet startups, and related web infrastructure services. Their initial investment size is typically $25K-$250K.

Selected areas of interest include financial services & e-commerce, search/social/mobile platforms, personal & business productivity, education & language, family & healthcare and web infrastructure.

Milestones

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  500 Startups invested in Lumatic. (2/5/12)
  Posted 2/6/12 at 3:25am via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in Manpacks. (8/1/11)
  Posted 2/2/12 at 12:33am
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  500 Startups invested in Manpacks. (8/1/11)
  Posted 2/2/12 at 12:33am
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  500 Startups invested in HighScore House. (1/26/12)
  Posted 1/28/12 at 7:37pm via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in Intercom. (1/25/12)
  Posted 1/25/12 at 6:56pm via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in OneSchool. (1/25/12)
  Posted 1/24/12 at 8:11pm via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in Trigger. (1/17/12)
  Posted 1/17/12 at 8:49pm via finsmes.com
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  500 Startups invested in SendGrid. (1/17/12)
  Posted 1/17/12 at 6:44pm via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in Cinemacraft . (4/4/11)
  Posted 4/3/11 at 11:37pm via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in Gizmo.com. (11/1/11)
  Posted 10/17/10 at 12:28am
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  500 Startups invested in mygola. (12/19/11)
  Posted 12/19/11 at 6:40pm via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in Life360. (9/1/11)
  Posted 12/13/11 at 6:38pm via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in Unbounce. (12/1/11)
  Posted 12/1/11 at 7:14pm via finsmes.com
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  500 Startups invested in Ginzametrics. (10/1/11)
  Posted 11/15/11 at 8:49am via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in AllTrails. (11/13/11)
  Posted 11/13/11 at 5:51pm via techcrunch.com
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  500 Startups invested in Shareaholic. (11/10/11)
  Posted 11/10/11 at 8:20pm via techcrunch.com

