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

Timothy Chae

Managing Partner

Amal Enan

Partner

Max Fram-Schwartz

Venture Partner

Christine Herron

Advisor

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

Christine Tsai

Co-Founder, Partner & Chief Executive Officer

Tony Wang

Managing Partner

Bedy Yang

Managing Partner

Paul Yoo

Chief Financial Officer

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Bonum Coaching

Seed Round in 2021
Bonum Coaching provides personalized coaching by connecting the users with certified coaches. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Miami, Florida.

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Venture Round in 2021
Back Office is a technology-based company that helps small businesses by automating their bookkeeping and accounting. It is a one-stop source for building a strong and vital company back office. Small and medium-sized businesses looking for administrative and operations services, including on-demand experts and back-office personnel turn to them for help succeeding with their businesses each and every day. Back Office.co was founded in 2018 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States.

Wuilt

Seed Round in 2020
Wuilt LLC is an online platform based in Miami Beach, Florida, that specializes in website design. Founded in 2016, it enables users to create websites that are responsive across all devices. The platform offers a variety of features, including pre-designed section blocks, tools for multilingual website creation, and the ability to integrate custom domains. Users can also access pre-assembled images tailored for their websites, analytics and marketing tools, customizable color palettes, and diverse font combinations. Notably, Wuilt includes a functional Arabic interface, allowing users to build Arabic websites quickly and efficiently, often in under five minutes.

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Seed Round in 2018
Back Office is a technology-based company that helps small businesses by automating their bookkeeping and accounting. It is a one-stop source for building a strong and vital company back office. Small and medium-sized businesses looking for administrative and operations services, including on-demand experts and back-office personnel turn to them for help succeeding with their businesses each and every day. Back Office.co was founded in 2018 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States.

PayForm

Seed Round in 2018
PayForm allows anyone to create simple and beautiful payment forms that support one shot and recurring payments in seconds and without any coding.

Dartspeed

Seed Round in 2018
Dartspeed.com, Inc. owns and operates an online platform, which provides website optimization service. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in North Miami, Florida.

Kin Insurance

Series A in 2018
Kin Insurance, Inc. is an insurance agency founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company specializes in home insurance products, offering a range of coverage options including homeowners, mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Kin Insurance utilizes an online platform that simplifies the application process, allowing customers to customize their policies based on thousands of property data points. This approach ensures that homeowners receive personalized and affordable coverage tailored to their specific needs. With payment processing facilities in Palatine and Chicago, Kin Insurance aims to provide a user-friendly experience while helping clients secure their assets effectively.

Willing

Series A in 2016
Willing is an online legal service that simplifies the process of end-of-life planning, making it accessible and affordable for all. The platform provides users with tools to create wills and living wills quickly, allowing them to secure their estate plans in just minutes. Additionally, Willing assists users in comparing costs for funeral homes and cemeteries, facilitating informed decisions regarding their end-of-life arrangements. By focusing on user-friendly solutions, Willing helps individuals protect their families and assets while saving time and money.

Check I'm Here, INC.

Series A in 2016
Check I'm Here, INC. operates a campus management platform designed for universities and colleges to effectively manage, track, assess, and engage students and organizations within their campuses. Founded in 2016 and based in Saint Petersburg, Florida, the platform facilitates the creation and management of various aspects of campus life, including organizations and events. It provides real-time tracking and verification of student attendance through mobile devices, utilizing student ID swipes. Additionally, the platform integrates student data to visualize engagement levels, offering tools to attract and encourage student participation in campus activities.

Finova Financial

Venture Round in 2016
Finova Financial LLC develops and operates digital financial services technology platform, provides consumer loan on cars. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Parkbench.com

Convertible Note in 2016
Parkbench Inc. operates a Website that enables users to find and post local events, deals, news, and real estate in their neighborhood. Its Website enables local businesses to claim or create a profile on their neighborhood Website and advertise their products, services, and promotions; and users to get deals, find local events, read neighborhood news, and access neighborhood resources and services. The company serves customers in Canada, California, Florida, Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, Utah, and Texas. Parkbench Inc.is based in Toronto, Canada.

Chefs For Seniors

Seed Round in 2016
Chefs for Seniors is a grocery shopping and in-home meal preparation service for senior citizens in the Madison area. The service takes chefs to the homes of seniors, where the chefs prepare 10 servings of meals in two hours, leaving enough to last for the week. Its clients have the ability to select the menu and chefs bring necessary groceries and equipment and cleans the kitchen of their client before they leave. Chefs for Seniors was launched 2013 by Barrett Allman and Nathan Allman. It operates in south Florida, Wisconsin, and Chicago.

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.

Home61

Seed Round in 2016
HOME61 Miami Inc. operates as an online real estate company that helps users to find real estate properties in Miami and other surrounding areas. It enables users to search residential (house, apartment, condos, and penthouse) and other properties for rent and sale. It allows individuals, landlords, management companies, or brokers to list their real estate properties for rent and sale. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Miami, Florida.

Whiplash

Seed Round in 2016
Whiplash Merchandising Inc. provides storage and shipping services for products on demand for e-commerce companies. It engages in the warehousing, packaging, and shipping of inventory through USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, and Royal Mail. The company also provides a related API and platform. In addition, it integrates with shopping carts, such as Shopify, Magento, and others. Whiplash Merchandising Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It has warehousing facilities in California; Oregon; Texas; Kentucky; Delaware; Ohio; Michigan; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Florida; Canada; and the United Kingdom. As of April 24, 2019, Whiplash Merchandising Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Port Logistics Group, Inc.

Finova Financial

Seed Round in 2016
Finova Financial LLC develops and operates digital financial services technology platform, provides consumer loan on cars. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Raxar Technology Corporation

Seed Round in 2016
Raxar is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that is disrupting the $212 billion infrastructure management markets through the use of Big Data, IoT, Cloud, and Mobile Technologies. Raxar provides a proven intelligent data management platform that enables enterprise and government agencies to reduce costs, track critical assets, and optimize complex workflows. Clients are able to collect, manage and deliver detailed information associated with their assets in real time while utilizing a highly configurable solution. Raxar was founded in Tampa, Florida in response to the growing need for smarter mobile solutions around industrial applications. Raxar's overall mission is to provide the next generation of tools to improve the condition, safety, and accessibility of the world's infrastructure.

Clickypass

Seed Round in 2015
Clickypass is a membership program for fitness classes across multiple gyms and studios, making working out more accessible around LatinAmerica. With the concept of “fitness-sharing” & “experience-sharing”, ClickyPass is changing the way people approach fitness and experiences by giving its members access to a community, making these activities more accesible, flexible, and fun. For a monthly fee, Clickypass users get an all-access membership which allows them to build their own fitness schedule by choosing from thousands of fitness classes and activities in their cities.

Option Alpha

Convertible Note in 2015
Education, Option Alpha is a education,coaching, and technology to help options traders make smarter, more profitable trades.