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Bootstrapper Hits $3.5m, 0 Team Members using new 3x Growth Formula Jun 12, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:23 John Rush Then I went to the US, to San Francisco, to 500 startups, to Alchemist.

Customer Support SaaS Hits $60k MRR Using On Prem Installations, Raising $1m at $10m Valuation Oct 5, 2021 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:34 Nathan Latka You're a Techstars alum, as well as 500 startups.
  • ▶ 9:37 Seymour Arasolov Yeah, so far we have raised half million dollars, and we have about, we, we did the 500 startups and Techstars, and 500 startups gave us about 50,000 dollars, it was a safe note, and then Techstars gave us a 100,000 safe note, but then… 5 times in the scene

ProjectCor Hits $1m ARR, Raises at $40m Valuation for Profit Tracking Tool for Agency's Jun 27, 2021 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:02 Nathan Latka Today, he continues to grow Core and is also a sales and fundraising mentor at 500 startups, as well as a speaker and jury in big technology, advertising, and entrepreneurial events.
  • ▶ 7:34 Santi Biblioni And after going through 500 startups program here, uh, we, I mean, we, the co-founders are Argentinian. 2 times in the scene

$2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace May 5, 2021 · 1 mention

Mobile Paywall Testing Company Breaks 200 Customers, $500k Raised Apr 2, 2021 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:38 Nathan Latka They recently went through 500 startups, and they're helping people think about how to A-B test pricing and paywalls. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 12:45 Nathan Latka Um, I think you've raised some from 500 startups. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 16:01 Vitaly Davydov Um, that's my personal opinion and what I've been taught in 500 startups.

Almabase Hits $1.1m Revenue Helping Universities Manage Alumni Donations Nov 18, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 8:29 Kalyan Varma We did raise, uh, some money, uh, from angel investors, again, alumni of my own alma mater, as well as, uh, 500 startups, the accelerator program in, uh, the Bay Area.

Obie Growing on Slack marketplace, $25k MRR, Helps Teams Store Information Efficiently Sep 17, 2020 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 2:04 Nathan Latka And was the youngest founder accepted into batch 20 of the prestigious 500 startups accelerator program in California.
  • ▶ 5:40 Nathan Latka Now you've, you're in 500, so I assume you've raised some capital.
  • ▶ 8:31 Chris Buttenham Like before we got into 500 startups, the company was almost dead and, you know, we hung on, we bootstrapped, we got really creative with the expenses.
  • ▶ 13:23 Chris Buttenham So we say that we launched OB in 2017, which is, uh, when we were coming out of 500 startups.

VaporWare Charges $25k to Build SaaS MVP, $1.2m 2019 Revenue Sep 12, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:45 Nathan Latka They're about to go through 500 startups, or maybe they got into a accelerator, like Excel prize, maybe down there in the research triangle event, and they say, you know what?

Tyler Tringas: How Earnest Capital Hopes to Re-Invent Startup Investing Jul 8, 2020 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 12:15 Tyler Tringas Pretty normal to be going to tech stars, 500 startups, YC with like a proof of concept and all that sort of stuff. 2 times in the scene

Why Whiplash Exited With $1.3m Raised, 16% Margin Profile in Order Fullfillment SPace Jul 3, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 17:27 James Marks We had done both, so we bootstrapped for about seven years, and then we went through 500 startups, and then we raised a small seed round from, uh, Tim Draper, and, uh, you know, there's, there's a few folks involved in that point, and it…

Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works Jun 10, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:19:50 Einar Volset Because, because, because, because of the nature of, um, early stage investments in sort of parallel nature of outcomes that we're seeing that you can see that this is true for five, like 500 startups is actually one of the few people who,…

1615 Secrets to Cold Traffic to Demo to Sales Funnel with $1.8m ARR SalesProcess CEO Dec 26, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 7:34 Nathan Latka Which is, you're basically, I mean, I see, you're definitely kind of angling towards, hey, if you're in 500 startups, if you're in YC, if you're in Techstars, like, use us, we'll help you drive sales.

1476 He wants to replace your CFO, 500 Customers $4.5m Funding, $2m ARR Aug 9, 2019 · 1 mention

1341 Reverse merger on australia stock exhange Mar 27, 2019 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 3:17 Noah Abelson Gertler We participated in 500 startups in the first year and a half, something like that, grew the team to eight people, uh, then went, and we were focused on Pinterest at the time, so something wholly different.
  • ▶ 17:49 Nathan Latka You went through 500, so you have a network. 3 times in the scene

1164 Want Your Own Alexa, Without Amazon Influence? Mycroft Raises $8m For Opensource Voice Stack Oct 1, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 4:06 Josh Montgomery Uh, then we joined 500 startups and took a strategic from Jaguar Land Rover in early 2017, uh, raised a two million dollar seed, which closed in January of this year, and we're now in the final stages of closing a series A, which will let…

1105 Should you develop every customer request? Aug 3, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:39 Nathan Latka Talify, which has raised 1.3 million to date from top investors in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, including 500 startups and Alchemist Accelerator.
  • ▶ 13:49 Nathan Latka You have 500 on it.

