Ask HN: Anybody here can assist me with 500Startups funding?

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500Startups is "by referral only", which means no funding application. Anybody here can assist me to get funding from 500Startups, either through an introduction or providing useful information?

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The whole point of a referral system is that it conveys trust/vetting. Even if some random person from HN saw this and referred you to 500Startups, that referral wouldn't carry much weight.

Reach out through your network to someone who already knows you and can vouch for you. 500 Startups has funded enough companies that finding someone who works at one of them can't be hard.

I know a few people as acquaintances. Right now, I'm more looking to gather information about the whole 500startups process than I am looking for a referral.

This post on Quora might help:

http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-apply-to-500-Startups

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