With AngelList, 500 Startups goes application-only for its next batch of companies

For the first time since launching its incubator program, 500 Startups is requiring companies in its 2013 spring batch to submit an application -- through AngelList.

TechStars, FounderFuel, & YC startups to get free customer support from Desk.com (exclusive)

Salesforce’s Desk.com has partnered with notable incubators Y Combinator, TechStars, 500 Startups, FounderFuel, and more to give a ton of startups six months of free software designed to help with customer service and support.

As we wrote when Desk.com launched …

WeWork Lab’s hip SF pre-incubator space opens its doors

A new type of office space for tech startup-hopefuls is opening its doors in San Francisco today. Falling somewhere between a co-working space and a full startup incubator, WeWork Labs is a “pre-incubator” — or as we’ve taken to calling …

Dave McClure's 500 Startups opens an incubator

Updated with the complete list of companies

500 Startups, the early-stage firm founded by iconoclastic investor Dave McClure, is getting into the startup incubation business with its new 500 Startups Accelerator.

Incubators, where young companies receive office space, mentorship, and …