1009 The Argument for Shutting Down and Launching With 100% Control Apr 29, 2018 · 3 mentions

970 28 Year Old Turns Down $12m Acquisition Offer, Doing $65k in MRR in CoBrowsing, Live Chat Space Mar 21, 2018 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 3:28 Laduram Vishnoi Okay, so we've been to 500 startups, uh, in last October, and we raised, like, 150,000 from them. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 8:06 Nathan Latka That five million valuation, that was the 200,000 you raised after 500?
  • ▶ 20:07 Nathan Latka He launched it in 2016, went through 500 startups where he raised 150 grand.

815: SaaS: He's Replacing the iClicker Growing From $800k ARR to $1.5m ARR in 6 months Oct 17, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 10:28 Johnny Warstrom We, we were part of 500 startups last spring, and Dave McClure has this phenomenal model about R, A-A-R-R-R, that we try to model as well, kind of bring them down to, to their retained, uh, face.

760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear Aug 23, 2017 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:30 Nathan Latka The company has over a 100,000 users, participated in 500 startups, and raised 1.5 million dollars in venture funding.
  • ▶ 12:36 Nathan Latka So I think last time you came on, you had only raised, I think, a 120 grand seat, or I think that was from 500 startups, right?

745: At $1.5m Revenue, Is This The New PowerPoint? Aug 8, 2017 · 1 mention

744: Companies Pay Her $10-100k to Text Customers Funny Messages Aug 7, 2017 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:17 Nathan Latka We met up many, many months ago in San Francisco and she was so kind to give me a tour of the 500 startups office out there.
  • ▶ 8:41 Jess Lee We raised capital from 500 startups. 2 times in the scene

742: This Founder Crowns Real Estate Agents "Mayors", Grows From $700k to $6.4M in Under 12 Months Aug 5, 2017 · 3 mentions

730: How Two JP Morgan Men Sell $600k+ In Baby Clothes Jul 24, 2017 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:21 Nathan Latka This summer, he represented the brand of the 500 startups
  • ▶ 17:06 Nathan Latka You, the last time we spoke, you had a 125,000 dollar note, which I think was just from 500 startups.

717: Why Moving Her Team to Brazil Was Genius Jul 11, 2017 · 2 mentions

704: A Son Saving His Mom With Health Tech Product That Recognizes Seizures Jun 28, 2017 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 14:44 Eric Dolan Ended up going through 500 startups, uh, right after, so, uh, we were part of the first digital health program, and we ended up building, uh, uh, ending our seed round at about a million dollars. 3 times in the scene

699: The Fired ConvertKit Co-Founder You've Never Heard Of, Father Made Me Feel "Not Worth Enough" Jun 23, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 8:38 Dan Gamito No, so, uh, we raised a seed round from 500 startups, and I think, uh, a Russian super angel.

698: How this Sales Training Tool Went from $600k to $1.2M in Revenue in 1 Year Jun 22, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:23 Sam Caucci I mean, we, we actually, the only other check was, uh, we went through the 500 startups accelerator about a year and a half ago.

644: Tech CEO Takes on Coffee, $325k Raised, $17k in GMV in Jan 2017 Helping 750 Buyers Find Their Coffee with Crema.co CEO Tyler Tate Apr 29, 2017 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 6:25 Tyler Tate Well, so to date, we've raised 325,150 of that came from 500 startups, which we're participating in now. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:55 Tyler Tate Yeah, so, um, I alluded or I mentioned earlier in our conversation that we're currently participating in 500 startups. 2 times in the scene

642: ParkEvergreen $100/mo Per Airport Parking Space to Help You Park Faster with CEO Ben Cantey Apr 27, 2017 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 8:29 Ben Cantey Um, so far, a 150 K from 500 startups.
  • ▶ 20:26 Nathan Latka Employees, five co-founders, they split equity, 20% each, about 150,000 dollars raised from the 500 startups program.

633: Pipefy $2.6M Raised, $50k MRR, Helping 400 Customers Organize Processes with CEO Alessio Alionco Apr 18, 2017 · 4 mentions

EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:45 Nathan Latka Astronomer is an AngelPad batch number nine company and has raised two million dollars from the likes of 500 startups, CincyTech, Router Ventures, and Social Starts.

