500 Labs

500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm and incubator based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2010. The firm specializes in seed investments, primarily focusing on early-stage technology and financial services startups across various sectors, including biotech, e-commerce, fintech, and digital healthcare. 500 Global operates a four-month accelerator program, where it typically invests between $0.05 million and $1 million for a 5 to 10 percent equity stake in companies with at least $100,000 in monthly revenue. The firm targets a global market, with particular emphasis on regions such as the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Since its inception, it has invested in over 2,200 startups and supports the growth of innovation ecosystems through educational programs and partnerships. 500 Global also prioritizes investments in companies led by minority founders, reflecting its commitment to diverse entrepreneurial leadership.

Amjad Ahmad

General Partner

Chandini Ammineni

Partner

André Marcel Bally

Investor Relations Associate

Amal Enan

Partner

Max Fram-Schwartz

Venture Partner

Twwo Pun Jaruthassanakul

Investment Associate

Yolanda Kim

Principal

Matt Lerner

Partner

Jon Li

Director, Investor Relations

Jasmine Liew

Investment Manager

Robert Neivert

Venture Partner

Khailee Ng

Managing Partner

Krating Poonpol Ph.D

Partner

Ruangroj Poonpol

Venture Partner

Natavudh Pungcharoenpong

Partner

Mameaw Sapprasert

Partner

Reena Sharma

Investor Relations Associate

Mike Sigal

Partner, FinTech

Sanjay Singhal

Partner, Canada

Tanya Soman

Venture Partner

Paulina Szyrmer

Head of Global Education

Pat Naranpat Thitipattakul

Investor

Tony Wang

Managing Partner

Paul Yoo

Chief Financial Officer

Past deals in Video on Demand

RaRa Delivery

Seed Round in 2021
RaRa Delivery provides delivery services. It also provides cash on delivery (COD) and real-time tracking services through an application program interface (API). The company is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

JusticeText

Seed Round in 2020
JusticeText develops an audiovisual evidence management platform for the justice system and criminal defense attorneys. The company’s platform generates an automated transcription of the uploaded video evidence and produces fairer outcomes in the criminal justice system by expediting the review of crucial audiovisual data, including body camera footage, interrogation videos, and jail calls. It enables public defenders to process and incorporate crucial audio and video evidence in defense of their clients. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

JusticeText

Seed Round in 2020
JusticeText develops an audiovisual evidence management platform for the justice system and criminal defense attorneys. The company’s platform generates an automated transcription of the uploaded video evidence and produces fairer outcomes in the criminal justice system by expediting the review of crucial audiovisual data, including body camera footage, interrogation videos, and jail calls. It enables public defenders to process and incorporate crucial audio and video evidence in defense of their clients. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

RaRa Delivery

Seed Round in 2020
RaRa Delivery provides delivery services. It also provides cash on delivery (COD) and real-time tracking services through an application program interface (API). The company is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

VOO

Seed Round in 2020
VOO is Delivery aggregator for E-commerce, through Network of courier partners, towards higher successful delivery rates and bigger e-commerce profits

Podcorn

Seed Round in 2019
Podcorn takes the pain out of finding and sponsoring on-demand audio shows. We make it easy for brands to connect to the right podcasters to create authentic messages that resonate and engage listeners across audio platforms.

FitzyTV

Seed Round in 2019
FitzyTV is an internet TV platform designed to help consumers watch and record all their streaming TV channels across multiple services in a single interface. It is currently available for Amazon FireTV, Android TV, Android Mobile, & Chromecast, with more platforms coming soon. It's users can watch and record any internet TV channel with their smartphone or smart TV. They can also add more channels by connecting a cable or satellite provider. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

TEXEL

Seed Round in 2018
TEXEL is a company that provides a white label platform designed for immersive video on demand (VOD) and live 360-degree video experiences for content owners, broadcasters, and telecom companies. With a focus on high video quality and enhanced network efficiency, the platform allows users to attend live events, such as concerts, virtually alongside friends in different locations through advanced synchronization technology. Additionally, TEXEL's platform includes features for social interaction and monetization, enabling content providers to better understand audience engagement by analyzing viewer behavior and headset movement. Based in New York and Tel Aviv, TEXEL is led by a team of senior executives with extensive experience in broadcast and digital media technology.

Holor Media

Seed Round in 2016
Provider of augmented and virtual reality technologies intended to be used for video creation. The company's augmented and virtual reality technologies offer techniques and applications to facilitate the creation and distribution of video and deliver it to various platforms including desktop and mobile devices, enabling VR/Media creators to next-generation content.

