500 Startups at Northwestern
500 Startups is coming to Northwestern on March 2!
Join 500 Startups EIRs Eric Bahn & Aaron Blumenthal, for a talk and Q+A.
Seating is limited. RSVP early. This event is open to Northwestern students, faculty and staff only.
About 500 Startups:
500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund and startup accelerator based in Silicon Valley with over $200M in assets under management. We have invested in a wide variety of technology startups all over the world, currently over 1,500 companies since our inception in 2010 including: Credit Karma, GrabTaxi, Twilio, Udemy, Ipsy, TalkDesk, Intercom, MakerBot (acq’d by SSYS), Wildfire (acq’d by GOOG), and Viki (acq’d by Rakuten). Our team of 115 people manage seed investments in 20 countries and speak over 25 languages. We run accelerator programs in San Francisco & Silicon Valley 4x per year emphasizing internet marketing and customer acquisition, design and user experience, and lean startup practices and metrics. Our Distro team and programs deliver growth marketing and investment for seed-stage companies. Our investment team and mentor network has operational experience at companies such as PayPal, Google, Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter and Apple.
About Eric Bahn:
Eric Bahn spent seven years bootstrapping his own edtech startup, which was acquired in 2012. After traveling the world with his wife for nine months, he worked at Facebook and Instagram for two years. Now he is an Entrepreneur in Residence at 500 Startups.
About Aaron Blumenthal:
Aaron Blumenthal is a detail-oriented, data-obsessed, results-driven professional who has spent the past 10+ years building startups from scratch and helping early-to-mid sized startups grow. I have significant experience with / an irrational love for product management, digital marketing, UX design and analytics.