Matthew Lynley,John Mannes


500startups 18 500 Startups’ 18th demo day wrapped up this afternoon in San Francisco. The companies that presented ranged from financial technology all the way to yet another attempt to try and fix conference calls. 500 Startups has to compete with a lot of other accelerators like Techstars and Y Combinator, and in order to be successful it needs to generate hits from these classes. The firm has had… Read More

Our favorite startups from 500 Startups’ 18th class


screen-shot-2016-10-18-at-8-37-01-am David Sacks has a big job ahead of him. Formerly the CEO of Yammer, which sold to Microsoft for $1 billion, he’s doing it this time around as the head of Zenefits, trying to right the ship of a company that has halved its valuation and fired its founder for violating insurance regulations. Today he is rolling out Zenefits’ second second incarnation, and in Sacks’ new… Read More

Zenefits opens up to third-party developers and launches a suite ...