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Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator
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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 28.07.2023 | Axoflow | axoflow.com | $2.5M | United Sta... |
| 15.02.2023 | Smile Iden... | smileidentity.com | $27M | United Sta... |
| 29.09.2022 | Monnai | monnai.com | $3.15M | United Sta... |
| 01.04.2022 | TANI SALUD | tanisalud.com | $700K | Mexico, Me... |
| 03.03.2022 | EMTECH | emtech.com | $4M | United Sta... |
| 09.11.2021 | Rosetta.ai | rosetta.ai | - | Taiwan, , ... |
| 14.09.2021 | InfuseAI | infuseai.io | $4.3M | Taiwan, Ta... |
| 03.09.2021 | Vonder for... | vonder.co.th | - | Thailand |
| 03.09.2021 | YoFio | yofio.co | - | Mexico |
| 03.09.2021 | Whitemark | whitemark.io | - | Singapore |
| 03.09.2021 | Wee, Inc. | ridewee.com | - | Saudi Arab... |
| 03.09.2021 | Vibely | vibely.io | - | United Sta... |
| 03.09.2021 | VlogEasy | vlogeasy.com | - | - |
| 03.09.2021 | Neonrunner | neomoney.com | - | Malaysia |
| 03.09.2021 | UpCode Aca... | upcodeacademy.com | - | Singapore |
| 03.09.2021 | Workclass | workclass.co | - | Singapore |
| 03.09.2021 | Una Brands | una-brands.com | $100M | Singapore |
| 03.09.2021 | Nikahsatu | nikahsatu.com | - | Malaysia, ... |
| 16.08.2021 | Hala هلا... | joinhala.com | $7.2M | United Ara... |
| 30.06.2021 | Sendspark | sendspark.com | $1.3M | United Sta... |
| 10.05.2021 | Flex by Fi... | flexnow.co | - | Singapore |
| 04.03.2021 | Playco | play.co | - | Japan, Tok... |
| 24.02.2021 | Doyobi | doyobi.com | $2.8M | Singapore |
| 27.01.2021 | 24/7 Techi... | 247techies.lk | - | Sri Lanka |
| 21.01.2021 | Accrue | goaccrue.io | - | United Sta... |
| 08.01.2021 | Avatar Nus... | avatarco.id | - | Indonesia |
| 29.12.2020 | FazWaz | fazwaz.com | - | Thailand, ... |
| 28.12.2020 | Feige | feige.io | - | Singapore |
| 17.12.2020 | Donggle | dong-gle.co.kr | - | South Kore... |
| 17.12.2020 | ComoQuiero | comoquiero.net | - | Chile |
| 17.12.2020 | Jasper | jasperhelps.com | - | United Sta... |
| 01.12.2020 | CyberWrite | cyberwrite.com | - | Israel, Te... |
| 30.11.2020 | Omnilytics | omnilytics.co | - | Singapore |
| 30.11.2020 | Abound | withabound.com | - | United Sta... |
| 30.11.2020 | AliveWeddi... | aliveinvite.com | - | Malaysia, ... |
| 30.11.2020 | Carnot Inn... | carnot-innovations.com | - | China, Hon... |
| 30.11.2020 | Tempat.com | tempat.com | - | Indonesia |
| 24.11.2020 | Telefuel f... | telefuel.com | - | United Sta... |
| 24.11.2020 | NextSmarty | nextsmarty.com | - | Vietnam |
| 24.11.2020 | Dibee | dibee.co | - | Vietnam, H... |
| 20.11.2020 | Storicity | storicitytravel.com | - | South Kore... |
| 20.11.2020 | MHub | mhub.my | - | Malaysia, ... |
| 20.11.2020 | Top-E Univ... | topeuniversity.com | - | Mexico, Me... |
| 20.11.2020 | Greenhouse | greenhouse.co | $2.8M | - |
| 20.11.2020 | Showcase | showcase.co.th | - | Thailand |
| 20.11.2020 | HER App | weareher.com | $1M | United Sta... |
| 20.11.2020 | Ejen2u | ejen2u.com | - | Malaysia, ... |
| 20.11.2020 | Clinikk | clinikk.com | $8M | India, Kar... |
| 19.11.2020 | Adapty.io | adapty.io | $500K | United Sta... |
| 18.11.2020 | Agrapp | agrapp.cl | - | Chile, San... |
| 18.11.2020 | Drover AI | drover.ai | $5.4M | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | Haseel | haseelapp.com | - | Saudi Arab... |
| 17.11.2020 | Vech | vech.com.mx | - | Mexico |
| 17.11.2020 | SeeMexico.... | seemexico.com | - | Mexico, Me... |
| 17.11.2020 | Ryu Games | ryu.games | $2.3M | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | Sixa | sixa.io | $3.5M | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | TrustIQ | trustiq.id | - | Indonesia,... |
| 17.11.2020 | Virtual In... | virtualinternships.com | $16.8M | United Kin... |
| 17.11.2020 | Invidica | invidica.com | - | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | Playco | play.company | $100M | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | Finsify | hub.finsify.com | - | Vietnam |
| 17.11.2020 | Monad Tech... | monad.network | - | Indonesia |
| 17.11.2020 | Stoovo | stoovo.com | - | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | ActualConv... | actualconversion.com | - | Canada |
| 17.11.2020 | Hexágono | syscap.com.mx | $2.3M | Mexico, Nu... |
| 17.11.2020 | Payple - 페... | payple.kr | - | South Kore... |
| 17.11.2020 | ProSpark | prospark.co | - | Singapore |
| 17.11.2020 | Real Stake | realstake.net | - | - |
| 17.11.2020 | WeWe Tech | wewe.vn | - | Vietnam |
| 17.11.2020 | Getgrow.io | getgrow.io | - | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | Ion Mobili... | ionmobility.asia | - | - |
| 17.11.2020 | Papaya Ins... | demo.pagedemo.me | - | Vietnam |
| 17.11.2020 | Spenny | spennyapp.com | - | India, Kar... |
| 17.11.2020 | Sinemia | sinemia.com | $1.5M | Turkey |
| 17.11.2020 | Init 6 | init-6.fund | - | Singapore |
| 17.11.2020 | EcoCart | ecocart.io | $17.5M | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | The Ambiti... | theambitionapp.com | - | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | ASH | meetash.com | - | - |
| 17.11.2020 | JusticeTex... | justicetext.com | $2.2M | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | Wecare247 | wecare247.com.vn | - | Vietnam, H... |
| 17.11.2020 | WisePass | wisepass.co | $400K | Singapore |
| 17.11.2020 | Adventure ... | adventurebucketlist.com | - | Canada, Br... |
| 17.11.2020 | Clout Jam | cloutjam.com | - | Canada |
| 17.11.2020 | Purple Go | purplego.co | - | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | Retailo Te... | retailo.co | $45M | Saudi Arab... |
| 17.11.2020 | Plentina | plentina.com | $4.4M | France, Gr... |
| 17.11.2020 | Pagaris | pagaris.com | - | - |
| 17.11.2020 | Pineapple ... | pineappleapp.io | - | Ireland, L... |
| 17.11.2020 | Andromium | getsuperbook.com | - | - |
| 17.11.2020 | Kilo | kilo.vn | $5M | Vietnam |
| 17.11.2020 | Leflair | leflair.vn | $10M | - |
| 17.11.2020 | Pariti | pariti.io | $2.85M | Kenya, Nai... |
| 17.11.2020 | MightyFly | mightyflying.com | - | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | EMTECH | futuremtech.com | - | - |
| 17.11.2020 | Schola | schola.tv | - | Vietnam |
| 17.11.2020 | Humanly.io | humanly.io | $17M | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | AMPAworks | ampaworks.com | - | United Sta... |
| 17.11.2020 | Videogram | videogram.com | $600K | Japan, Cho... |
| 17.11.2020 | Quantum pl... | quantums.com.sa | $2.6M | Saudi Arab... |
| 17.11.2020 | ICS | impactcredit.solutions | - | - |
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| 22.01.2021 | EcoCart Simplifies Sustainable Shopping for Eco-Conscious Buyers | While online shopping offers convenience and a way to stay safe during COVID-19, it is not necessarily the most “green” option. Many people are trying to find a way to offset any damage to the environment with their day-to-day choices, whic... |
| 20.01.2021 | Apothecary Creates a Skinfluencer-Driven Marketplace for a More Unique Skincare Journey | While the skincare revolution is not new, it is quickly evolving as indie brands drive innovation and as the market continues to grow more quickly than the developed world’s GDP. Compounding that trend are Gen Z entering adulthood and havin... |
| 13.01.2021 | Pawsh is Delivering Pet Grooming Services Anywhere | Traditional pet grooming is stressful for pets and their owners. Pets get anxious about traveling to unfamiliar environments and can spend up to four hours at a grooming salon during a session. However, it can be challenging to find profes... |
| 11.01.2021 | Grow is Helping Teams Share Better and Faster Feedback | As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the workplace, many companies are developing new HR playbooks. Working from home is here to stay, which means providing team members with valuable feedback becomes even more important in a remote environment... |
| 08.01.2021 | Accrue Helps Tech Companies Increase Profits through Optimized Pricing | Pricing is a challenge, but now more than ever, companies need to hit the market with optimized pricing to stay competitive. Many companies leave money on the table by not pricing thoughtfully, which can impact revenue. With the right comb... |
| 05.01.2021 | Thinknum Co-Founder Gregory Ugwi on Growing Only as Fast as You Learn | Lagos-native Gregory Ugwi started his career as a strategist (or “strat”) at Goldman Sachs in 2008. “As a strat, you write code and build data models while working with salespeople and traders,” he said. “You’re supporting them.” Ugwi liked... |
| 17.12.2020 | 2020 in Review – Resilience, Strength, & Empathy | In the unpredictable and often chaotic year that was 2020, we as a community collectively navigated the ups and downs and unequivocally decided to keep pushing forward. Whether it was transitioning our firm and all of our programs to fully-... |
