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The Site and the Services are intended solely to provide information regarding 500 Startups. The information provided on the Site and elsewhere pursuant to the Services, including information regarding current and historical portfolio investments by funds advised by 500 Startups, is not intended as a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold any security or that you pursue any investment style or strategy. Under no circumstances is any content or information provided in the Services intended as, nor should you construe it as legal, tax, accounting, investment or other advice from 500 Startups. Such content and information may not be used or relied upon in evaluating the merits of any investment. The past performance of any investment, investment style or strategy is not a guarantee of future results, and it should not be assumed that results for any portfolio companies listed on this Site or in content provided pursuant to the Services will be achieved for other investments.
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Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects and/or opinions expressed in the Services are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others. Any charts provided pursuant to the Services are for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon when making any investment decision. Certain information contained in content provided in the Services has been obtained from third-party sources, including from portfolio companies of funds managed by 500 Startups. While taken from sources believed to be reliable, 500 Startups has not independently verified such information and makes no representations about the enduring accuracy of the information or its appropriateness for a given situation. The content speaks only as of the date indicated. Content may contain forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from any expectations, projections or predictions made or implicated in such forward-looking statements.
The portfolio companies identified and discussed on this Site may not represent all of the portfolio investments of funds advised by 500 Startups. The companies identified were not selected based on the return on the investment in them by funds advised by 500 Startups. Such companies were selected as representative examples that clarify and typify 500 Startups’ investment strategy and not as an exhaustive list of 500 Startups’ investments. These companies are updated from time to time and the note on the “Portfolio” or other relevant page lists the date of the most recent Site update. Portfolio companies listed on this Site may include a select sampling of investments across funds advised by 500 Startups as at the date indicated on the relevant page. At least one 500 Startups fund has invested in one or more rounds of financing for each of the companies listed. Subject to relevant confidentiality restrictions, a full list of portfolio companies for a particular fund is available to prospective investors on request. Not every portfolio investment made by a 500 Startups investment fund will participate in the 500 Startups Seed Program or Series A Program. Any case study provided is shown for illustrative purposes as an example of potential ecosystem development or education services that could be provided by 500 Startups Incubator, L.L.C., and should not be considered as any advertisement or solicitation of interest to invest into any other 500 Startups fund.
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Effective February 6, 2018. 500 Startups may make changes to this Agreement in the future. Last updated May 29, 2020.