EP 602: Findo Raises $7M, Passes 80k Users, 700 Pay $10 to Use AI to Find Their Files Quickly with CEO Gary Fowler Mar 18, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 10:11 Nathan Latka So this is, you were doing a kind of micro, you know, 10, 20,000 dollar kind of seed, almost like 500 startups model.

EP 597: Nova.ai Passes 100 Customers, $2.2M Raised To Help SDR's Sell More Using AI with CEO Will Dinkel Mar 13, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:14 Nathan Latka They gave up a six percent of their business for 150,000 dollars from 500 startups.

EP 596: ClaimCompass Has Helped 1000 Airline Passengers Get $420 Each Back From Airlines for Cancelled Tickets and Lost Items with CEO Tatyana Mitkova Mar 12, 2017 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 5:04 Tatiana Mitkova We're part of the 500 startups program here, but our other employees are based in Europe and Bulgaria.
  • ▶ 6:23 Tatiana Mitkova So we've been bootstrapping up until, uh, three months ago when we entered the 500 startups program here, and how it works is, um, it was an accelerator. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 8:49 Nathan Latka And what's the, so when do you graduate from the 500 startups program? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:39 Nathan Latka They have three co-founders, four employees in Bulgaria, going through the 500 startups program right now in Mountain View, looking to raise a million dollar round on a five million dollar cap.

EP 595: nDreams is #1 VR Application Creator, 250,000 Sold, $6M in Funding with CEO Patrick O'Luanaigh Mar 11, 2017 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:01 Nathan Latka They're in Mountain View right now going through 500 startups. 2 times in the scene

EP 564: Proleads Passes 100 Customers, $75 ARPU Helping You Find Better Leads with CEO Anders Fredriksson Feb 8, 2017 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 5:30 Anders Fredriksson Uh, and I moved here as part of, uh, being part of five and a startups. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 7:48 Anders Fredriksson Um, so we raised, as part of five and a startups, we obviously, we got some money from them. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 12:24 Anders Fredriksson So like right when we launched at 500 startups, we, um, uh, I mean, this was, it might actually be a good thing for you guys, for your, for your listeners to hear.

EP 546: The Pitch Made $80k in Year 1 Sponsor Revenue, 700,000 Downloads with Producer Josh Muccio Jan 21, 2017 · 1 mention

EP 508: Siftery $4M Raised, 25,000 Users to Help You Find Software Tools with CMO Gerry Golyer Dec 14, 2016 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 1:59 Nathan Latka Both the CEO and Jerry are 500 sharps alums with previous companies. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 13:06 Jerry Collier Um, but there was definitely, you know, some encouragement of, you know, the existing beta users, existing user base, uh, some friends, some folks in the 500 startups network, but I think everyone on the team was surprised by, by, you…

EP 507: $300k Raised, ChatBot Helps Your Audience Talk To You and Get Answer with CEO Abhimanyu Godara Dec 13, 2016 · 2 mentions

EP 503: $125k for 5%, How To Grow Into $2m+ Valuation with InDemand CEO Alex Saidani Dec 9, 2016 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:46 Nathan Latka I'm being a little facetious, but are you part of our 500? 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 8:21 Alex Saidani Um, rather than, other than the 500 startups investment, which is, I think, in 25 K, um, we're completely bootstrapped. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 15:01 Nathan Latka They are working with over 25 customers, uh, have raised over 125 grand for five percent of business through 500 startup, uh, startups have done about 350 grand in total revenue, about a 400 dollar ARPU doing about 100, or sorry, 10 grand…

EP 501: Track Uninstalls with $325k in Funding, 15 Customers, with CEO Pritesh Vora of Uninstall.io Dec 7, 2016 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:27 Pritesh Vora And then we raised, uh, seed fund from, uh, some of the popular, uh, investors, including 500 startups.