| 16.12.2020 | Female Founders Share Their Most Powerful Tips for Increasing Their Company’s Runway Without Compromising Growth | It’s no secret that startups need both money in the bank and customer growth to succeed. While it can be a delicate balance to strike, the following eight female founders have done just that — proving it’s possible and sustainable to increa... |
| 16.12.2020 | Stack Makes Working from Home More Productive with Smart Browsing for MultiTaskers | During this pandemic, we’ve all noticed that it isn’t always easy to stay productive. Working at home comes with its challenges, as does connecting with a remote team. Given this, new startups that can boost productivity could have an edge.... |
| 15.12.2020 | BLCK VC’s Brian Hollins Talks Opportunities and Resources for Black Investors | Black investors and founders are still vastly underrepresented in the world of venture capital, but there are signs of positive momentum. Take it from Brian Hollins, a founding board member of BLCK VC, a nonprofit helping aspiring Black inv... |
| 14.12.2020 | EMTECH Helps Build Modern Financial Market Infrastructures in Emerging Markets | The financial market infrastructure in emerging markets is not always able to support all citizens. Worldwide, there are 1.7 billion adults who are unbanked, causing a problem in need of an immediate solution to prevent economic inequities.... |
| 14.12.2020 | Why We’re Publishing Our Diversity & Inclusion Statistics | Diversity has always been part of 500 Startups’ DNA. We know great companies are born of great ideas, and great ideas come from founders of varied race, gender and geography. While institutional investors have historically overlooked divers... |
| 11.12.2020 | Drover Helps Scooter Operators Comply with Municipal Regulations and Win Business | Because of COVID-19 fears, there is a decline of people using mass transit and Uber for short city trips and increased adoption of personal micromobility for health and environmental purposes. Along with this trend, we know there is an incr... |
| 10.12.2020 | avoMD Brings Standardized Clinical Protocols at the Point of Care | The challenge of deploying clinical decision-support tools is not new to the medical industry, but it is now being magnified by the influx of COVID-19 patients. As such, we are excited by avoMD, a platform that aims to provide on-demand dec... |
| 08.12.2020 | How New SEC Crowdfunding Rules Could Provide Founders With a Boost | Equity crowdfunding looks poised to deliver expanded opportunities for founders trying to raise capital, thanks to new guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Among other areas, the SEC has announced updates to how... |
| 08.12.2020 | Awsm Banking Teaches Teens Financial Literacy with Help from Parents | Financial literacy is incredibly important, and learning best practices should begin at a young age. Teaching teenagers about financial best practices is a struggle many parents face, which is why we’re so excited about Awsm Banking, a real... |
| 07.12.2020 | Pariti is Bringing Together Talent, Capital, and Founders in Emerging Markets | The tech markets throughout the African continent are young, but developing fast. According to Quartz Africa, a total of $1.3 billion was invested in African startups in 2019. While access to capital is on the rise, a major hurdle for many ... |
| 30.11.2020 | Adapty Helps Companies Manage and Grow Mobile In-App Subscriptions | Consumers are increasingly using mobile apps for work, education, and entertainment. Mobile app subscriptions are now a key revenue stream in the maturing digital industry. In fact, in-app subscriptions contribute to 95% of mobile spending,... |
| 24.11.2020 | WorkClass Matches Frontline Job Seekers with Employers in Southeast Asia | We are always on the lookout for companies that help connect job seekers with employers. In Southeast Asia, the frontline labor market remains large but fragmented. While there are numerous job boards for white-collar workers, blue-collar w... |
| 24.11.2020 | What It’s Going to Take To Increase Female Founder Fundraising in 2021 | Last month, Pitchbook reported a grim update that 2020 Q3 fundraising for female founders hit a three-year low. Firms invested $434 million in female founders, a 48% drop from Q2 in 2020 and a 36% drop compared to Q3 of 2019. For more conte... |
| 23.11.2020 | 500 Startups Signs Agreement with iNNpulsa Colombia to Train Accelerator Managers | It was a warm sunny day in San Francisco in May 2019, as the U.S. Secret Service cordoned off the building where 500 Startups’ headquarters are located and thoroughly searched the emptied office. “All clear,” said an agent. “President Duque... |
| 20.11.2020 | Ash Makes it Easy to Get Tested for STIs/STDs at Home | Although at-home test kits have become a popular alternative to visiting a medical clinic in person, there are still limited options for people to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Not to mention, there is a social stigma of get... |
| 19.11.2020 | Invidica is Upgrading the Ecommerce Wholesaler-Retailer Relationship | Ecommerce sales have been rising steadily over the last few years, accounting for almost 57% of overall retail growth last year. Forecasts say that ecommerce sales may even reach $6.5 trillion in 2023–more than one-fourth the projected size... |
| 17.11.2020 | How Former NFL Player Mike Brown Is Innovating Philanthropy with His Platform Win-Win | To understand Win-Win, a gamified giving platform, you have to understand founder and CEO Mike Brown’s journey. It started in Houston, Texas, where Brown grew up a football star and 4.0 student, with a charitable streak. “My mom raised me t... |
| 16.11.2020 | Clout Jam is Helping Social Media Influencers Take Control of Their Businesses | Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, media consumption was on the rise across all social media platforms, boosting the influencer marketing industry along with it. From Instagram to TikTok, brands are now well-aware of the advertising opport... |
| 12.11.2020 | How the Gig Economy Is Shaping the Future of Work | On the eve of U.S. elections, we invited Alex Rosenblat, the author of Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work, for a fireside chat. Rosenblat has been studying the gig economy at length, spending four years traveling acros... |
| 10.11.2020 | What it Means to Support Black Founders at 500 | At 500, we’ve always prided ourselves on our values of being bold, being the example, being humble, thriving, and being inclusive. Whether it was the types of founders who joined our accelerator, events like our Diversity & Inclusion Su... |
| 05.11.2020 | Understanding Your Term Sheet: Convertible Debt, Convertible Equity and More | Part of the territory of being a founder includes wearing many hats, and while scrappiness and hustle can help you navigate your fair share of them, it doesn’t always help you decipher your term sheet. 500’s legal expert Annie Woodworth wal... |
| 04.11.2020 | How Yonas Beshawred Built StackShare into a Critical Tool for Developers | When Stackshare founder Yonas Beshawred first graduated from college, he joined one of the world’s largest consulting firms, Accenture, and quickly discovered the surprising way Fortune 500 companies were making tech decisions at-scale. The... |
| 03.11.2020 | 500 Startups Reimagines its Miami Growth Program to Boost Founder Success | One year ago my colleagues Anabella Rojas, Richard MacDonald, Jr. and I met for our annual end of program debrief. We had just completed the second Miami Growth Program and were looking for ways to further improve its curriculum. An observa... |
| 02.11.2020 | How Global Launch Is Adapting to Help Startups Expand to the U.S. and Southeast Asia | Written by Anna Heim In partnership with Enterprise Singapore, 500 Startups has selected Batch 2 applicants for Global Launch San Francisco and Global Launch Singapore. The two separate programs help early stage startups in Singapore enter... |
| 30.10.2020 | Kiira Wants to Bring Quality Healthcare to College Women through Virtual Clinics | Since transforming the flagship accelerator to virtual first, we’ve been excited by the companies joining our program. Amidst Covid-19, these founders have proven why great companies are born out of crisis. Their resilience and innovation h... |
| 30.10.2020 | Kiira Wants to Bring Quality Healthcare to College Women through Virtual Clinics | Since transforming the flagship accelerator to virtual first, we’ve been excited by the companies joining our program. Amidst Covid-19, these founders have proven why great companies are born out of crisis. Their resilience and innovation h... |
| 30.10.2020 | How Early Stage Companies Can Make Responsible Technology a Competitive Advantage | The intersection of technology and society is in a precarious place currently. Tech giants face rising backlash over the enormous influence they wield in our lives, elections, economy and beliefs. Just ask Facebook, Google and Twitter. For... |
