1. EMBARGO: Hold until Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:00PM Eastern / 9:00AM Pacific
500 Startups - Fall 2012 Accelerator Program (“Batch 5”)
Highlights:
● 33 companies are in this batch. The program kicked off on October 4, 2012.
● This is the first time we utilized an open application process. We used AngelList’s platform to
fill a few of the remaining spots in this batch - 3 weeks before the program started. The process
worked really well for us, and we plan to keep working w/ AngelList for future batches. We
received hundreds of applications and ended up selecting 8 companies (< 2% acceptance rate).
● 7 of these companies have at least 1 woman founder. (21%)
● More than half of the batch is from outside Silicon Valley. 19 companies joined us from
outside the U.S. for the program (57% international):
○ ARGENTINA: Femeninas, Wideo
○ AUSTRIA: everbill
○ AUSTRALIA: Kickfolio (AngelCube graduate)
○ BRAZIL: Cuponomia, Qual Canal, UniPay
○ CROATIA: WhoAPI
○ DENMARK: Iconfinder
○ INDIA: gazeMetrix, Instamojo, TradeBriefs, WalletKit
○ JAPAN: Cinemacraft
○ ITALY: Pick1
○ LATVIA & ESTONIA: Repairy (Seedcamp graduate)
○ SPAIN: Traity (Seedcamp graduate), TouristEye
○ TAIWAN: Cubie
○ The rest hail from outside the valley (NYC, LA, Hawaii, Boston, Tennessee).
● 500 Startups is BIG on international. ~15% of our overall portfolio comes from outside the U.S.,
and we recently brought in Pankaj Jain as a venture partner for India and merged forces with
Mexican.VC. (in addition to already having Bedy Yang as a venture partner for Brazil)
● Demo Days will take place in February 2013 in Mountain View, San Francisco, and NYC. (Dates
TBA soon)
Links to include in coverage:
● AngelList of all co’s (will be live at embargo): https://angel.co/500startups-fall-2012
● 500 Blog post (will be live at embargo): http://500.co/2012/10/31/welcome-batch-5-accelerator
● LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!! This batch put together a hilariously awesome video for their
coming-out announcement - “Sh*t 500 Founders Say”. We’d love you to embed it in your
coverage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC1TPO3D06I (Currently private until embargo lifts.
If you’d like to see it now, let me know what email address to share it with).
Contact:
Christine Tsai
christine@500.co
(650) 427-9698 or (650) 630-9206
Accelerator companies listed in ABC order.

2. BabyList
A baby registry that works like Pinterest. Put anything on the web onto your baby registry. Makes
pregnancy less overwhelming and more fun.
AngelList: https://angel.co/babylist
Contact: founders@babyli.st
Founders: Natalie Gordon
From: San Francisco, CA
Fun Fact: Created by Natalie when she was pregnant.
Chewse
We're a marketplace for groups to easily order great food.
AngelList: https://angel.co/chewse
Contact: Tracy Lawrence, Jeff Schenck
Founders: founders@chewse.com
From: Santa Monica, CA
Fun Fact: We've fed over 17,000 people!
Cinemacraft
Video thumbnails are archaic. Cinemacraft's videogram service produces an interactive pictorial summary
of the video (comic). Makes video thumbnails come to life.
AngelList: https://angel.co/cinemacraft
Contact: Sandeep Casi
Founders: founders@cinemacraft.tv
From: Tokyo, Japan

3. Club W
Curated, personalized wine subscription service.
AngelList: https://angel.co/club-w
Contact: founders@clubw.com
Founders: Xander Oxman, Mark Lynn, Geoff McFarlane
From: Denver, CO
Fun Fact: We've shipped over 60,000 bottles of wine in a little over 6 months.
AngelList:
Contact:
Founders:
From:
Fun Fact:
CompStak
We create transparency in commercial real estate by gathering information that is hard to find, difficult to
compile or currently unavailable.
AngelList: https://angel.co/compstak
Contact: founders@compstak.com
Founders: Michael Mandel, Vadim Belobrovka
From: New York, NY
Fun Fact: We have employees from 5 different countries.
Cubie

4. Cubie Messenger (Android, iPhone) is a free messenger for the creative to chat and draw. Over 4M users
and growing.
AngelList: https://angel.co/cubie
Contact: founders@cubie.com
Founders: Yenwen Feng, Cjin Cheng
From: Taiwan
Fun Fact: Cubie's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNUwDXUKZfE
Cuponomia
Cuponomia is a marketplace to search, discover and share deals and online coupon codes in Brazil.
AngelList: https://angel.co/cuponomia
Contact: founders@cuponomia.com.br
Founders: Vinicius Dornela, Antonio Miranda
From: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fun Fact: We hate that we can't find coupons and deals in Brazil the same way we do in the US.
Curious Hat
We build mobile exploration tools for curious children.
AngelList: https://angel.co/curious-hat
Contact: founders@curioushat.com
Founders: Luca Prasso, Erwan Maigret
From: San Mateo, CA (by way of Italy and France)
Fun Fact: We prove that Italians and French can get along very well and create great apps. (as long as
they don't talk about soccer, cheese or wine!)