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1. 500 Startups Halfway To $30M Fund (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
2. 500 Startups announces another $250k micro-fund for CloudFlower startups (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. 500 Startups Announces First Winners Of Its $250K Twilio Micro-Fund (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Pedestrian Map App, Lumatic, Raises $800K From Joi Ito And 500 Startups (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. YC Alum Curebit Raises $1.2 Million For Online Referral System (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/26/955-dreams-raises-3-25-million-seed-round-launches-band-of-the-day-on-ipad/ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Can Kids Love Chores? 500 Startups Alum HighScore House Says Yes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Biz Stone, 500 Startups And Others Put $1M In CRM For Web Businesses Intercom (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. 500 Startups-Funded OneSchool Raises $750K For College Student-Focused App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Trigger Raises $1M in Seed Round of Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
11. Bessemer Leads $21M Round In Cloud-Based Email Delivery And Management Service SendGrid (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. Dave McClure And Blumberg Capital Drop $1 Million Into mygola For Easy, Personalized Travel Planning (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. Unbounce Raises $850K in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
14. AllTrails Pockets $400K From 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. Browser Plug-In And Sharing Tool Shareaholic Raises $1.9 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. LaunchRock Gets $800K In Funding, Launches (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. Aksel Raises $500K From 500 Startups & More To Bring European Men’s Fashion To The U.S. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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19. Visual.ly Raises $2 Million To Make Even More Infographics (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. OVIA Closes First Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
21. Mobile Learning Platform Stickery Raises $325K From Google Ventures, 500 Startups And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
22. Crowdsourced Learning Platform Udemy Raises $3 Million From Lightbank And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. AwayFind Raises $800,000 In Seed Funding, Now Available For Google Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
24. HiGear raises $1.3M for luxury peer-to-peer car sharing (gigaom.com) [edit]
25. Enterprise SEO Platform Ginzametrics Raises US$1.3 Million From 500 Startups, Venture51, And A Group Of Star Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
26. myGengo Secures $5.25 Million Series A Round Of Funding From Atomico, 500 Startups (prweb.com) [edit]
27. FastCall411 Raises Second Round of Funding from Dave McClure’s 500Startups (finsmes.com) [edit]
28. Apsalar Raises $5 Million For Mobile Analytics And Behavioral Targeting Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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30. TechStars Graduate FullContact Lands $1.5 Million, Helps Keep Contact Records Updated (techcrunch.com) [edit]
31. FastCustomer Raises $750K So You Don’t Have To Wait On Hold (techcrunch.com) [edit]
32. Affinity China Raises Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
33. Life360′s Family Safety App Grabs $3.5 Million Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
34. Bloodhound Is On The Scent Of The Perfect Conference App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
35. Carmen Busquets invests in social networking clothing design business Lookk.com (telegraph.co.uk) [edit]
36. Stealthy App Maker Nettle Has Raised Funding (allthingsd.com) [edit]
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41. LucidChart Raises One Million in Seed Financing From 500 Startups, 2M Companies, and K9 Ventures (prlog.org) [edit]
42. PixelFish Raises $4 Million To Help Small Businesses Tap Into Web Video (techcrunch.com) [edit]
43. drchrono Raises Funding To Bring Medical Records To The iPad (techcrunch.com) [edit]
44. Shortmail's 410 Labs Raises $750K (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
45. Connected Raises $500K For Contact Management Application (techcrunch.com) [edit]
46. NextDigest Raises $390K (finsmes.com) [edit]
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48. Zozi Raises $7 Million To Let You Swim With Sharks – And More – At A Discount (techcrunch.com) [edit]
49. Voice Sentiment Analysis Startup Saygent Raises $1 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
50. Local Q&A Site Hipster Raises $1M From Google Ventures, Lightbank, 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
51. VidCaster Joins 500 Startups (blog.vidcaster.com) [edit]
52. Stealth Startup Inporia Raises $1.25 Million From Ron Conway, 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
53. TaskRabbit Gets $5M From Shasta Ventures, First Round And Others To Help People Get Stuff Done (techcrunch.com) [edit]
54. COLOURlovers Raises $1 Million To Make Everyone An Artist (techcrunch.com) [edit]
55. FITTY GRAND FOR TEH FAST & FURIOUS #500STRONG #WINNING (blog.500startups.com) [edit]
56. FITTY GRAND FOR TEH FAST & FURIOUS #500STRONG #WINNING (blog.500startups.com) [edit]
57. Updated: Zencoder Raises $2M for Video Encoding in the Cloud (gigaom.com) [edit]
58. Baydin Closes Its $375,000 Funding Round (In An UberCab, Per Our Suggestion) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
59. Mobile Media Platform Cinemacraft Extends Series A Round With Investment From 500 Startups (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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61. CapLinked Raises $900K From A-Listers To Crush AngelList* (businessinsider.com) [edit]
62. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
63. The Demand Media of Search Engine Marketing, BoostCTR, Raises $1.6 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
64. Social Analytics Platform BackType Raises a Cool Million in Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
65. MindSnacks Raises $1.2 Million For Mobile Educational Games (techcrunch.com) [edit]
66. Vurve Raises Another $4.5 Million To Give Businesses “Advertising On Autopilot” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
67. DailyWorth Raises $850K To Become The Daily Candy For Personal Finance (techcrunch.com) [edit]
68. Lightbox wants to be Android’s new camera app, raises $1.1 million from Valley players (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
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70. Graphicly Raises $3M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
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72. FeeFighters Raises $1.6 Million To Be The BillShrink For Business Services (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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75. twilio fund [edit]
76. MyGengo Raises $1 Million To “Own” Translation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
77. TechCrunch [edit]
78. 500 Startups Announces First Class Of New Incubator Program (techcrunch.com) [edit]
79. venturebeat.com [edit]
80. Miso Media Tunes Up With Seed Funding From Google (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
81. screenwerk.com [edit]
82. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
83. techcrunch.com [edit]
84. Retailigence Raises $1.5M in Seed Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
85. Twilio Raises $12 Million For Powerful Telephony API (techcrunch.com) [edit]
86. Dave McClure’s 500 Startups Fund Invests In Tokyo-Based P2P Lending Service AQUSH (techcrunch.com) [edit]
87. Estately Raises $800K; Now Allows Users To Search For Homes Based On School Districts (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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89. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
90. TechFlash (techflash.com) [edit]
91. ReadyForZero Raises $260K To Help Cleanse Consumers Of Credit Card Debt (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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93. Techcrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
94. Votizen Raises $1.5 Million To Make Sure Government Representatives Hear Your Voice (techcrunch.com) [edit]
95. Austin startup OtherInBox raises $1.5 million for expansion (statesman.com) [edit]
96. InDinero Closes $1.2 Million Seed Round: An Investor Roster (techcrunch.com) [edit]
97. BankSimple Deposits $3.1 Million From First Round, Ron Conway, And Roger Ehrenberg (techcrunch.com) [edit]
98. OneTrueFan Is The Foursquare For Websites (techcrunch.com) [edit]
99. TechCrunch - Udemy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
100. Local-Activity Site Zozi Lands $3 Million Series A From 500 Startups And Zig Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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103. TC Disrupt Finalist Appbistro Raises $550K For Its Facebook App Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
104. Medialets adds $6m, new investors to grow mobile rich media (medialets.com) [edit]
105. TransFS Raises $510K For Credit Card Processor Comparison Shopping Site (techcrunch.com) [edit]
106. MogoTix Looks to Accelerate Mobile Ticketing (gigaom.com) [edit]
107. Gmail Plugin Rapportive Raises Over $1 Million From Gmail Creator, Many Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
108. Brainient gets an $800,000 heachache, but a good one (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
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110. Human Translation Startup myGengo Raises Seed Round From International Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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113. GroupSpaces secures $1.3 million and brings Valley players on board (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
114. YComb’s Seeing Interactive Raises Seed Round From Baseline, Buchheit, Schachter, and Lerer Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
115. Photographic Evidence Of Stealth Startup Tello Raising $100k (techcrunch.com) [edit]
116. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
117. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
118. SendGrid Raises $5 Million, Sends A Bajillion E-mails (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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120. Payvment Raises $1.5 Million To Help Retailers Set Up Storefronts On Facebook (techcrunch.com) [edit]
121. Erply: The Next Skype of Business Software? (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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123. 500 Startups Unveils 2nd Batch: 21 Startups, From “Foodspotting For Fashion” To “Iron Chef In Your Living Room” (techcrunch.com) [edit]