| 15.10.2020 | Meet the Startups in 500’s First Fully Virtual Accelerator | At 500 Startups, innovation is a staple of our business model. In March, we announced the revamp of our SF flagship accelerator program to offer year-round enrollment flexibility to meet our founders at exactly the right stage of growth for... |
| 15.10.2020 | Accelerating ESG Adoption in Early Stage Venture Capital | The year 2020 has served up many reminders of the pressing issues facing society, from failures to address systemic discrimination to the impending climate crisis. Moving forward, realizing a more inclusive and sustainable future requires p... |
| 14.10.2020 | 15 Tips to Bringing Teams Closer Even During Tough Times | We are living through one of the largest collective challenges the world has faced, so it’s the perfect time to tap into the experience of these 15 female leaders. They offer tips for bringing teams closer, and they share the impacts they’v... |
| 30.09.2020 | 500 Startups Bolsters Commitment to MENA’s Startup Ecosystem | 500 Startups made its first investment in MENA in 2012. Back then, few U.S. venture investors made their way to the region, but we recognized its potential and after making more than 30 investments in the region, launched our first MENA-ded... |
| 22.09.2020 | How to Do Deals in Slack | Back in March, 500 Startups set up a dedicated Slack channel to facilitate investor networking during its first ever Digital Demo Day. The platform, renamed 500vc, proved so popular that the team decided to turn it into a permanent meeting ... |
| 30.07.2020 | Used-car platform recorded a V-shaped recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic. How did they do it? | “We attribute our strong recovery to three key reasons.” Eric Cheng, the co-founder and CEO of second-hand car platform Carsome, answered me promptly over our Zoom call. I had poked to know exactly what helped the company record a V-shape... |
| 29.07.2020 | It’s Never Too Soon for Entrepreneurs to Make the World a Better Place (And Mean it) | The Black Lives Matter movement has reminded us of our collective failure to forcefully address systemic discrimination. The venture capital community is no exception. Women and minorities are woefully underrepresented as both entrepreneurs... |
| 23.07.2020 | Full Speed Ahead with 500 Startups LatAm’s Batch 12 | At the beginning of 2020, 500 Startups’ LatAm team had everything planned for the entire year: our goals, deadlines, and investments we wished to make in our region. We had mapped out everything to the last detail. Come March, it became obv... |
| 23.07.2020 | COVID-19 Related Tax Credits | Guest Post: the following post is a sponsored guest post by IncentAdvise. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of IncentAdvise and do not represent those of 500 Startups or any of its staff or affiliate... |
| 21.07.2020 | Handling Uncertainty: Increasing Runway and Customer Acquisition during Crisis | Guest Post: the following post is a sponsored guest post by Brex. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of Brex and do not represent those of 500 Startups or any of its staff or affiliates. During an ec... |
| 17.07.2020 | Martin Basiri of Newly-Minted Unicorn ApplyBoard on the Future of Edtech | In May, Ontario-based ApplyBoard announced that it raised $75 million, making it 500 Startups’ latest unicorn with a valuation of $1.4 billion. This was a feat for a couple of reasons: the edtech company is only five years old, and it manag... |
| 15.07.2020 | Why 500 Kobe Is Ready to Back COVID-19 Solutions | Are you working on innovative tech-based solutions to the challenges posed by COVID-19? If so, read on: the fifth edition of the 500 Startups Kobe Accelerator might well be a good fit for your startup. Known as 500 Kobe, the program is a p... |
| 09.07.2020 | 500 Startups, WEF and WHO Call on Global Startups to Solve COVID-19 Challenges | Following our inaugural ImpactAim Indonesia Demo Day last November with the UNDP, the World Economic Forum’s Tanah Sullivan shared with us an ambitious new project at the WEF called UpLink. Its goal: to crowdsource innovations in order to a... |
| 09.06.2020 | Our Framework Post-COVID-19 | There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has affected nearly every industry globally. Supply chains have been disrupted, businesses have had to close or operate at limited capacity for months, and even founders have had to expand their fundraising ti... |
| 02.06.2020 | Black Lives Matter | We are grieving the tragic murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. Mr. Floyd is one of many Black Americans who have been senselessly killed. Ahmaud Arbery. Eric Garner. Tamir Rice. Breonna Taylor. These are just a few of the names and precio... |
| 22.05.2020 | Launch Your Business in Georgia (The Country, not the State) | The following post is written by Nato Chakvetadze, Program Associate for 500Georgia. Gavin: Here everything is so expensive. Look at the numbers. If we move to Georgia, we can save a fortune and get a further investment. It's the only way.... |
| 15.05.2020 | Taking our Flagship Accelerator Virtual-First | There is not a single business that is not affected in some form or another from COVID-19, and 500 Startups is no different. When news broke of COVID-19 entering in the US, we were one of the first major accelerators to turn the Demo Day ex... |
| 09.05.2020 | Look Outside of Silicon Valley to See How Founders Can Be Successful Post-COVID-19 | 500 Startups kicked off a new series called Innovation Coffee Breaks. Experts from leading companies, venture capital firms and startups join us every week to discuss how to innovate during this time of uncertainty. We caught up with Alex ... |
| 28.04.2020 | Why Investing in Female Founders Matters Now More Than Ever | Long before diversity and inclusion became buzzwords, we decided to make venture capital inclusive from day one at 500 Startups. They became our guiding principles, because we know that great talent exists in all forms, no matter your gende... |
| 09.04.2020 | How We Created our Digital Demo Day Experience | The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the entire startup ecosystem, and in the name of safety and support of our founders, we hosted our first-ever Digital Demo Day. This was a whole new take on demo day for us, and the end result was a unique... |
| 06.04.2020 | How Startups Can Navigate the Change in Investment Climate Due to COVID-19 | With the rise in regulations and restrictions surrounding COVID-19, we’ve entered unprecedented times on a global scale. On our end, we hosted our first-ever Digital Demo Day to ensure the safety and protection of our team and founders. Usi... |
| 06.04.2020 | 5 Ways Startups Can Make it Through Periods of Uncertainty | Guest Post: The following post is a sponsored guest post by Nik Adhia, Senior Director of Global Operations, Oracle for Startups. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of Oracle for Startups and do not r... |
| 03.04.2020 | How the 500 Startups Community Is Helping Those Affected By COVID-19 | We at 500 are focused on helping the global community during these unsettling and unprecedented times. We are hosting roundtables and webinars with our partners and founders to address relevant topics, including the state of financing with ... |
| 26.03.2020 | Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it | No one would’ve envisioned me as a venture capitalist. I was raised in rural Wyoming, far from the high stakes and deep pockets of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. But from a young age, going against the grain was in my DNA. It’s what led me... |
| 18.03.2020 | Welcoming New Partner and Global Digital Transformation Expert Flavio Dias as We Step Up Our Presence in Brazil | I first met Flavio in 2013, when he co-invested alongside 500 Startups in Olist, one of Brazil’s largest online marketplaces–which recently raised a Series C round. Olist’s founder was in our San Francisco accelerator program, and in his ne... |
| 18.03.2020 | Tools and Tips for Working Remotely From 500 & GitLab | On March 16th, 500 had the opportunity to lead a chat with Darren Murph, the Head of Working Remote at GitLab. Due to the novel COVID-19 virus, many companies are adapting their workforces to be partially, if not completely, remote. GitLab ... |
| 10.03.2020 | Ones to Watch in Esports | Esports continues to be a leader in advancing media technology, yet the gaming community continues to struggle in creating a singular hub for viewers to check out all their favorite games and for there to be a singular hub for gaming educat... |
| 09.03.2020 | Using Design Strategy to Unlock Growth | Guest Post: The following post is a sponsored guest post by Noteh Krauss. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of Krauss and do not represent those of 500 Startups or any of its staff or affiliates. As... |