5. Dealflicks
Dealflicks offers movie tickets and concessions for up to 60% off. We're like Priceline or Hotwire, but for
movie theaters.
AngelList: https://angel.co/dealflicks
Contact: founders@dealflicks.com
Founders: Sean Wycliffe, Zachary Cancio, and Kevin Hong
From: Oakland/San Francisco, CA
Fun Fact: For over 2 months after quitting his job, Kevin (co-founder) continued to get up every morning
at 5am, put on a tie, and drive to "work" to avoid breaking the news to his strict Korean parents.
everbill
The easiest way to issue invoices and estimates.
AngelList: https://angel.co/everbill
Contact: founders@everbill.com
Founders: Harald Trautsch, Gerald Aichholzer, Robert Beisteiner, Michael Kunz
From: Vienna, Austria
Fun Fact: We are the vegan CrossFit machines.
femeninas
Fashion and beauty portal for women.

6. AngelList: https://angel.co/femeninas
Contact: founders@femeninas.com
Founders: Ricardo Lerch
From: Argentina
Fun Fact: Fashion is cool by default.
gazeMetrix
We look at videos and pictures and help brands measure their visibility.
AngelList: https://angel.co/gazemetrix-1
Contact: founders@uberlabs.net
Founders: Deobrat Singh, Saurab Paruthi, Debayan Banerjee
From: Delhi, India
Fun Fact: Two of us do not have US visas yet!
Hunie
Hunie is a community that helps designers get constructive and honest critiques from fellow designers.
AngelList: https://angel.co/hunie
Contact: founder@hunie.co
Founders: Damian Madray
From: Silicon Valley, CA
Iconfinder
Iconfinder is the world's leading site for icons.
AngelList: https://angel.co/iconfinder
Contact: founders@iconfinder.com
Founders: Martin LeBlanc Eigtved, Steffen Thilsted, Nick Bruun
From: Copenhagen, Denmark
Fun Fact: More than 100 million icons have been downloaded from Iconfinder.

7. iDreamBooks
Rotten Tomatoes for books.
AngelList: https://angel.co/idreambooks
Contact: founders@idreambooks.com
Founders: Rahul Simha, Vish Chap, Mohit Aggrawal
From: Canada/India
Fun Fact: The founder of Rotten Tomatoes (Patrick Lee) is one of our investors!
Instamojo
Sell your digital creations with just one click. Gumroad for India.
AngelList: https://angel.co/instamojo-1
Contact: founders@instamojo.com
Founders: Sampad Swain, Akash Gehani, Harshad Sharma
From: Mumbai, India
Fun Fact: Instamojo was our side project.
Kickfolio
We help brands promote their iPhone apps. Instead of screenshots or movies, brands can embed
interactive iPhone app demos on any web page.
AngelList: https://angel.co/kickfolio
Contact: founders@kickfolio.com
Founders: Chris Nolet, Edward Dowling, Diesel Laws
From: Melbourne, Australia
Fun Fact: We hung out at 500 Startups for 4 hours to meet with Dave. And then our demo failed.

8. LaunchGram
LaunchGram aggregates news about products and launches coming soon in verticals such as movies,
electronics, video games,and cars.
AngelList: https://angel.co/launchgram
Contact: founders@launchgram.com
Founders: Andy Sparks, Zach Boerger, Carrie Phillips
From: Columbus, Ohio
Fun Fact: We used to be named Soonzy, but everyone thought it was Snoozy, so we changed it.
Markerly
Markerly increases publisher page views and engagement by providing next generation social sharing
and discovery tools.
AngelList: https://angel.co/markerly
Contact: founders@markerly.com
Founders: Sarah Ware, Justin Kline, Rahf Noor
From: DC
Fun Fact: What do you get when a Jew, a Christian, and a Muslim start a company? Markerly.
Pick1
Retargeting via automated Market Research - Big Data for Opinions.
AngelList: http://angel.co/pick1
Contact: founders@pick1.com
Founders: Paolo Privitera, Armando Biondi
From: Italy
Fun Fact: Multinational in a pocket: US company 100% Italian team, Chilean funding (so far).

