The document summarizes an accelerator info session held by 500 Startups. The summary includes: - The agenda included a presentation, Q&A, and networking. - 500 Startups has invested in over 450 startups through its accelerator and direct investment programs. - The accelerator program invests in 30 companies twice a year over 5 months, providing $150,000 in funding, office space, mentorship, and access to 500 Startups' network. - Applications for the current batch are open until March 1st with interviews from March 1st to 22nd and finalists decided by March 25th. The program then starts April 15th.

1. Accelerator Info Session

2. Agenda
• Presentation
• Q&A
• Networking

4. GLOBAL SEED
FUND
450 Investments
ACCELERATOR DIRECT
150 Investments 300 Investments

5. GLOBAL
CORE
/ VENTURES / EVENTS / WORKSPACE /ACCELERATOR /GUILD
500 Startups Fund I BR Innovators Mountain View Mountain View Mentor Network
500 Startups Fund II 7x7 Mexico City Mexico City Founder Network
500 StartupWallah MamaBear New York City LP Network
500 Luchadores Sales 4 Startups
WarmGun
Demo Day
OPS
* FINANCE * LEGAL * MARKETING * TECH
Accounting Funds Press Relations Dashboard
Budget Portfolio Design Tools

6. HUBS
SILICON VALLEY SÃO PAOLO MEXICO CITY
HQ Events Accelerator
Accelerator Workspace
Events Events
NEW YORK CITY DELHI
Workspace Events
Events

7. DATA
DESIGN
DISTRIBUTION

8. Accelerator
• investment
• 30 companies / twice a year
• 5 batches since 2011
• Global
• Work @ 500 office for 4 months in startup mecca
• 500 team + 500 founders + 500 mentors

9. Speakers
• Jeff Lawson, Twilio • Naval Ravikant, AngelList
• Josh Elman, Greylock • Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC
• Aaron Batalion, LivingSocial • Sami Inkinen, Trulia
• Yshan Wong , Reddit • Enrique Allen, Designer Fund
• Andy Johns, Quora • Jon Dahl, Zencoder/Brightcove
• Justin Wong, Mochi Media • Rob LaFave, Foodzie
• George Takei (Sulu), Star Trek • Mike Greenfield, Circle of Moms
• Nir Eyal, AdNector • TJ Sassani, Zozi
• Tim Chae, PostRocket • Julie Zhou, Hipmunk
• Christine Herron, Intel Capital • Sukhiner Singh Cassidy, Joyus

10. Mentors
• 200 Mentors
• Operators / Founders

15. >

16. Thematic
–Consumer & Commerce (ex. zozi, 9GAG, Ipsy, Barkbox, Makerbot)
–SMB / SaaS (ex. LucidChart, Recurly, Crocodoc)
–Family Tech (ex. ecomom, Kiwi Crate, Red Tricycle)
–Education (ex. Udemy, MindSnacks, Chalkable)
–Marketing / Distribution services (ex. Wildfire, FanBridge, Reachli)
–Video Content & Infrastructure (ex. Zencoder, Virool, Vungle)
–Language / International (ex. Gengo, Babelverse, Language Cloud)
–Mobile / Tablet (ex. Elacarte, SearchMan, AppStack)
–Financial Services / Payments (ex. Credit Karma, ReadyForZero, Simple)
–Food Tech (ex. Kitchit, LoveWithFood, Ordr.in)

17. Timeline
• Applications open till 11:59 PST March 1st
• Interviews March 1st to March 22nd
• Finalists will be decided March 25th
• Program starts April 15th

18. Recommendations from #500strong
network
+
https://angel.co/500startups

19. In Summary
• Global mindset
• Solving a problem
• You have a product
• Revenue > Eyeballs
• You having something to prove
• apply via AngelList but leverage your connections

20. Questions?