2. #500STRONG
• Team of 75 people, 15 countries, 20+ languages
• $190M under management with $130M deployed
• 1200 companies across all funds
• >300 companies started outside the US
• >300 companies with women co-founders
• >150 companies with women CEOs
• Companies have raised $3B+ in additional capital
3. #500FUNDS
Fund I
Jul 2010
$29M
Fund II
Apr 2012
$45M
Fund III
Oct 2013
$85M
Mexico
May 2013
$3M
Mobile
Nov 2014
$10M
SE Asia
Feb 2014
$10M
Korea
May 2015
$15M
Thailand
Jul 2015
$10M
FI Annex
Jan 2013
$4M
4. 3 Unicorns
>$1B in Value
25+ Centaurs
>$100M in Value
250 - 300 Ponies
>$10M in Value
#500STABLE
8. #500DISTRO
• Distro Team: in-house
growth team - 13 people
• Distro Program : London,
Miami, Taipei, Dubai, KL,
Hong Kong + MOAR.
• WMD.co: conference on
growth mktg & distribution
19. / Optimal portfolio size
a) 20 – 30 (NO guarantee of ANY Unicorns)
b) 50 – 100 (SOME Centaurs, MAYBE 1 Unicorn)
c) 200 – 500 (MANY Centaurs, SEVERAL Unicorns)
20. #500VCs
2-Week Investor Course with
500 Startups and Stanford
(FIRST CLASS- MAY 2015 – DONE!)
• Education program for angels, micro VCs, corporates and family
offices who want to learn the Silicon Valley playbook
• 35 Students, 50% female - India, Vietnam, Germany, Pakistan,
Iceland, Brazil, Malaysia, South Korea, UAE, Russia, Taiwan, Jamaica
21. #500VCs
How to build investment thesis
Meet REAL startup founders and
conduct selection
Connection with Silicon Valley
investors and mentors
Legal docs: cap table and
standard terms
How to generate deal flow Trends and relevant area of
investments