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500 Global backs HK insurtech firm’s $4.5m raise
Yas offers blockchain-enabled insurance products that provide coverage for accidents as well as NFT investments.
Qishin Tariq · · 1 min read
Two sons made an app to track their mom’s epilepsy seizures. Now it works worldwide
Canada based Neutun Labs helps people with epilepsy inform their loved ones of seizures through a wearable mobile application.
Harsimran Julka · · 3 min read
How we got funded by 500 Startups
Getting noticed by 500 Startups was harder before they had an application process.
Kevin William David · · 5 min read
We’re Binh and Eddie, Venture Partners of 500 Startups. Ask us Anything!
Hi TIA community! We’re Binh Tran and Eddie Thai, venture partners with 500 Startups. 500 Startups is the world’s most active seed-stage venture capital fund based out of Silicon Valley.
Binh Tran · · 1 min read
Dave McClure: hard to see why investors are not more bullish on India, there will be a feeding frenzy in 5 years
Entrepreneurs and investors will be falling over each other in this largely uncharted market within five years, says 500 Startups founder Dave McClure in India.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 4 min read#TIAChat with 500Startups’ Dave McClure: 10 insights for startup founders
We’ve done the heavy lifting and picked out the top 10 points that will certainly whet your startup appetite.
Daniel Tay · · 2 min readThey personalized Amazon. Now their startup has raised $1.1M to do it for other ecommerce sites
TargetingMantra, founded by former data scientists of Amazon, closed a seed funding of $1.1M from 500Startups, Nexus Venture Partners, and One97 Mobility Fund.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 3 min readIndonesia’s humor site MalesBanget gets investment from Rebright Partners and 500 Startups
Hopefully MBDC Media’s flagship product, the humor site MalesBanget, gets funnier after this.
Leighton Cosseboom · · 2 min read10 ways Japanese entrepreneurs are different from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs (#StartupAsia)
Panelists at Startup Asia Tokyo from Beenos, Movida Japan, Y Combinator, and 500Startups dig into ten key ways that Japan’s startup ecosystem is so different from the Silicon Valley.
Anh-Minh Do · · 5 min readRakuten Ventures’ Saemin Ahn: “No one should tell you what your vision is about.”
Rakuten Ventures managing partner Saemin Ahn shares many interesting insights on the Japanese investment scene.
Daniel Tay · · 10 min read