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20+ pitches from the new 500Startups cos

Yesterday I attended the 500Startups demo day – it was a fun event and will be interesting to compare to the YC demo day coming up later this month as well.

For everyone who didn’t make it, I wanted to share all the slides:

LaunchBit
Ad network for email

Zerply
Professional networking done right

LaunchRock
Viral product landing pages

FromUs
Social gifting for friends/family

DailyGobbleCRM for restaurants

Manpacks
Subscriptions for men’s clothing/products

TinfoilSecurityWeb security made simple

Console.fm
Easy button for awesome music 

WillCall
Mobile app for last-minute tickets 

Storytree
Capture and share stories for families 

Welcu:
Manage unique, high-end events 

CardinalBlue
Social photo collage app for mobile

Volta
Lightweight CRM for businesses to manage outbound calls 

DailyAisle
Kayak for weddings 

CultureKitchen
Authentic ethnic cooking classes

OVIA
Video-based screening for hiring

Loku
Local guides for travelers

Coderbuddy
Software development on tap

CraftCoffeeSubscription coffee

AppGrooves
A/B testing platform for developers

Skipola
White-label mobile food ordering tools

VidCasterVideo site creator

Kibin
Proofreading marketplace

ToutApp
Email template automation

BugHerd
Visual issue tracking

Snapette
Fashion mobile app

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  • http://twitter.com/yichenw yichen wang

    Cool thanks for sharing Andrew. I’m surprised to see that SingBoard is not here given that it’s quite an entertaining presentation.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Reid/100000393009801 Paul Reid

    Thats great Andrew, many thanks for sharing

  • http://andrewchenblog.com Andrew Chen

    i couldn’t find them or vayable or a few others on slideshare unfortunately…

  • http://junelin.com/ June
  • http://twitter.com/MarkHall123 Mark Hall

    Andrew, thanks for posting these slides with us! It’s great to see your involvement in some of these interesting startups. I hope to one day to bring on a great adviser like you one day to my venture. I think some of them are really promising.Best of luck moving forward! 

  • http://andrewchenblog.com Andrew Chen

    june, there’s a password on that, it looks like?

  • http://andrewchenblog.com Andrew Chen

    are you in the bay area yet? If not, you need to run, not walk, over here :)

  • Chris Aitken

    Andrew — thanks for these links; quite a few interesting companies here. In fact, I will reach out to a couple of them for potential partnership opportunities … and I clearly need to get a profile on AngelList to get into the flow of these kinds of investment opportunities.

  • http://www.onepagerapp.com Matthew Moore

    Some really neat companies. I was happy to see the presentation from my friend TK at ToutApp.

  • http://okdork.com Anonymous

    Which were your top 5?

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