Dave McClure
Two years after a first close, 500 Startups wraps its Middle East fund with $33 million
When 500 Startups partner Hasan Haider announced the $15 million first close for the accelerator and investment firm’s Middle Eastern focused fund, 500 Falcons, Dave McClure was still at the hel
500 Startups Japan becomes Coral Capital with a new $45M fund
The 500 Startups Japan crew is going independent. The VC firm announced a $30 million fund in 2015, and now the follow-up is a new $45 million fund called Coral Capital. Helmed by James Riney and Yohe
Why Freada Kapor Klein thinks there’s a moral crisis in Silicon Valley
Every week, it seems, brings new ethical questions about Silicon Valley. A seemingly endless rash of sexual scandals in the venture community. Twitter supposedly used by anonymous Russian trolls t
500 Startups’ Australia accelerator program is axed by its partner before it even launched
500 Startups continues to feel the impact of a sexual harassment scandal involving its co-founder and former managing partner Dave McClure. Two weeks after the closure of its Canada-based fund, its ma
Here’s the 22nd batch of 500 Startups companies
500 Startups is ramping up its next batch of companies in its early-stage startup program, which this time consists of 36 startups. The firm's pitch to companies entering the accelerator has generally
Crunch Report | 500 Startups Shuts Down Its Canada Fund
MIT's latest jewelry is alive, 500 Startups shuts down its Canada fund, Theranos settles with Walgreens and Samsung's latest Galaxy Note 8 leak. All this on Crunch Report!
500 Startups shuts down its Canada fund
Following sexual harassment allegations that led to the resignation of 500 Startups co-founder Dave McClure, it’s now emerged that the troubled VC firm has abandoned its Canada fund. According
Tech’s term sheets of harassment
It’s important that we acknowledge that the type of behavior we are reading, talking and tweeting about has been enabled.
Crunch Report | Vantiv Buys Worldpay for $10 Billion
Dave McClure steps down from 500 Startups, Vantiv buys Worldpay for $10 billion, Baidu's self-driving platform and Baidu teams up with Nvidia. All this on Crunch Report.
The need for industry-wide investor/founder sexual harassment policy
Startup founders deserve formal protection from sexual harassment by investors. Yet despite the clear power imbalance between these groups, traditional harassment law does not adequately shield founde
Employee email claims 500 Startups leadership delayed acknowledging McClure’s harassment, as new allegations surface
An email circulated to 500 Startups staffers by its Mountain View accelerator lead and partner Elizabeth Yin makes several claims that contradict the narrative presented by leadership so far. In the e
500 Startups LPs Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein react to Dave McClure’s resignation
Earlier today, TechCrunch reported that 500 Startups co-founder Dave McClure, who had already stepped down as CEO, has resigned from his general partner role. Now, Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein,
Dave McClure has resigned as GP of 500 Startups
Dave McClure has resigned as general partner of 500 Startups, TechCrunch has learned. We have confirmed co-founder Christine Tsai asked for his resignation and he accepted, according to a letter sent
500 Startups admits it kept Australian partner in the dark over investigation into Dave McClure
500 Startups has apologized to its Australian partner LaunchVic after the U.S. firm admitted that it failed to disclose an internal investigation into sexual harassment claims against co-founding par
500 Startups’ Dave McClure apologizes for ‘multiple’ advances toward women and being a ‘creep’
Taking an alternative approach to Chris Sacca’s pre-publication statement on the New York Times’ story of his alleged misconduct, Dave McClure waited a day to respond to the allegations ma
McClure steps back at 500 Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation
Dave McClure, the founder and public face of 500 Startups — one of the most prolific and best-known accelerator programs for early stage companies — has stepped away from managing the firm
500 Startups closes $15M fund to back founders in the Middle East and North Africa
Fresh off closing a $10 million fund earlier this year for Latin American startups, 500 Startups has pulled together capital for a new $15 million fund that will exclusively target startups in the Mid
Africa Roundup: Google expands, 500 Startups tours, BRCK launches SupaBRCK
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500 Startups will keep investing in Latin America with new $10M fund
500 Startups is increasing its commitment to global investing with a new Latin America fund, targeting $10 million, going by the name of Luchadores II, the Spanish word for wrestlers. The fund is 500'
500 Startups’ Dave McClure on portfolio diversification and the return opportunities of “spray and pray”
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