9. Privy
Online advertising used to suck for SMBs. Not anymore. Privy is an automated, digital ad agency. You set
a budget and promo, we deliver the only metric that matters: customers.
AngelList: https://angel.co/privy
Contact: founders@getprivy.com
Founders: Ben Jabbawy, Jake Cohen
From: Boston, MA
Fun Fact: Team Privy traveled in a velour-lined van to get to 500 Startups.
Qual Canal
Qual Canal tracks conversations about TV shows in social media to deliver insightful audience
information to broadcasters, brands, and agencies.
AngelList: https://angel.co/qual-canal
Contact: founders@qualcanal.tv
Founders: Anderson Fér (CEO), André Terra (CMO), Fabricio Buzeto (CTO), Flávio Ferrari (Advisor)
From: Brazil
Repairy
Repairy is a web-based customer relationship and resource management system for car repair shops and
dealerships, integrated with a spare parts marketplace.
AngelList: https://angel.co/repairy
Contact: founders@repairy.com
Founders: Maksim Fjodorov, Mareks Veinbergs, Arvis Zeile
From: Estonia & Latvia

10. Fun Fact: We are rapid fast due to Marek's driving style and his Subaru Impreza STI. After two weeks
of programming, we visited 60 repair shops presenting the Repairy concept. The only challenge was
maintaining that healthy and smiling look we usually have for sales pitches!
SupplyHog
Creating a better way to purchase building materials, so you can Get - Ship - Done.
AngelList: https://angel.co/supplyhog
Contact: founders@supplyhog.com
Founders: Nathan Derrick, Philip Brown
From: Chattanooga, TN
Fun Fact: We come from the GigCity. Our CEO is obsessed with unicorns and mermaids. Sorry,
mermen.
Tealet
Marketplace that connects tea drinkers with tea growers.
AngelList: https://angel.co/tealet
Contact: founders@tealet.com
Founders: Elyse Petersen, Christian Kamau, Jane Gonsowski
From: Honolulu, HI
Fun Fact: Employee perks include all-you-can-drink tea, travel around the world, and relocation to
Hawaii.
TouristEye
The Trip Planner every traveler falls in love with. Plan your trip on the web, view all the info & maps offline
on your mobile.
AngelList: https://angel.co/touristeye
Contact: founders@touristeye.com

11. Founders: Ariel Camus, Javier Fernandez Escribano
From: Madrid, Spain
Fun Fact: We have traveled to more than 40 countries combined. Call us if you want to travel around SV!
TradeBriefs
Empowering Indian professionals through industry expertise and jobs.
AngelList: https://angel.co/tradebriefs
Contact: founders@tradebriefs.com
Founders: Sree Vijaykumar
From: Mumbai, India
Fun Fact: TradeBriefs has been interpreted on more than one occasion to be a company dealing with
underwear.
Traity
Traity measures people's reputation in worldwide 360 feedback to improve transactions between
strangers.
AngelList: https://angel.co/traity-1
Contact: founders@traity.com
Founders: Juan Cartagena, José Ignacio Fernández, Borja Martín
From: Madrid, Spain
Fun Fact: In Traity, people perceive us as the "executive", the "researcher", and the "computer geek"
(exactly our roles in the startup). We defined those personality types beforehand though - we didn't
intentionally rig the results!
Translate Abroad
Translate Aboard is building a suite of simple translation apps. Use your smart phone camera to instantly
translate text without internet.
AngelList: https://angel.co/translate-abroad
Contact: founders@translateabroad.com

12. Founders: Ryan Rogowski, Huan-Yu Wu, Kevin Clark
From: Providence, Rhode Island
Fun Fact: We have a white Chinese speaker.
UniPay
UniPay is a mobile payment platform for Brazil.
AngelList: https://angel.co/unipay
Contact: founders@unipay.com.br
Founders: Tahiana D'Egmont, Mayara Campos, Sergio Costa
From: São Paulo, Brazil
WalletKit
WalletKit is a SaaS platform to create, manage and deliver digital passes to mobile wallets.
AngelList: https://angel.co/walletkit
Contact: founders@walletkit.com
Founders: Kevin Rajasekaran, Ramakanth Dorai
From: Chennai, India
Fun Fact: To get into 500 Startups, we stalked Paul Singh at his hotel in India. We actually figured out
the location based on one of his tweets and found him in the hotel lobby. He was in a rush to get to the
airport, so we pitched him on the way to the airport, which included getting into his cab. We also came
prepared with these sketches of the 500 Partners.
Wideo
Wideo is an online platform that will allow you to easily create, quickly edit and share your own animated
videos.
AngelList: https://angel.co/wideo-2
Contact: agu@wideo.co
Founders: Agu De Marco & Agustin Esperón

13. From: Buenos Aires, Argentina
WhoAPI
Delivering extensive information about domain data.
AngelList: https://angel.co/whoapi
Contact: goran@whoapi.com
Founders: Goran Duskic, Edi Budimilic
From: Rijeka, Croatia
Fun Fact: Both founders are high school dropouts.