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500 Demo Day Batch 18: Dave
1. #Batch18 Demo Day
A one-day event to showcase our hottest
accelerator & post-seed portfolio companies.
2. • 140 people, 20 countries, 25+ languages
• >$275M committed capital
• 12 regional/vertical micro funds
• 1700 companies across all funds in 60+ countries
• >500 companies from accelerator programs
• >600 companies started outside the US
• >400 companies with women co-founders
#500STRONG
3. #500STABLE
3.5 Unicorns (1 IPO: TWLO)
>$1B+ in Value
400+ Ponies
$10-99M in Value
40 Centaurs
$100-999M+ in Value
???
4. #Twilio (NYSE: TWLO)
• IPO on 6/23/16
• ~$3B Market cap
• ~70M in revenue per
quarter
• 600+ employees
*data according to Mattermark
Cloud communication & APIs for web, voice, and SMS
5. Perils of Becoming a Unicorn
(Before/After IPO)
2009 2016
Jeff Lawson, Founder/CEO Twilio
6. #CreditKarma
• $369M total funding
• $175M Series E on
6/23/2015
• 500+ employees
• Over +60M users;
adding 1-2M new
users per month
*data according to Mattermark
Free credit scores, financial recommendations & education
7. #Grab (formerly GrabTaxi)
• $1.43B total funding
• $750M Series F on
6/19/2016
• 1,479 employees
*data according to Mattermark
the #1 on-demand ride-sharing service for Southeast Asia
8. #500edu
• Corporate Innovation Unlocked
• DealCamp with UC Berkeley
• VC Unlocked with Stanford
• Kobe* pre-accelerator (*Japan, not the Black Mamba)
9. #BATCH18
• 46 Companies
• 19% Female
• 22% Black or LatinX
• 28% International (13 non-US countries)
• Vertical Tracks: fintech & healthtech