| 06.03.2020 | The Female Trailblazers Impacting Mental Health, Analytics, GovTech, and More | “Out of every ten investors that you’ve pitched, how many of them were female?” When we polled the female founders of Batch 26, the answers ranged from only one out of 10 to upwards of seven out of ten. For those that had over half of thei... |
| 03.03.2020 | Ones to Watch in Sensors and AI | In the golden age of data, businesses in media, communication, and commerce were some of the first to adapt their operations to work directly with the newfound aggregation of consumer data. Sensors and AI, in particular, have become ubiquit... |
| 27.02.2020 | Hospitality Tech as a Service | As sector agnostic investors, we get a first-hand look at tech-enabled startups across a number of different verticals. One which you may not have heard much about is HTaaS — or Hospitality Tech as a Service. We’ve recently partnered with L... |
| 11.02.2020 | Meet the Startups of Batch 26 | We are excited to announce our 26th batch of companies to join our flagship seed accelerator in San Francisco. From social media analytics to sensors and AI and more, this group of 29 companies was chosen from over 3,000 applicants, represe... |
| 07.01.2020 | 5 Fast Ways To Know You’re Underpriced & How To Fix It | I see this far too often: earnest company joins me on an introductory call seeking advice on how to grow revenue and profit quickly. I ask them how they arrived at their current price for their product/service. Some fuzzy answer emerges. Th... |
| 20.12.2019 | The Value of the 500 Seed Accelerator in 2019 | Going into 2020, 500 will be entering it’s tenth year of operation. It’s been a crazy journey for us from a small first batch of startups in our Silicon Valley Accelerator to running accelerators across the globe and investing in founders f... |
| 17.12.2019 | Niama El Bassunie’s Mission to Unlock Trade in Africa | It is within 500’s DNA to invest in talented founders, no matter whether they are situated in Silicon Valley or on the other side of the world. Earlier this year, we partnered with Magnitt, one of the premier players in the MENA entrepreneu... |
| 17.12.2019 | ¡Hola Batch 11 LatAm! These are the 9 Startups Joining our Latest Batch in Mexico City | 500 Startups is excited to announce the latest batch from our Seed Accelerator based in Mexico City. The Mexico City program focuses on providing mentorship and guidance to foster fast-paced growth for Spanish-speaking, early-stage companie... |
| 16.12.2019 | The Future of Startup Ecosystems Across the Globe | The idea of being a founder has never been so popular around the world, so how is that going to change industries and entire regions? This year we dove headfirst into the rise of corporate venture capital, the changing nature of venture cap... |
| 10.12.2019 | 500’s Past & Present: Betting on International Startups | In 2010, 500 Startups started as a new kind of venture capital firm in Silicon Valley with a contrarian belief that talent can come from anywhere in the world. Back then, very few venture capital firms in the valley were focused on much out... |
| 27.11.2019 | Ready to scale in Southeast Asia? Start in Singapore. | While people may think of Singapore as a top startup city, what they may not realize is that this city-state potentially has quite a bit more to offer as a local hub when looking to scale throughout the region. This fall, we kicked off Glob... |
| 21.11.2019 | Inside Batch 25 at 500 Startups | Guest Post: Rishika Jhamb is the Marketing Lead at Alluva. Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. Alluva at 500 Startups: What it w... |
| 25.10.2019 | The Future of Corporate Venture Capital | The following is an excerpt from 500’s latest report, Unlocking Corporate Venture Capital. How has corporate venture capital changed? In the decade since the Great Recession, we have seen digital upstarts – taking advantage of disruptive ... |
| 04.10.2019 | 500 Around the World: Takeaways from the Sberbank-500 Accelerator | If 500 has learned one thing from investing in over 75 countries, it’s the importance of placing bets in all the right founders and helping build ecosystems for them to thrive in. 500 is a firm believer of the idea that talent can be found ... |
| 03.10.2019 | Inside 500: How Their Accelerator Helped Me Grow My Accounting-as-a-Service Company and Raise $2 Million | Felix Rodriguez is the founder and CEO of Back Office, a human-assisted AI platform and bookkeeping service for companies and consultants. In an interview with Nathan Beckord on Foundersuite’s “How I Raised It” podcast he shared how 500 Sta... |
| 24.09.2019 | Welcome Tony Wang as 500’s New Managing Partner | 500 centers itself around supporting bold, innovative founders around the world. As venture dollars increasingly shift towards being deployed outside of the U.S., firms need to be thinking about their strategy to manage the trend towards gl... |
| 12.09.2019 | United Nations Development Program and 500 Startups Join Forces to Bridge the World of Impact Financing and Tech Startups | Startup founders often have ambitions not just to make money, but to change the world. So, how do we help these founders accomplish these goals? Enter ImpactAIM Indonesia, a program forged from a partnership between 500 Startups and the Un... |
| 19.08.2019 | 500’s Latest San Francisco Batch is Hoping to Innovate in Music, TV, and Intellectual Property | Music, TV, and intellectual property all have the potential of influencing what content we consume and what technology we use to go about our daily lives. And because all three of these are huge, established, and complex industries, they ar... |
| 13.08.2019 | Latest AI Applications from 500’s Batch 25 | AI is one of those buzzwords that feels like it has endless applications. That’s why it is hugely important for us to understand where the needs are now, and how AI can solve the problems better than any other technology. Batch 25 came to ... |
| 06.08.2019 | The Up and Coming Startups Aiming to Disrupt Healthcare | Healthcare has a notorious reputation for being intimidating. From complex insurance policies and payments to the intense legal regulations on its processes, many innovators stray away from trying to tackle the industry. But at 500, we bel... |
| 30.07.2019 | 500Kobe Accelerator Program is back, now with a Focused Track on Health | 500 Startups and Kobe City are thrilled to announce our 4th consecutive accelerator program, which will commence on November 4th, 2019. This year’s program will continue to support startups across all industries and sectors, but will includ... |
| 29.07.2019 | Announcing Courtney Powell as COO of 500 Startups | 500 has seen incredible growth over the past 9 years, yet our goal has always stayed constant: back the world’s most talented founders. Everything we do is centered around bringing incredible ideas and entrepreneurial ecosystems to life thr... |
| 22.07.2019 | Meet the Startups of Batch 25 | At 500, it’s our mission to back the world’s most talented entrepreneurs, whether they’re on the other side of the globe or in our own backyard. The latest San Francisco accelerator batch was no exception. Over the past three months, compa... |
| 22.07.2019 | Snacking on Growth in Miami | Breaking Down the Business of Startup Growth: Did you know that each day we provide a snack to founders? The Snack daily newsletter provides tips for startup growth-hacking that are fun and easy to digest. Founders sign up to learn some co... |
| 09.07.2019 | 500 Startups & Misk Innovation to Launch Second Batch of the Misk 500 Accelerator Program | Applications are now open for Batch 2 of the Misk 500 Accelerator Program 500 Startups and Misk Innovation will host the second batch of its accelerator program based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to fuel startups throughout the Middle East &... |
| 31.05.2019 | In-House vs. Outsource: What’s the Best Accounting Strategy for Your Startup? | Guest Post: Justin McLoughlin is the Founder of airCFO. Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. The early days of any company are al... |
| 22.05.2019 | Startup Guide: 4 Tax Deductions to Watch for in 2019 | Guest Post: Justin McLoughlin, Founder of airCFO. Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. Taxes. They’re a constant presence for any... |
| 22.05.2019 | Announcing the 11 Startups in 500 LatAm’s Batch 10! | 500 Startups is excited to announce the latest batch from our Seed Accelerator based in Mexico City. The Mexico City program focuses on providing a mentorship program for Spanish-speaking early-stage companies based in Latin America. Our l... |
| 21.05.2019 | Misk 500 MENA Accelerator Celebrates First Demo Day | Its been one week since the Misk 500 Batch 1 Demo Day and we’re still smiling. The energy in the room in Riyadh, on May 13th, was palpable. The 19 companies were on FIRE and rose to the occasion to give the best versions of their pitches. D... |
