500 Global

500 Global, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, is a venture capital firm and accelerator that specializes in seed investments across various sectors, including technology, financial services, and consumer products. The firm focuses on early-stage startups, typically investing between $50,000 and $1 million for a 5 to 10 percent equity stake. It targets companies with valuations ranging from $1.54 million to $7.69 million and prefers those generating at least $100,000 in monthly revenue. The firm runs a four-month accelerator program and emphasizes support for minority founders. With a global investment strategy, 500 Global operates in regions such as the Middle East and North Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Latin America. It has invested in over 2,200 startups globally, leveraging a network of experienced mentors and resources to foster innovation and entrepreneurial growth.

Tim Chae

Managing Partner

Shawn Chu

Principal, Global Investment

Itali Pedroni Collini

Director 500 Startups Brazil

Nicholas Davison

Director

Amal Dokhan

Managing Partner

Amal Enan

Partner

Atika French

Senior Associate

Rob De Heus

Investor

Victoria Kennard

Director of Strategic Operations

Min Kim

Partner

Adrian Latortue

Investor

Khailee Ng

Investment Manager

Moo Natavudh

Venture Partner

Rene Lomeli

Partner, 500 Latin America

Arın Ozkula

General Partner

Mameaw Sapprasert

Partner

Sanjay Singhal

Partner, Canada

Pat Naranpat Thitipattakul

Investor

Yingjie Wang

Associate

Bedy Yang

Managing Partner

Arief bin Johan Alimin

Associate

Past deals in Recapitalization

Raise

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a financial platform designed to help founders and investors to manage legal and financial information and securely digitize assets. The company's platform automates clients' cap table and stores critical legal documents in one place for future due diligence creating a data-driven fundraising strategy to understand the company's value and ownership before and after their raise, and also aid sign agreements, enabling clients to make data-driven fundraising decisions, collaborate with potential investors and conveniently finalize the deal.

Go-Rework

Series B in 2020
Go-Rework is a merger of Indonesian coworking spaces operators GoWork and Rework .

Amalan International

Seed Round in 2020
Amalan International is a company that assists distressed consumers and small business owners in Southeast Asia in restructuring and refinancing their loans. It operates debt management programs aimed at helping clients regain creditworthiness. The company collaborates with lenders to provide affordable loan restructuring solutions and emphasizes financial literacy. Through debt negotiations and the design of tailored repayment plans, Amalan enables its clients to settle their debts in a timely manner, thereby avoiding penalties and high interest rates.

Syscap

Seed Round in 2020
Syscap is a financial technology company that offers cutting-edge solutions to financial institutions to have a better administration and management of their funding sources. It connects the leaders of financial and real estate institutions with their funders. For institutions, the company ensures the optimization of their funding source management processes, but also the strengthening of the relationship with their funders. To funders, Syscap guarantees the transparency and timely monitoring of its funds for the safety and growth of its resources.

Clara

Seed Round in 2019
Clara’s goal is to make setting up and managing a robust legal structure as efficient as possible, so that founders can concentrate their limited resources on their team, product and customers.

FundRocket

Seed Round in 2018
It is still incredibly hard for small businesses to get access to the capital they need. Fundrocket makes the process simple by leveraging data and technology to bring fairly priced capital directly to the merchant.

Cred

Initial Coin Offering in 2018
Cred is a decentralized lending ecosystem that facilitates open access to credit anywhere and anytime based on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Cred

Venture Round in 2018
Cred is a decentralized lending ecosystem that facilitates open access to credit anywhere and anytime based on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Cashboard

Series A in 2016
CASHBOARD is Europe’s first and only curated marketplace for retail investment covering all asset classes and one of the fastest growing online wealth management FinTechs in Germany. While others just sell one product CASHBOARD offers an individually tailored portfolio with access to the complete market range of traditional (Daily Deposits, Stocks, Funds, ETF) AND the rapidly growing segment of alternative investment products (P2P Lending, SME Lending, Real Estate Crowdfunding, Precious Metals, Sustainable Investing etc.). Leading European FinTechs and notable banks already partner with CASHBOARD currently offering more than 6,500 investment products on the open technology platform. Retail clients benefit from the one-stop-shop solution which enables them to manage all their assets in a single account. For them the platform is completely free of charge except for a success-related performance fee. CASHBOARD is recognized as one of the 9 top wealth tech companies in Europe (2017) and one of the market-leading companies in Germany (Aixigo/Springer 2016). The team has received several notable awards including Europe’s highest endowed startup prize – the SevenVentures Pitch Day from NOAH London worth €4m TV media and is backed by top-tier international VC’s including 500 Startups, Earlybird, Digital Space Ventures, Redalpine, ProSiebenSat.1 and more.

