Dave McClure Founding Partner 500 Startups @davemcclure

1. State of 500 !
(Last 10 Years + Next 10 Years)
Jan 10, 2014
Las Vegas

2. Past 10 Years
• 2004-2008: DMC Angel Investor, $300K, 13 seed
investments (wins: Mint, Slideshare, Mashery)
• 2009-2010: Founders Fund + Facebook fbFund,
$3M, 21 seed + 22 incubator (wins: Twilio, Credit
Karma, SendGrid, Wildfire, Zimride/Lyft, Life360)
• 2010-2015: 500 Startups (3 Main Funds + Other),
$90M, 900 investments (wins: MakerBot, Wildfire,
Viki, Twilio, SendGrid, Credit Karma, Udemy,
BarkBox, TheRealReal, VivaReal, GrabTaxi, Ipsy,
StackSocial, Tradesy, etc)

3. Growing !
Pains
• 2010-2015: 5->50 people, $0->$125M+ capital, 3 main funds
+ 3-5 regional funds, 0->1000+ co’s, 0-> 2000+ founders,
0-200+ mentors, 50+ countries, 12 US acc batches, team in
8-10 countries, 100s of events, demo days, GeeksOnaPlane
• Fundraising, People, Places, Countries, Wins/Losses
• (Public Image + Marketing) vs (Private Reality + The Struggle)

4. Looking !
Forward
• Global Fund + Regional Funds + Vertical Funds
• Growth Consulting, M&A Practice, Investor Education
• 500 VCs -> 10,000 Companies -> 25,000 Founders
• Community -> Country?

5. Questions? !
Comments?!
Heckling?