| 18.04.2019 | 500 Startups Launches “Falcon’s Nest” Pitch Competition in Kuwait | In partnership with Ahli United Bank, 500 Startups is proud to announce the first of its kind pitch competition in Kuwait—Falcon’s Nest. Kuwaiti startups from across the country are flocking to earn the position as the top national startup.... |
| 17.04.2019 | Announcing the 3rd Batch of the MENA Dojo | Continuing our MENA Series A Programs 500 continues to work hard to bring the best industry knowledge and mentoring from our Silicon Valley-based global network to our programs in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. For this r... |
| 25.03.2019 | 500 Falcons Final Close Oversubscribed at $33 million! | We are happy to announce that we’ve had an oversubscribed final closing for our first MENA region focused fund, 500 Falcons. We set out to raise a $30 million fund to have a significant impact in the MENA region, and thanks to the support o... |
| 25.03.2019 | To Infinity and Beyond: 500’s Next Chapter | My journey with 500 began eight years ago as a startup founder in Batch 3. At the time, 500 was a fledgling early stage investor just beginning to establish itself in Silicon Valley. 500 and its team of underdogs were making a name for them... |
| 19.03.2019 | Key B2B Metrics You Need To Communicate To An Investor | Are you selling your product to another business? Whether your customer segment is an SMB or an enterprise, you need to get a handle on your key B2B metrics before you talk to an investor! No matter how novel an idea you have, investors he... |
| 18.03.2019 | Announcing Batch 1 of the Misk 500 MENA Accelerator Program | Six weeks ago, we launched the inaugural batch of the Misk 500 MENA Accelerator Program, bringing the best of our flagship Seed Accelerator program to the MENA region in partnership with Misk Innovation. Targeted at pre-seed companies, the ... |
| 12.03.2019 | Miami’s Blooming Ecosystem | Image Gallery: 500 Startups Unity + Inclusion Miami 500 recently hosted another hugely successful Unity + Inclusion Summit in Miami on Thursday, March 7th, where over 200 entrepreneurs, investors, and members of the tech community gathered... |
| 11.03.2019 | Announcing a new admissions process for VC Unlocked at Stanford University | In 2015, I wrote a LinkedIn post about “Investing in Women” and a new investor training program we were launching at 500 Startups. “The Investor’s Guide to Silicon Valley Investing” (IGSVI) was just a pilot program but it immediately reson... |
| 11.03.2019 | Women in the Startup Ecosystem: How Can We Accelerate Inclusion? | From Salaried Employee to Entrepreneur According to the IDB (Interamerican Development Bank), if we had equal participation of men and women in the Latin American labor market, the regional GDP would increase by 16%. On the other hand, acc... |
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| 09.12.2024 | Power in Partnership: Efreshli Co-Founders Heba Elgabaly and Dina Elhaddad Two trailblazing women shaping the future of interior design in the MENA region. | Cairo-based entrepreneur Heba Elgabaly has witnessed first-hand the interior design industry evolving. Only ten years ago, Elgabaly was an operator deeply embedded in the home furniture and design industry, where most designer products were... |
| 03.12.2024 | 9fin's Bold Leap: Revolutionizing Debt Markets with AI | In the bustling world of finance, where numbers dance and data reigns supreme, a London-based startup is making waves. 9fin, an analytics provider focused on debt capital markets, has secured €47.5 million in a Series B funding round. This ... |
| 03.12.2024 | 9fin: AI-Based Analytics Platform For Debt Capital Markets Raises $50 Million (Series B) | 9fin, an AI-based analytics platform for debt capital markets, announced it had raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Highland Europe. Existing investors Spark Capital, Redalpine, Seedcamp, 500 Startups, and Ilavska Vuillerm... |
| 02.12.2024 | London-based 9fin raises €47.5 million to advance AI-powered debt capital markets platform | UK startup 9fin, an AI-driven analytics provider for debt capital markets, has secured €47.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Highland Europe. Existing investors Spark Capital, Redalpine, Seedcamp, 500 Startups, and Ilavska Vuille... |
| 27.11.2024 | PlayAI: Voice AI Platform Company Raises $21 Million (Seed) | PlayAI, a voice AI platform advancing conversational AI, announced that it raised a $21 million Seed round led by Kindred Ventures and 500 Global with participation from Race Capital, Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Pioneer Fund, TRAC, and othe... |
| 26.11.2024 | PlayAI Secures $21 Mn Seed; Releases New Model for Gen AI Conversations | Just-released model that uses a conversation’s historical context to facilitate natural, human-like conversational experiences PlayAI, the voice AI platform powering the future of conversational AI, announced that it has raised a $21 millio... |
| 22.11.2024 | Belgian unicorn Odoo raises €500M, Northvolt files for Chapter 11, and OASYS NOW wins €1M in Slush 100 | This week we tracked more than 95 tech funding deals worth over €2.5 billion, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 21.11.2024 | Kalder's $10.5 Million Boost: A New Era for Customer Loyalty Programs | In the bustling world of retail, customer loyalty is the golden ticket. It’s the secret sauce that keeps customers coming back. Yet, many brands struggle to turn that loyalty into tangible revenue. Enter Kalder, a Turkish-founded startup th... |
| 21.11.2024 | Accelerators vs Incubators: What Startups Need to Know | Startup founders who want to start their careers on the right foot often seek help from an accelerator or incubator. The terms “accelerator” and “incubator” are often assumed to represent the same concept. However, there are a few key disti... |
| 20.11.2024 | Kalder: $10.5 Million Raised To Transform Customer Loyalty By Helping Brands Earn Revenue From Rewards | Kalder announced it raised $10.5 million in funding, which includes its most recent $7 million seed round led by Javelin Venture Partners with participation from 8VC, Human Capital, Gingerbread Capital, Emergence Capital, and Formus Capital... |
| 19.11.2024 | Rabbit Mobility, an Egyptian startup, has raised $1.3 million in a funding round | Rabbit Mobility, an Egyptian micromobility startup, has raised a US$1.3 million fundraising round to support its growth in Egypt and other North African countries. In addition to a group of angel investors, 500 Global and Untapped Global le... |
| 28.10.2024 | 500 Global Elevates Mareme Dieng to Partner; Ushering in the Next Generation of African Venture Capital | A new era of 500 Global’s commitment to Africa. NAIROBI, Kenya–(BUSINESS WIRE)–October 28, 2024– 500 Global, one of the world’s most active venture capital firms1, proudly announced the promotion of Mareme Dieng, based in Nairobi, Kenya, to... |
| 21.10.2024 | Stellapps raises $26M in Series C round to scale traceable, sustainable dairy solutions Recommended Stories For You | Stellapps Technologies, a dairy-tech company, has secured $26 million in a Series C funding round, combining equity and debt. The round saw participation from existing investors such as Blume Ventures, Omnivore, Bill & Melinda Gate... |
| 21.10.2024 | Stellapps nets $26 mn from Blume, others to grow mooMark dairy business | Stellapps CEO Ranjith Mukundan Dairy-tech startup Stellapps Technologies has raised $26 million (about Rs 219 crore) in a mix of equity and debt in its Series C from existing investors such as Blume Ventures, Omnivore, Bill & Melinda Ga... |
| 21.10.2024 | Stellapps Secures USD 26 Mn in Series C to Power Dairy Tech and Sustainability With the new funds, the brand aims to scale operations, expand sustainable dairy products in India, and strengthen its ex... | Bengaluru-based dairy-tech firm Stellapps Technologies has raised USD 26 million in its Series C funding round, a mix of both equity and debt financing. The round saw participation from existing investors, including Blume Ventures, Omnivore... |
| 14.10.2024 | From a Local Problem to a Global Business How identifying a simple issue sparked a tech company | What started as a small project to solve a local parish's burial space issue grew into PlotBox, a global leader in deathcare management software based in Northern Ireland. This Entrepreneur UK interview with Leona McAllister, CCO & co-f... |
| 09.10.2024 | The New Era of Media: OpenAI and Hearst's Strategic Alliance | The digital landscape is shifting. The tides of technology are reshaping how we consume information. OpenAI, a titan in artificial intelligence, is at the forefront of this transformation. Its recent partnership with Hearst, a media powerho... |
