Battling Angel Investors Agree to Kiss, Make Up and Fund Communications Start-Ups Together
Dave McClure and Ron Conway, the two investors most publicly associated with last year’s “AngelGate” scandal over power struggles between seed-stage investors, have set aside their differences to invest in the second round of the Twilio Fund, dedicated to start-ups built on top of the Twilio communications platform. The new Twilio Fund consists of $125,000 from McClure’s 500… Read more »
Twilio Fund Winners from Twilio Conference 2011
The Twilio Fund is a micro-fund that was started by 500 Startups and SV Angel in September of 2010 to invest one quarter of a million dollars of seed capital into Twilio- powered startups. Since the launch of Twilio Fund, ten companies received funding including FastCall411, KnockKnock, Magnolia Prime, Order Mapper, Proven, Qwipd, Textaurant, Voicendo, and Volta. At the first… Read more »
Emergency Hotline Service, Sexting App & More Find Funding via Twilio Fund
On Tuesday, seed fund and startup accelerator 500 Startups is announcing a batch of seven SMS and voice-focused applications selected to its Twilio Fund. Each is being awarded $10,000 in funding; one will receive an additional $50,000 and a spot in the accelerator program. The new Twilio Fund startups — WorkersNow, Callyo, Magnolia Prime, FastCall411, Volta, Qwipd and knockknock… Read more »
FastCall411 Presents at Twilio Conference and Announces Second Round Financing
LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FastCall411 was one of three Twilio Fund alumni firms to present at the Twilio Conference on Thursday, where they also announced their second round of financing from 500 Startups, the fund created by Dave McClure. Twilio Fund is a microfund also created by 500 Startups. FastCall411, an intelligent sales automation… Read more »