Nice Shopping Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
Nice is reinventing video shopping for mobile users. It offers a crowdsourced video shopping network built for millennials. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.

Cornflix

Seed Round in 2016
Cornflix Pte. Ltd. operates a video streaming platform based in Singapore, which was established in 2016. The platform offers a diverse array of content, including trending and viral videos, as well as entertainment from prominent media brands and personalities such as BBC, CNN, and popular YouTube creators. Cornflix features a wide variety of genres, including news, music, sports, food, beauty, and children's programming, aiming to provide positive and wholesome content that entertains, educates, and inspires its audience. With a subscription model, users can enjoy a TV-like experience, streaming movies, television series, and live sports events.

Pongalo

Seed Round in 2016
Pongalo Inc. is a digital media company that specializes in providing Spanish-language content to Latino audiences in the United States and over 15 countries. Established in 2014 and based in Miami, Florida, with an additional office in Los Angeles, Pongalo operates an over-the-top (OTT) platform and manages a vast library of Latino-focused films and television shows, totaling more than 13,000 hours of content. This includes a diverse range of movies, series, documentaries, and children's programming sourced from both U.S. and Latin American producers, featuring notable titles from major studios. The company also serves as a marketplace for various Latin media brands, such as Pongalo, aimed at women and children, and MooviMex, which focuses on Mexican action and comedy films. Pongalo collaborates with multiple online and offline distributors, ensuring access to its content across various platforms. In August 2016, it rebranded from its original name, Latin Everywhere, and currently operates as a subsidiary of Batanga, Inc.

Virool

Series A in 2016
Virool, Inc. develops and offers a native video advertising platform for brand marketers. Its platform enables brands to host their video, design the campaign, target audience, and analyze results on the Web. The platform for publishers is a supply-side platform for video and customizable layout and design to maximize revenue; and for advertisers to maximize brand impact with programmatic video distribution platform, advertainment, eIQ emotional insights, and real-time analytics. The company serves advertisers and publishers. Virool, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California with additional offices in New York, New York; St. Petersburg, Russia; Toronto, Canada; and Los Angeles, California.

videogram

Venture Round in 2016
Videogram, formerly known as Cinemacraft, specializes in creating pictorial summaries of videos, allowing users to quickly grasp a video's content without watching it in full. This innovative platform automatically analyzes videos and generates visually appealing keyframes, resembling a comic book layout, which serves as interactive thumbnails for video publishers. By enabling consumers to navigate directly to points of interest within a video, Videogram enhances the browsing experience, particularly on mobile devices, where streaming large files can be challenging due to network congestion. The platform not only facilitates video discovery and engagement but also supports publishers in integrating marketing and social interactions, ultimately making video content more accessible to a wider audience.

Hitsbook

Venture Round in 2016
Hitsbook is specialized and scalable technological solution to make the video content generated by the users profitable.

Sunshine

Seed Round in 2015
Sunshine App enables to instantly and easily share, access and stream content across any device - without cloud storage. No uploading, no downloading; simply streaming content device-to-device on the fly.

YContent

Series A in 2015
YContent is a video distribution platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, focused on the Latin American market. Established in August 2012, the company specializes in finding and distributing high-quality video content to a network of partner sites. It assists premium content producers in reaching large audiences by developing effective distribution windows and monetization strategies across various platforms, including websites and social media. Through its services, YContent aims to enhance the visibility and profitability of video content in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

uTrack TV

Venture Round in 2015
uTrack TV is a video on demand application and platform for live streaming events. The platform provides unique content from across the world specializing in motorsports, sports & entertainment offering both live events and championships as well as documentaries, biographies, and much more both original by uTrack and content produced by others. They specialize in Live broadcast of any event through their Mobile App technology which is compatible with any connected device. uTrack TV bridges the gap between fans and events, creating a higher market value to championships by attracting sponsorship and viewership for a mutual benefit of all entities. The platform live stream the event through their unique transcoding technology to a worldwide audience of their Free app on both Android and iOS.

videogram

Series A in 2015
Videogram, formerly known as Cinemacraft, specializes in creating pictorial summaries of videos, allowing users to quickly grasp a video's content without watching it in full. This innovative platform automatically analyzes videos and generates visually appealing keyframes, resembling a comic book layout, which serves as interactive thumbnails for video publishers. By enabling consumers to navigate directly to points of interest within a video, Videogram enhances the browsing experience, particularly on mobile devices, where streaming large files can be challenging due to network congestion. The platform not only facilitates video discovery and engagement but also supports publishers in integrating marketing and social interactions, ultimately making video content more accessible to a wider audience.