| 08.10.2024 | HearstLab led investment raised by Saudi Arabia’s Quantum | HearstLab, the investment division of Hearst Corporation committed to growing early-stage, women-led tech startups, has provided funding for Quantum, the top adtech and data platform in Saudi Arabia that links advertisers and publishers. Qu... |
| 30.09.2024 | The Art of the Pivot: Navigating the Startup Landscape | In the fast-paced world of startups, flexibility is not just an asset; it’s a lifeline. The ability to pivot—shift direction when the current path isn’t working—can mean the difference between success and failure. It’s a harsh reality, but ... |
| 30.09.2024 | Deals in brief: Qarbotech and Rey land fresh seed funding, Nio subsidiary secures RMB 3.3 billion for EV push, four other China deals, and more | Qarbotech raises USD 1.5 million in seed extension round Qarbotech, a Malaysia-based climate tech startup, has raised USD 1.5 million in a seed extension round to scale its photosynthesis enhancement technology across Southeast Asia. The ro... |
| 26.09.2024 | Qarbotech Gains $1.5M to Expand Photosynthesis Enhancing Tech Across Southeast Asia | 4 Mins Read Malaysian climate tech startup Qarbotech has secured $1.5M in a seed extension round to help plants absorb carbon dioxide and increase yields by 60%. What if farmers could add something to their crops that would capture more sun... |
| 24.09.2024 | Pivot oder wie man ein Startup rettet | In der Startup-Welt ist Flexibilität oft der Schlüssel zum Erfolg. Eine der wichtigsten Strategien, die ein junges Unternehmen anwenden kann, ist der sogenannte Pivot. Ein solcher strategischer Kurswechsel hat sich bei vielen Startups bewäh... |
| 11.09.2024 | Investors dragged as Beam hit with fraud allegations | Premium Content It takes our newsroom weeks - if not months - to investigate and produce stories for our premium content. You can’t find them anywhere else. Benjamin Cher · 13h ago · 5 min readInvestors dragged as Beam hit with fraud allega... |
| 20.08.2024 | Belfast “hidden gem” for startups, says debt market analytics startup co-founder | London, Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam might be the cities that most people think of as hotbeds of European startup culture. But how about Belfast? Well, according to one fintech founder, Belfast is a “hidden gem” for startups and scaleups. L... |
| 07.08.2024 | Как привлечь инвестиции на ранней стадии в Европе | Стартапы на ранних стадиях часто сталкиваются с проблемой обеспечения финансирования для стимулирования своего роста и развития. Существует несколько способов и инструментов, с помощью которых стартапы на ранней стадии могут привлечь инвест... |
| 02.08.2024 | The Hydrogen Revolution: A New Era of Clean Energy | The world is on the brink of an energy revolution. As fossil fuels dwindle, the search for sustainable alternatives intensifies. Enter hydrogen, a clean fuel with the potential to reshape our energy landscape. Researchers at the Massachuset... |
| 30.07.2024 | Khazanah completes acquisitions of MAVCAP, Penjana Kapital | Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional (Khazanah) has announced the completion of its acquisitions of government-backed venture capital agencies – Malaysia Venture Capital Management (MAVCAP) and Penjana Kapital (PK). Following t... |
| 30.07.2024 | Malaysia = next big thing in tech? Khailee Ng explains | Premium Content It takes our newsroom weeks - if not months - to investigate and produce stories for our premium content. You can’t find them anywhere else. Putra Muskita · 8 Aug 2024 · 5 min readMalaysia = next big thing in tech? Khailee N... |
| 30.07.2024 | Пара укравшая миллиарды. Взлом Bitfinex | Bitfinex У Рафаэля Николле было всего три года опыта работы системным администратором, когда в 2012 году он создал и запустил биржу Bitfinex под псевдонимом Дядюшка Скрудж. Биржа быстро завоевала популярность благодаря тому, что была создан... |
| 12.07.2024 | Qunomedical-Gründerin Sophie Chung kommt ins Startupland | Am 6. November 2024 öffnet unsere erste Startupland Conference im Rheinenergiestadion in Köln die Tore. Auf die Bühne tritt dabei unter anderem die erfolgreiche Gründerin Sophie Chung. Nur für kurze Zeit: Buche jetzt Deine Reise ins Startup... |
| 26.06.2024 | Daytona Revolutionizes Development Environments with $5M Seed Funding | Daytona, a NYC-based open source development environment manager, recently secured $5M in Seed funding. Led by Upfront Ventures and with participation from existing investor 500 EE, the company aims to expand its streamlined development env... |
| 25.06.2024 | Daytona secures $5M for open-source SaaS customisation | Croatian-founded Daytona, a platform that manages open-source development environments, has raised $5 million in seed funding. Led by Upfront Ventures with participation from existing investor 500 Emerging Europe, this new capital will enab... |
| 31.05.2024 | Vestbee announces Summer Pitch CEE | Vestbee , European platform for startups, VC funds, accelerators, and corporates, has just launched a new program, Vestbee Summer Pitch CEE , which connects startups from Central and Eastern Europe with global investors. With Summer Pitch C... |
| 13.05.2024 | The SF Bay Area Has Become The Undisputed Leader In AI Tech And Funding Dollars | 34 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn There’s been much talk of a resurgent San Francisco with the new technology wave of artificial intelligence washing over the software world. Indeed, Crunchbase funding data as well as interviews wit... |
| 22.04.2024 | The Tech.eu Summit London 2024 announces new speakers! | With less than 3 weeks until the Tech.eu Summit 2024 kicks off in London, the time is nearing to polish up presentations, figure out which sessions are a non-negotiable and pinpoint who you need on your cap table. On 16-17 May you'll hear f... |
| 02.04.2024 | Where Startups Meet Investors: The Tech.eu Summit London 2024 Startup Stage | The Tech.eu Summit London 2024, one of Europe's most prestigious tech events, will take place in London on May 16-17. The Tech.eu Summit London 2024 is just around the corner, summit will feature a dedicated Startup Stage, providing a platf... |
| 01.04.2024 | Learn startup best practices with Fidelity and others at Early Stage 2024 | At Early Stage in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024, TechCrunch will gather some of the startup world’s leading companies — but our partners provide more than just financial support. Their presence at Early Stage gives new and prospe... |
| 30.03.2024 | Aella Rebrands to Aella Microfinance Bank, Pledges Enhanced Financial Solutions for Nigerians | Aella, a leading provider of credit and financial solutions in Nigeria, proudly announces its official name change from Aella Credit to Aella Microfinance Bank. This strategic move is in line with Aella’s commitment to innovation and delive... |
| 29.02.2024 | STORI’s AI-Powered Brand Automation Secures USD 500K in Pre-Seed | Georgian AI Martech startup STORI raised a USD 500K Pre-Seed round from 500 Global The startup specializes in brand automation, primarily in social media STORI’s platform also includes tools for team collaboration The investment will fuel S... |
| 02.02.2024 | BitPowr Surpasses $200 Million in Crypto Transactions, Unlocks Opportunity in Asian Market | BitPowr, a leading provider of digital assets custody and blockchain infrastructure and a 500 global backed company, has achieved a monumental milestone, surpassing $200 million in total transactions processed on its platform since its laun... |
| 25.01.2024 | Khailee Ng’s message to SEA founders: buck trends and reevaluate efforts | ConferenceStartups Jonathan Chew · 2d ago · 5 min readKhailee Ng’s message to SEA founders: buck trends and reevaluate efforts This article is based on a keynote session with Khailee Ng, managing partner at 500 Global, at the Tech in ... |
| 19.12.2023 | 500 Global raises $42.9m so far for MENA-focused fund | San Francisco-based venture investor 500 Global has so far raised $42.9 million for its Middle East and Africa-focused investment vehicle, 500 MENA, according to a regulatory filing. |
| 29.11.2023 | Polish Startup Evidose secures €455K to validate dietary supplement effectiveness | Read this article in: Warsaw-based Evidose has secured $500K (approximately €455,187) in funding from Inovo VC and 500 Emerging Europe. The company specialises in conducting decentralised effectiveness trials for dietary supplements and wel... |
| 30.10.2023 | Spora Health's founder painted a rosy portrait of his healthcare startup. The reality is more complicated. | Dan Miller is the founder and CEO of Spora Health. Spora Health This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Redeem now Spora Health's founder and CEO, Dan Miller, told Inside... |