Cashboard

Seed Round in 2015
CASHBOARD is Europe’s first and only curated marketplace for retail investment covering all asset classes and one of the fastest growing online wealth management FinTechs in Germany. While others just sell one product CASHBOARD offers an individually tailored portfolio with access to the complete market range of traditional (Daily Deposits, Stocks, Funds, ETF) AND the rapidly growing segment of alternative investment products (P2P Lending, SME Lending, Real Estate Crowdfunding, Precious Metals, Sustainable Investing etc.). Leading European FinTechs and notable banks already partner with CASHBOARD currently offering more than 6,500 investment products on the open technology platform. Retail clients benefit from the one-stop-shop solution which enables them to manage all their assets in a single account. For them the platform is completely free of charge except for a success-related performance fee. CASHBOARD is recognized as one of the 9 top wealth tech companies in Europe (2017) and one of the market-leading companies in Germany (Aixigo/Springer 2016). The team has received several notable awards including Europe’s highest endowed startup prize – the SevenVentures Pitch Day from NOAH London worth €4m TV media and is backed by top-tier international VC’s including 500 Startups, Earlybird, Digital Space Ventures, Redalpine, ProSiebenSat.1 and more.

Revivn

Seed Round in 2014
Revivn Public Benefit Corporation, based in Brooklyn, New York, specializes in data clearing, recycling, and repurposing services for enterprises. The company offers a range of services including data sanitization, which features data security, hard drive destruction, and data erasure for computers, laptops, and mobile devices. Additionally, Revivn provides recycling services for outdated electronics such as monitors and keyboards, along with employee recycling programs and asset value recovery services. As a social enterprise, Revivn focuses on repurposing used technology to benefit underserved communities, facilitating the connection between companies and communities through impactful initiatives that promote computer access and raise awareness about the benefits of repurposing technology.

RealtyShares

Seed Round in 2013
RealtyShares is a real estate investment platform that gives investors direct access to quality commercial real estate investment opportunities. It connects its network of individual and institutional investors with experienced real estate operators looking to raise capital to improve properties for higher, better use. Venture-backed by premier investors such as 500 Startups, Union Square Ventures, General Catalyst, Cross Creek Advisors, and Menlo Ventures, RealtyShares has deployed more than $840 million over 1,100 investment opportunities in 41 states.

Disruption

Seed Round in 2013
Disruption Corporation, acquired by 1776 Campus, Inc., was a venture capital firm specializing in startup and early-stage investments, particularly in the Internet sector. Based in Arlington, Virginia, with an additional office in Mountain View, California, the firm focused on post-seed companies and investments between seed and Series A rounds. Typically, it invested between $250,000 and $1 million in companies with average annual revenues of around $1 million. Founded in 2013 by Paul Singh, Disruption aimed to address the evolving needs of the private market, seeking to enhance data and insights for its participants. The firm emphasized investments in tech-enabled companies across various sectors, including communication, media, food, supply chain management, and information technology.

CapLinked

Series A in 2012
CapLinked, Inc. provides a cloud-based platform that facilitates secure information sharing and collaboration for complex business transactions. Founded in 2009 and based in Redondo Beach, California, CapLinked offers virtual data rooms that serve as central hubs for enterprises and their external partners to manage activities such as capital raises, asset sales, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate deals. The platform allows users to conduct due diligence, handle investor reporting, and coordinate negotiations within secure workspaces. CapLinked caters to a diverse clientele, including investment banks, private equity firms, venture capitalists, and various industries such as life sciences and legal markets, ensuring that sensitive information is shared securely and efficiently.

CapLinked

Angel Round in 2011
CapLinked, Inc. provides a cloud-based platform that facilitates secure information sharing and collaboration for complex business transactions. Founded in 2009 and based in Redondo Beach, California, CapLinked offers virtual data rooms that serve as central hubs for enterprises and their external partners to manage activities such as capital raises, asset sales, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate deals. The platform allows users to conduct due diligence, handle investor reporting, and coordinate negotiations within secure workspaces. CapLinked caters to a diverse clientele, including investment banks, private equity firms, venture capitalists, and various industries such as life sciences and legal markets, ensuring that sensitive information is shared securely and efficiently.

ReadyForZero

Seed Round in 2010
ReadyForZero creates online financial software that helps people tackle any debt and protect their credit - automatically. It's not a "debt negotiation" or "debt settlement" service. The company was co-founded by Rod Ebrahimi and Ignacio Thayer as part of Y Combinator in the Summer of 2010. ReadyForZero is a venture-backed technical product team based in San Francisco.

Recurly

Seed Round in 2010
Recurly, Inc. specializes in providing subscription management and billing solutions designed to optimize revenue growth for businesses across various industries, including digital media, streaming, publishing, SaaS, and consumer goods. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Boulder and New Orleans, the company offers a comprehensive platform that automates recurring billing processes, enhances payment acceptance, and reduces subscriber churn through effective card recycling strategies. Recurly's services allow businesses to quickly implement subscription billing systems, manage customer-related billing issues effortlessly, and gain actionable insights into their operations. As a level 1 PCI compliant service provider, Recurly also helps clients minimize costs and obligations associated with payment security. By streamlining these functions, Recurly enables businesses to focus on growth and improve their overall subscriber economics.
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