500 Startups

A handful of venture capital firms have announced they will observe the holiday on June 19, giving their workers the day to learn more about Juneteenth and reflect on racial injustice in the US. Many have pledged to make it an annual corporate holiday.

We attended 500 Startups’ PreMoney conference on Tuesday. Here are four of the event’s most interesting discussion topics.

At 500 Startups’ PreMoney conference, Blockchain Capital co-founder and managing partner P. Bart Stephens shared an interesting statistic from a survey that his crypto-focused firm did recently.

Two Midas List investors had very different ideas about venture capital trends in the year ahead. Plus, famed VC Mark Suster on early-stage investing and mega-funds.

Dispatches from the fifth annual PreMoney event, a 500 Startups production focused on the future of venture capital investment held on Tuesday.

Ryan Lawler is no longer with 500 Startups, PitchBook has confirmed. Lawler joined the firm as a venture partner in August 2015 after spending three years at TechCrunch, holding the title of senior editor before leaving to join the VC industry.

We sent our own Mikey Tom to 500 Startups’ PreMoney Conference in San Francisco. Here he outlines his main takeaways from the event: investing in diversity, disrupting disruptors and recovering from VC’s hangover.

We break down some of 500 Startups’ notable investments, accelerator alumni and exits. The firm’s unconventional investing style seems to be working just fine.

With so many accelerators to choose from nowadays, it can be hard to narrow down the field of where to apply. We’ve attempted to help by breaking down which VC firms invest in the most popular accelerators.