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It is important to understand that 500 Startups consists of two separate entities/programs: an accelerator and a seed fund. It is very common for 500 Startups (
by argonaut 14y ago
It is important to understand that 500 Startups consists of two separate entities/programs: an accelerator and a seed fund. It is very common for 500 Startups (the seed fund) to invest in YC startups.
To look at the flip side, it is rare for YC to invest in companies that did not actually go through YC (it has happened before, however).
- davemc500hats 14y ago500 has invested in ~50 YC companies to date. I believe there are about 30 or so in our first fund. YC has invested in 2 companies that went thru 500 accelerator first (9GAG and Vayable), and also a few others where we invested at around the same time as YC (Scoutzie, Virool, Microryza, Referly). also, we are investors in ~20 TechStars companies (including Sendgrid), and also ~10 companies each from AngelPad in SF, and SeedCamp in Europe, and StartMate in Australia. altho we run our own accelerator program at 500, we are frequent investors in other accelerator programs, including several around the world in East Asia, South Asia, Latin America, Western & Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.