The document contains an agenda for a conference with demos and networking. It also provides details about 500 Startups including:
- They have a team of 75 people from 15 countries speaking 20+ languages.
- They have invested $190 million with $130 million deployed across 1200 companies in all funds.
- Over 300 companies have been started outside the US and over 300 have women co-founders.
Dave McClure >> 99 VC Problems But A Batch Ain't One: Why Portfolio Size Matters For Returns
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2. AGENDA
9:00 Registration
10:00 VC 101 Edu
11:30 Lunch
12:45 Demos: Batch 13, part I
14:00 Break
14:30 Demos: Batch 13, part II
15:45 Break
16:15 Demos: Series A track
17:30 Networking reception
3. #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
6. #500DISTRO
• Distro Team: in-house
growth team - 13 people
• Distro Program : London,
Miami, Taipei, Dubai , KL,
HK + MOAR.
• WMD.co: 1-day conference
covering mktg &
distribution
7. #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
8. 3 Unicorns
>$1B in Value
25+ Centaurs
>$100M in Value
250 - 300 Ponies
>$10M in Value
#500STABLE
21. / 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)
23. #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
24. #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