500 Demo Day Batch 18: Dave
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This document announces a one-day event called #Batch18 Demo Day to showcase startups from an accelerator program. It provides details on the accelerator's global reach with over 1700 portfolio companies across 60+ countries that have raised over $275 million in committed capital. It also highlights some of the accelerator's most successful companies including Twilio, which had a $3 billion IPO, and CreditKarma and Grab, which have both raised over $1 billion. The event will feature 46 startups from the most recent Batch18 program with diversity among the founders.
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