Category Archives: microfunds

Twilio Fund Ends World Hunger, Makes Voicemail Fun Again, & Enlists A Few Good Superheroes! (Sort Of)

Textaurant, OrderMapper, & Voicendo are the first to receive 100 Benjamins from the Twilio Fund. BOOM! Back in September, we announced the Twilio Fund – a $250K platform micro-fund from 500 Startups that we carved out to invest in startups … Continue reading

Announcing the CrowdFlower Fund

We recently announced the Twilio Fund, a new investment vehicle for startups building on top of the Twilio cloud communications platform. Today we’re thrilled to welcome another addition to the 500 Startups platform micro-fund family – the CrowdFlower Fund! The … Continue reading

Now accepting applications for Twilio Fund

Last week, we announced the Twilio Fund for 500 Startups, a $250K platform micro-fund for investments in Twilio-powered startups. We’re now accepting applications at 500startups.com/twiliofund. All terms are the same for the Twilio Fund, except we’ve done away with the timeline. … Continue reading

Announcing Twilio Fund for 500 Startups

Today we’re excited to announce Twilio Fund, a $250,000 micro-fund for investments in startups that are powered by Twilio’s APIs for phone calls and text messages. Via Twilio Fund, we’ll offer investments of $10,000 in up to 10 companies for … Continue reading