EP 496: PayByGroup $3.4M Raised, $10m in Transaction Volume to Help Groups Pay with CEO Camilo Acosta Dec 2, 2016 · 1 mention

EP: 465: 120,000 Customers, About $200k MRR, $10M 2017 ARR Goal with RocketReach.co CEO Amit Shanbhag Nov 1, 2016 · 3 mentions

EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper Oct 24, 2016 · 1 mention

EP 455: Exited in 2013, Now Moving From "Job" To Startup CEO Again. How? with Ariel Camus Oct 22, 2016 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:13 Nathan Latka He is the, he's a product builder, 500 startups alumni, and former Tourist Eye CEO and co-founder, which was recently acquired by Lonely Planet.
  • ▶ 2:29 Ariel Camus Uh, the opportunity to got acquired got just when we were raising our Series A, and, uh, that million dollars, that million dollars that we raised that happened between two rounds, one in Europe and one in San Francisco through 500…

EP 450: 14 Ag Companies Raise $32M Using AgFunder.com with CEO Rob Leclerc Oct 17, 2016 · 3 mentions

EP 439: $9m Raised, GoShippo Helps Little Guy Drop Ship 1,000,000+ Packages Per Month Already with CEO Laura Behrens Wu Oct 6, 2016 · 6 mentions

EP 426: 1500 Customers and Profitable, $5.5M Raised with Pablo Fuentes of Proven.com Sep 23, 2016 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 14:53 Pablo Fuentes So our biggest investors in Dresden Horowitz, um, in Greylock, uh, 500 startups, Cape Four Capital, Founder Collective, uh, folks like that. 2 times in the scene

EP 417 SPECIAL: Warner Interviews Latka: Con Artist or Brilliant Genius? Sep 14, 2016 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 11:30 Nathan Latka Dave McClure from 500 startups.
  • ▶ 33:33 Andrew Warner He went on to work at 500 startups and he said, I'm, I'm going to work at 500 startups so I can help small companies eat big companies.

EP 405: 409A Valutions, Cap Table Pro-Formas and More with Jonathan Gass of NomadFinancial Sep 2, 2016 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:36 Nathan Latka I might even have an offer from YEC and tech stars or 500 startups to go through their programs.

LeadGenius $700K MRR, 200 Customers Aug 29, 2016 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 0:05 Nathan Latka President and co-founder of Lead Genius, backed by Y Combinator, 500, Andreessen, and Sierra Ventures.
  • ▶ 8:59 Anand Kulkarni So Sierra doesn't do a lot of seed investing to begin with, but our seed round was, um, we were part of Y Combinator and 500 startups, so

EP 396: Why He Raised $3m Then Merged With #1 Competitor Aug 24, 2016 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 10:55 Kevin Davis So a total of about 2.7 million from, uh, you know, like Eric Ries, uh, 500 startups, Dave McClure.
  • ▶ 17:34 Nathan Latka People like 500 startups, folks that are on your cap table at, uh, at Geekitu, do they exit or are they now on the Hello Tech cap table?
  • ▶ 19:08 Kevin Davis And I know that I had issues before, 500 startups to try to figure out, you know, what was the best way to put a pitch deck together, AngelList, or anything, so I'd love to be resourced in that, so basically Kevin at Helotech, or just, you…

EP 389: ConceptDrop Raises $1.1M, Helps You Get Creative Work Done Quick with Phil Alexander EP389 Aug 17, 2016 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:06 Nathan Latka He is currently the CEO and founder of Concept Drop, a 500 startups, B-Seven Teen Grouping.

EP 388: TrueBill Saves You $ On All Those Monthly Subscriptions You Pay Aug 16, 2016 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:22 Nathan Latka Yaya is also a former startup institute instructor and a mentor at 500 startups.

EP 381: Make Beautiful Snaps With BlurBiz, $60k MRR Aug 9, 2016 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 1:36 Nathan Latka He's a 500 startups company, and he's the winner of the 20 14 South by Southwest Startup Challenge hosted by Gary Vee and his startup Candy Cruisers.
  • ▶ 6:42 Tamar Dal Pota So last, last year when we launched, um, and we're starting a new seed round, uh, you know, as soon as we get done with 500. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 17:04 Nathan Latka In fact, everyone from 500 that I have on keeps saying that.

EP 379: Secret Travel App, $120k 2015 with Kenneth Lee Aug 7, 2016 · 4 mentions

EP 376: $5M on $15M Pre Money Goal For BlockChain Based BurstIQ Aug 4, 2016 · 2 mentions

EP 371: $1M Raised, $40k/Mo Marketplace For Class Notes with Sieva Kozinsky Jul 30, 2016 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 7:11 Sieva Kozinsky Uh, we're seed funded by a few different, uh, venture, venture funds and angels, including 500 startups, 1776, um, and a few awesome angels out there as well.

Ep 370: $120k 2015 Revenue, Private Chefs for Elderly with Kate Toews of Chefs for Seniors Jul 29, 2016 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 6:01 Kate Toews Self-funded to date, um, we, uh, about four weeks ago were accepted into a 500 startup, so we took our first outside capital from them. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 18:25 Nathan Latka They just got into 500 startups, raised 125 grand, did a hundred and twenty-k in twenty-fifteen
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