| 08.09.2023 | Deals in brief: Temasek leads pre-IPO round for Ola Electric, Certa completes Series B round, and more | Investors are turning their attention to the electric vehicle sector with multimillion-dollar deals secured by several EV companies in Singapore, China, and India. Two-wheelers are a primary mode of transportation in India, naturally making... |
| 07.09.2023 | Deals in brief: 500 Global closes early-stage fund for Southeast Asian startups, Josys raises USD 93 million in its Series B round, and more | 500 Global closes USD 143 million Southeast Asian early-stage fund The early-stage venture capital firm has raised USD 143 million for its third Southeast Asian early-stage fund, known as 500 Southeast Asia III or 500 SEA III for short. Aro... |
| 06.09.2023 | 500 Global closes $143M fund for Southeast Asia startups | 500 Global, the venture firm and seed accelerator, has closed $143 million in financing for what it claims is its largest Southeast Asia early-stage fund to date. The new tranche, 500 Southeast Asia III, or “500 SEA III” for short, counts a... |
| 06.09.2023 | 500 Global Closes US$143 Million to Support Southeast Asian Founders | - |
| 06.09.2023 | 500 Global closes $143 million fund to invest in early-stage growth startups across Southeast Asia | Global tech startups are currently struggling to raise funds due to a confluence of factors including a setback experienced by Silicon Valley Bank earlier this year. Other factors include the prevailing global economic slowdown, the ongoing... |
| 06.09.2023 | 500 Global secures $143m for its SE Asia early-stage and growth vehicles | 500 Global has raised $143 million across its early-stage and growth vehicles to double down on its investments in SE Asia. |
| 05.09.2023 | 500 Global closes two SEA funds at $143m | InvestmentsNews Miguel Cordon · 6 Sep 2023 · 2 min read500 Global closes two SEA funds at $143m Photo credit: 500 Global VC firm 500 Global, which has US$2.4 billion in assets under management, has raised US$143 million across its third ear... |
| 28.07.2023 | Hungarian Tech Star Balázs Scheidler’s Axoflow Secures $2.5M Seed Round | Hungary ~ Company: Hungarian cloud-based collection and curation solution Axoflow secures a $2.5 million seed round led by Credo Ventures, 500 Emerging Europe, Notion Capital and several CEE angel investors. Among the founders of Axoflow is... |
| 18.07.2023 | 500 Global and Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) to Power Third Cohort of Startups to Aim for Next Level Growth | 20 local and international tech startups to present their businesses to a curated global audience TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 18 July 2023 – Global multi-stage venture capital firm 500 Global is set to kick off the 500 Global Taiwan S... |
| 30.06.2023 | Seed 75: The best seed VC firms for founders looking to raise money in 2023 | From right to left: Miriam Rivera of Ulu Ventures, Maelle Gavet of Techstars, Marlon Nichols of MaC Venture Capital, David Tisch of BoxGroup, Christine Tsai of 500 Global, Saeed Amidi of Plug and Play Ulu Ventures, Techstars, MaC Venture Ca... |
| 08.06.2023 | Цифры стартап-студий. Бум, восторг и критика венчурных студий: "Здесь только что было полмиллиона долларов. Где они?"... | Стартапы, созданные в венчурных студиях, доходят до раунда А в 2 раза быстрее обычных. С 2018 по 2022 количество стартап-студий выросло в 3 раза – до 855 по данным Enhance Ventures. Питер Тиль, Марк Андриссен, Джефф Безос и Ричард Брэнсон д... |
| 07.06.2023 | SummerSaaS 2023 by Flashpoint Calls European and Israeli Startups | Flashpoint’s SummerSaaS 2023 will take place on June 20 via Hopin The event will consist of pitching sessions and panel discussions Seed-stage startups from across five tracks – vertical SaaS, horizontal SaaS, developer tools, fintech, and ... |
| 26.05.2023 | TechCrunch+ roundup: South Korea investor survey, 1-hour board meetings, venture leasing basics | After sales software startup TigerEye closed its Series A and established a board of directors, its co-founders put them on notice: One thing we’d like to never do is the three-hour, too-in-the-weeds, non-strategic board meeting. “Every boa... |
| 25.05.2023 | Profitability over growth: 5 investors explain their mantra for South Korean startups | South Korea’s economic model has for decades leaned on export-led manufacturing operated by family-owned corporate giants. A 2015 report from McKinsey outlined how the country would need small companies to drive an innovative model in prepa... |
| 24.05.2023 | Акселераторы: Комплексный Гид по Инвестированию и Вступлению | 0 Обсудить 15 просмотров Акселераторы — это программы, разработанные для поддержки развития начинающих компаний через обучение, менторство и инвестирование. Среда акселераторов может стать решающим фактором в успехе стартапов, предоставляя ... |
| 21.05.2023 | 10 Лучших акселераторов для стартапов | 0 Обсудить 17 просмотров Стартапы всегда ищут финансирование, чтобы воплотить свои идеи в реальность. Акселераторы предоставляют стартапам не только финансирование, но и ценные ресурсы, экспертные знания и сеть связей для успешного развития... |
| 10.05.2023 | The Mint, started by Better Tomorrow Ventures, wants to be the accelerator fintech needs | Better Tomorrow Ventures’ Sheel Mohnot landed some of his biggest wins before he ever started a venture firm. The investor previously worked as a partner at 500, previously known as 500 Startups, where he raised and ran a dedicated fintech ... |
| 14.04.2023 | 500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tbilisi | European accelerators are going through an interesting time right now. For instance, TechStars Stockholm was all set to launch and then abruptly shut down. And I think it’s now commonly accepted that most accelerators outside of YCombinator... |
| 04.04.2023 | Джентельменский набор для фандрайзинга: Pitch Deck, Data Room, Updates | Привлечение инвестиций в свой проект — это бизнес-процесс, который включает в себя питч-дек, апдейты и дата рум. Это основные инструменты взаимодействия не только с инвесторами и эдвайзерами, но и с вашим клиентом, чью проблему вы решаете, ... |
| 02.04.2023 | Как дела у экспата в Португалии? VC образование, интервью с инвесторами и фаундерами, GPT-4 и планы на стартап студию... | Я много писал про Португалию (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Уже 1+ год здесь – кайф. Затем решил создать видеоблог с интервью фаундеров/инвесторов и запланировал переезд в Кремниевую Долину. В этом посте делюсь новостями: изменение образа жизни, пр... |
| 14.02.2023 | 6 VCs share advice for laid-off tech workers planning to launch startups | Many tech workers have never experienced a job market like this one. Last year, 1,044 tech companies let go of 159,786 employees, according to Layoffs.fyi. As of this writing, 103,767 workers have been laid off from 345 startups so far in 2... |
| 02.02.2023 | A female-led waste management platform from California has raised $8M to scale an innovative approach to the refuse problems of U.S. businesses | Trash Warrior, founded by its CEO Lily Shen and the only tech-enabled full-service waste management platform in the U.S., secured $8 million in a pre-A investment round led by AltaIR Capital. Amino Capital, Operator Partners, Vermilion Vent... |
| 01.02.2023 | Romania-founded startup Kubeark secures $2.8M in a pre-seed round | Romania-founded startup Kubeark secures $2.8M in a pre-seed round 01 February, 2023, 15:00 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> The New York-based company with a team i... |
| 13.12.2022 | Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of… | The U.S. Midwest generates a lot of wealth and is home to myriad huge corporations. With corporations come pension funds, foundations and other collections of great wealth. One of the ways that those pots of cash are being invested is throu... |
| 12.12.2022 | VCs say superpowered software, a dearth of new funds, and rampant M&A among the tech trends to watch in 2023 | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Making predictions is a rite of passage for many venture capitalists. We asked investors from firms like Accel, Sequoia, IVP, and Lightspee... |
| 05.12.2022 | Мой опыт в акселераторах в России и немного в США | Недавно я рассказал о своем опыте бизнеса на VR в России. Спасибо всем, кто прочитал и дал обратную связь. Я задумался, а что еще полезного я могу рассказать на основе своего опыта? Для меня одним из самых интересных открытий за прошедшие г... |
| 03.11.2022 | 500 Global, GIZ establish bootcamp for accelerators in Africa to help them define sustainable business models | Silicon-Valley based VC firm 500 Global and German’s economic development agency Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will train managers of leading accelerators in Africa over the next two years, to help them establish sus... |
