This post is written by Robert Laing, co-founder of myGengo (a 500 Startups company). A bit about Robert, in his own words: “Two years ago I founded myGengo, the API and platform for human translation (some call us a…

We’re excited to welcome Khush to the 500 Startups family! Khush develops the music-creation iPhone app LaDiDa which has been downloaded 270,000 times. Khush means “happy” in Hindi. Below is a repost from TechCrunch…

This post was written by 500 Mentor Manu Kumar and originally published on his blog at K9 Ventures.

CardMunch announced today that it has been acquired by LinkedIn! The CardMunch acquisition marks the debut exit for K9 Ventures. A huge congratulations to the…

A little shameless plug by Daniel Gruneberg, Co-Founder and VP of Business Development at zozi (a 500 company)

We’ve always enjoyed a good reason to get an amazing group of people together…

This post by 500 Overlord Dave McClure was originally published on Reuters. No apologies for shameless plugs and links on several of our 500 Startups we believe embody these trends.

Top 10 Tech Trends for 2011

Meet Mandorallen (from the series Belgarion by David Eddings), aka 500 Founder John Straw. John is CEO and founder of Linkdex. Based in London, UK, Linkdex is going to disrupt the SEO space by providing a fully integrated suite…

Meet European Girl, aka 500 Mentor Colette Ballou. Colette is the founder of Ballou PR, the smartest and sassiest public relations agency on either side of the Atlantic, focusing on high-growth companies. She oversees activities for…

This post was written by Alexa Andrzejewski, co-founder and CEO of Foodspotting (a 500 company). Based in San Francisco, Foodspotting is an interactive visual guide to good food and where to find it around you. Recently, Foodspotting announced that they raised $3MM in Series A funding.

The SuperMentors of 500 Startups — we’ve revealed their true identities and their superpowers on this very blog. They’ve dished out their secret tips and war stories to entrepreneurs all around the world. Yet you’ve never seen them in action…

Meet Lion-O aka SuperMentor Brenden Mulligan (@bmull). Brenden is the founder ofArtistData, a music industry startup that enables artists to easily keep their content up-to-date across multiple marketing channels and consumer touch points. ArtistData was…