YouPlus

Seed Round in 2014
Youplus Inc. designs and develops technology and a platform to grant insights into the minds of video creators, influencers, and followers. Its artificial intelligence based technology scans videos and isolates and measures human emotion captured in video; extract opinions, and insights. The company's technology VOISE, a video opinion search engine, spot frames, indexes, and processes data to understand why people think, feel, and act in a particular manner. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Wideo

Seed Round in 2014
Wideo Inc. is a company based in Mountain View, California, that offers an online platform for creating animated videos. Founded in 2012, Wideo allows users to create, edit, and share videos for free. The platform provides a range of customizable templates, enabling users to employ various images, backgrounds, and music to produce unique content. This versatility makes it suitable for a variety of applications, including explainer videos, demos, educational content, and animated e-cards. By simplifying the video creation process, Wideo aims to empower individuals and businesses to enhance their online marketing strategies effectively and efficiently.

Koemei

Convertible Note in 2013
Koemei SA is a company that specializes in cloud-based services for video search and accessibility. Founded in 2010 and based in Martigny, Switzerland, Koemei offers a conversational speech recognition platform tailored for education, government, and various organizations. This platform allows users to transcribe and index video assets, manage libraries, and publish videos with captions and metadata on platforms like YouTube. Additionally, it supports automatic transcription of conversations, making it easier for groups and individuals to track interactions. Educational institutions can utilize Koemei's services to transcribe lectures and generate searchable metadata, while conference organizers can automatically transcribe speeches for improved accessibility. Businesses can also incorporate automated transcription into meeting recordings for enhanced alignment with audio segments. As of September 2017, Koemei operates as a subsidiary of CREALOGIX Holding AG.

videogram

Seed Round in 2013
Videogram, formerly known as Cinemacraft, specializes in creating pictorial summaries of videos, allowing users to quickly grasp a video's content without watching it in full. This innovative platform automatically analyzes videos and generates visually appealing keyframes, resembling a comic book layout, which serves as interactive thumbnails for video publishers. By enabling consumers to navigate directly to points of interest within a video, Videogram enhances the browsing experience, particularly on mobile devices, where streaming large files can be challenging due to network congestion. The platform not only facilitates video discovery and engagement but also supports publishers in integrating marketing and social interactions, ultimately making video content more accessible to a wider audience.

videogram

Seed Round in 2013
Videogram, formerly known as Cinemacraft, specializes in creating pictorial summaries of videos, allowing users to quickly grasp a video's content without watching it in full. This innovative platform automatically analyzes videos and generates visually appealing keyframes, resembling a comic book layout, which serves as interactive thumbnails for video publishers. By enabling consumers to navigate directly to points of interest within a video, Videogram enhances the browsing experience, particularly on mobile devices, where streaming large files can be challenging due to network congestion. The platform not only facilitates video discovery and engagement but also supports publishers in integrating marketing and social interactions, ultimately making video content more accessible to a wider audience.

YContent

Seed Round in 2013
YContent is a video distribution platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, focused on the Latin American market. Established in August 2012, the company specializes in finding and distributing high-quality video content to a network of partner sites. It assists premium content producers in reaching large audiences by developing effective distribution windows and monetization strategies across various platforms, including websites and social media. Through its services, YContent aims to enhance the visibility and profitability of video content in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Vidcaster

Seed Round in 2013
Vidcaster provides an out-of-the-box solution for implementing and managing video experiences.

Teads.tv

Series A in 2012
Teads.tv outstreams video advertising and the leading native video advertising marketplace.owth companies. Publishers work with Teads to create brand new outstream video inventory, monetizing it through programmatic buying, their own sales force, or third parties including Teads Demand. Teads pioneers advertising experiences that respect the user, creating unprecedented levels of premium inventory which previously didn’t exist. Brands, agencies and trading desks can access this top-tier, premium inventory, available on the web and on mobile, in the Teads Marketplace. Through our managed services capabilities, the Teads team execute on their client’s behalf using its platform.

Viki

Series B in 2011
Viki is an international video website offering TV shows, movies, and other premium content translated into more than 150 languages by a community of avid fans.

Teads.tv

Seed Round in 2010
Teads.tv outstreams video advertising and the leading native video advertising marketplace.owth companies. Publishers work with Teads to create brand new outstream video inventory, monetizing it through programmatic buying, their own sales force, or third parties including Teads Demand. Teads pioneers advertising experiences that respect the user, creating unprecedented levels of premium inventory which previously didn’t exist. Brands, agencies and trading desks can access this top-tier, premium inventory, available on the web and on mobile, in the Teads Marketplace. Through our managed services capabilities, the Teads team execute on their client’s behalf using its platform.