| 03.10.2022 | 500 Global and Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) Unveil 500 Global Accelerator Taiwan’s Second Cohort of Startups for Demo Day | 20 early-stage tech startups from Taiwan and across the world will take the stage to present their businesses to a curated global audience. TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 3 October 2022 – 500 Global, a leading multi-stage venture capital... |
| 30.09.2022 | 500 Global’s take on the rising competition among startup accelerators | It’s been a little over a year since accelerator 500 Startups rebranded to 500 Global in an attempt to reposition itself as a venture firm. It also launched a $140 million fund to invest in later-stage companies for a total of $2.8 billion ... |
| 29.09.2022 | The biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Day | It’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Participants ran the gamut from fintech and ... |
| 23.09.2022 | Startup Wire | Only Built For Cuban Linx | Hi everyone. Taro here. Back in 2020, the startup I was working at shut down and went into liquidation. This was due to a long spell of the leadership team’s mismanagement of finances, strategic errors and some terrible commercial agreement... |
| 14.09.2022 | The VC ‘Scramble for Europe’ breaks out in the East as a €70M fund breaks cover | There is a fight emerging in Central and Eastern Europe, and all the way down into the South Eastern regions. Investors such as Inovo, Credo, LauncHub, Vitosha, VentureFriends, and Marathon VC are all VCs of varying sizes who are — as we sp... |
| 07.09.2022 | Multiplayer Browser – Stack Browser announces selling lifetime licenses as NFTs | Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Multiplayer browser for Collaboration – Stack Browser, is planning to sell lifetime licenses of its subscription as Non-fungible tokens. With this announcement, Stack Browser is becoming one of the first SaaS to... |
| 11.08.2022 | Istanbul’s Agave Games garners $7 million in seed round | Istanbul-based casual puzzle game studio Agave Games has raised $7 million in a seed round led by Balderton Capital, the same firm that participated in now unicorn Dream Games’ seed round, and counts Codemasters, Big Fish Games, Mojiworks, ... |
| 09.08.2022 | Labfront Selected for 500 Global Accelerator Taiwan with TTA 2022 | Labfront is one of 20 startups selected to participate in this prestigious accelerator program organized by 500 Global and TTA. With the support of 500 Global’s team, Labfront will be accelerating growth and eyeing global expansion.” — Chri... |
| 08.08.2022 | Deeptech startups score places in global programs | |
| 27.07.2022 | WeLoveNoCode Uses the New USD 3M of Investment to Keep Building Its Smart Marketplace for Nocoders | WeLoveNoCode is a marketplace for low-code/no-code solutions Their latest Seed round was led my MANTIS and amounted to USD 3M This investment will allow the marketplace to remain ever-ready for the booming growth of the low-code/no-code nic... |
| 26.07.2022 | The Village raises 3,4 million euros to revolutionise ed tech-backed early education | The company supports parents, educators, and all those who want to open places villages (micro-schools) The Village raises awareness of the high-quality early education and gives thousands of children an opportunity for an equal start Recen... |
| 19.07.2022 | Christie’s tries its hand at venture capital | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. It all started with the Picasso of pixels. Yes, I’m talking about Beeple. As you may recall, the ... |
| 04.07.2022 | Ramping up early education with parent-led micro schools, The Village rakes in €3.4 million | Childcare tends to fall on the shoulders of women more often than not. With a notable shortage of affordable childcare options, women are disproportionately impacted and often left with the impossible task of deciding between prioritising t... |
| 14.06.2022 | SummerSaaS 2022 by Flashpoint Has a Grand Finale Winner | Flashpoint’s SummerSaas conference and pitching session was held online for the third time on June 9th Startups competed in five tracks, and seven finalists were chosen to cross swords in the Grand Finale Israeli IoT startup GorillaLink won... |
| 09.06.2022 | The Real Reason Why Venture Capitalists And Investors Love SaaS Companies | Co-Founder, Head of Product & Growth at Open Coast, building out complex features and leading customer acquisition. |
| 08.06.2022 | Sharing knowledge and looking to the future: A recap of InnovFest x Elevating Founders | InnovFest x Elevating Founders was created as an event to promote entrepreneurship across Asia. Organized by NUS Enterprise and Informa Tech, the event brought together startups, venture capitalists, government agency representatives, and a... |
| 02.06.2022 | Turkey created 6 unicorns in 2 years. An investor tells what’s the secret | Istanbul, Turkey ~ Company: Read more: Is Greece becoming a hotspot for US investments? The biggest question as Huli puts it remains whether SEE should be seen as one ecosystem or not… “When you look at the Middle East, you will see that fr... |
| 01.06.2022 | Companies that thought turning a profit was hard last year aren’t going to like 2022 | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. After a series of days in utter and complete COVID-positive isolation, yesterday was my re-introd... |
| 01.06.2022 | 500 Global and Taiwan Tech Arena Join Forces Again in 2022 to Fuel Early-Stage Startup Growth on a Global Scale | 500 Global Accelerator Taiwan will support 20 local and international startups on their growth journey, further bolstering Taiwan’s startup ecosystem TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 1 June 2022 – 500 Global, a leading U.S.-based venture c... |
| 01.06.2022 | 500 Global opens doors for 2022 Taiwan accelerator | NewsStartups Xavier Kong · 20h ago · 1 min read500 Global opens doors for 2022 Taiwan accelerator US-based VC firm 500 Global has renewed its partnership with Taiwan Tech Arena, opening registrations for the 500 Global Accelerator Taiwan pr... |
| 21.04.2022 | How to pitch me: 6 investors discuss what they’re looking for in April 2022 | The venture capital market is slowing down, which means early-stage founders are chasing a smaller pool of money. According to Carta, the number of seed deals funded between Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 fell 41%, and dollar volume followed suit, dro... |
| 29.03.2022 | 500 Global-backed agritech firm reaps $3m in seed money | InvestmentsNewsStartups Samreen Ahmad · 2d ago · 1 min read500 Global-backed agritech firm reaps $3m in seed money Plant Cartridge, a Kuala Lumpur-based agritech company that offers sustainable agriculture solutions, has raised US$3 million... |
| 03.03.2022 | Thai VC fund invests in 5 Southeast Asian tech startups | Consumer TechEcommerceInvestmentsNewsStartups Roehl Niño Bautista · 3 Mar 2022 · 2 min readThai VC fund invests in 5 Southeast Asian tech startups Thailand-based Orzon Ventures has announced its first five investments since it was launched ... |
| 18.02.2022 | Ukrainian Cash Flow Management Platform Finmap Secures USD 1.2M for Further International Expansion | Finmap is a Ukrainian cash flow management tool that supports 2 000+ banks all over Europe, as well as the most popular eWallets and crypto This January, the startup raised USD 1.2M in a Seed round led by Presto Ventures The investment will... |
| 14.02.2022 | The search for Saudi Arabia’s next tech unicorn by VC firm “500 Global” | 500 Global has expanded its prodigious fundraising pace to Saudi Arabia, where it is on the lookout for the next tech unicorn – a company worth more than US$1 billion. |
| 01.02.2022 | BREAKING: Retailo raises $36m Series A funding from AgFunder, Graphene & others | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Retailo. Retailo — an online B2B marketplace that connects merchants with food producers and other suppliers — has raised $36 million for its Series A round, which included both ... |
| 18.01.2022 | 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions | Christine Tsai Contributor Share on Twitter Christine Tsai is the CEO and founding partner of 500 Global. This was another blockbuster year for global venture funding, with 2021 breaking records across the board. Deal activity is at record ... |
| 30.11.2021 | Korea’s P2P lending startup PeopleFund gets $63.4M Series C led by Bain Capital | South Korea-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform PeopleFund announced today it has closed a $63.4 million (75.9 billion won) Series C round led by Bain Capital with participation from Goldman Sachs. Returning investors in the round inc... |
| 15.11.2021 | Farm produce marketplace Glife nets $8.1m funding, invests in F&B software platform | Farm produce portal Glife Technologies has raised S$11 million ($8.13 million) in Series A funding, it announced today. The round was led by Heliconia Capital, an affiliate of Singaporean sovereign investor Temasek, with participation from ... |
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