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

Past deals in Beverages

LeCupboard

Venture Round in 2021
LeCupboard Cafe is a San Francisco-based establishment that specializes in providing plant-based and nutrient-rich meals. The café's menu features a variety of options, including breakfasts, snacks, and entrees, all designed to promote health and wellness. Additionally, LeCupboard offers a unique service by preparing and storing organic meals in refrigerated mobile cupboards, making it convenient for customers to access optimally nutritious food in their vicinity.

Veluga

Seed Round in 2020
Veluga is a membership service that provides regular delivery of craft beer and pairing night snack twice a month.

Copper Cow Coffee

Seed Round in 2020
Copper Cow Coffee is a premium specialty coffee company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in Vietnamese coffee products. Founded in 2018, the company focuses on providing accessible, high-quality coffee through innovative packaging and modern design. Copper Cow Coffee sources its beans from sustainable, organic farms in Vietnam, ensuring that its offerings support environmentally-conscious practices. The brand is known for its specialty Vietnamese lattes, which are sweetened with condensed milk and contain no artificial flavors or preservatives. By selling its products online, Copper Cow Coffee aims to make authentic Vietnamese coffee experiences available to customers throughout the United States.

LeCupboard

Seed Round in 2020
LeCupboard Cafe is a San Francisco-based establishment that specializes in providing plant-based and nutrient-rich meals. The café's menu features a variety of options, including breakfasts, snacks, and entrees, all designed to promote health and wellness. Additionally, LeCupboard offers a unique service by preparing and storing organic meals in refrigerated mobile cupboards, making it convenient for customers to access optimally nutritious food in their vicinity.

Copper Cow Coffee

Seed Round in 2019
Copper Cow Coffee is a premium specialty coffee company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in Vietnamese coffee products. Founded in 2018, the company focuses on providing accessible, high-quality coffee through innovative packaging and modern design. Copper Cow Coffee sources its beans from sustainable, organic farms in Vietnam, ensuring that its offerings support environmentally-conscious practices. The brand is known for its specialty Vietnamese lattes, which are sweetened with condensed milk and contain no artificial flavors or preservatives. By selling its products online, Copper Cow Coffee aims to make authentic Vietnamese coffee experiences available to customers throughout the United States.

More Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Sisun Lee first discovered magic elixirs designed to help with rough mornings after drinking while on a trip home to South Korea in 2016. Amazed by how effective they were, he dove into research and connected with Dr. Jing Liang, a DHM researcher and USC professor. From there, he created the first version of Morning Recovery, launched on Indiegogo, and raised over $250,000 from customers all over the world to get things going. They’ve been growing ever since.

Breadfast

Series A in 2019
Breadfast is a Cairo-based company that specializes in the production and online delivery of a wide range of bread and bakery products. Established in 2017, it offers various types of bread, including white, brown, multigrain, and specialty options like baguettes and ciabatta. The company's product line also features sweet and savory pastries such as danishes, muffins in different flavors, and an assortment of croissants. Breadfast aims to provide customers with freshly baked goods delivered directly to their homes each morning, eliminating the need for freezing or defrosting bakery items.

Coaster Beer

Seed Round in 2018
Coaster Beer is Tokyo's best craft beer delivery app.

Copper Cow Coffee

Seed Round in 2018
Copper Cow Coffee is a premium specialty coffee company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in Vietnamese coffee products. Founded in 2018, the company focuses on providing accessible, high-quality coffee through innovative packaging and modern design. Copper Cow Coffee sources its beans from sustainable, organic farms in Vietnam, ensuring that its offerings support environmentally-conscious practices. The brand is known for its specialty Vietnamese lattes, which are sweetened with condensed milk and contain no artificial flavors or preservatives. By selling its products online, Copper Cow Coffee aims to make authentic Vietnamese coffee experiences available to customers throughout the United States.

Copper Cow Coffee

Seed Round in 2018
Copper Cow Coffee is a premium specialty coffee company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in Vietnamese coffee products. Founded in 2018, the company focuses on providing accessible, high-quality coffee through innovative packaging and modern design. Copper Cow Coffee sources its beans from sustainable, organic farms in Vietnam, ensuring that its offerings support environmentally-conscious practices. The brand is known for its specialty Vietnamese lattes, which are sweetened with condensed milk and contain no artificial flavors or preservatives. By selling its products online, Copper Cow Coffee aims to make authentic Vietnamese coffee experiences available to customers throughout the United States.

Wishbeer

Seed Round in 2018
Wishbeer is the #1 Omni-Channel beer company inThailand

LeCupboard

Seed Round in 2018
LeCupboard Cafe is a San Francisco-based establishment that specializes in providing plant-based and nutrient-rich meals. The café's menu features a variety of options, including breakfasts, snacks, and entrees, all designed to promote health and wellness. Additionally, LeCupboard offers a unique service by preparing and storing organic meals in refrigerated mobile cupboards, making it convenient for customers to access optimally nutritious food in their vicinity.

Breadfast

Seed Round in 2017
Breadfast is a Cairo-based company that specializes in the production and online delivery of a wide range of bread and bakery products. Established in 2017, it offers various types of bread, including white, brown, multigrain, and specialty options like baguettes and ciabatta. The company's product line also features sweet and savory pastries such as danishes, muffins in different flavors, and an assortment of croissants. Breadfast aims to provide customers with freshly baked goods delivered directly to their homes each morning, eliminating the need for freezing or defrosting bakery items.

Crema.co

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2015, Crema.co is the coffee marketplace of the future, with machine learning coffee recommendations, customized maps subscriber's coffee palate, and a focus on the entire supply chain of coffee with the hardworking producers and roasters front-and-center. Crema.co roasters are frequently featured in "Top 10" lists and source their coffees responsibly, often through Direct Trade. Every coffee is custom-roasted and dropshipped directly to the subscriber from the roaster.

BiSU

Seed Round in 2016
BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally. BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water. The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water. BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul.

Port of Mokha

Seed Round in 2016
Implementing industry-leading best practices and social impact measures across the entire coffee supply chain in the most genetically diverse coffee origin, to bring out the very best of Yemen's raw potential. Needless to say, the resulting coffee is the best the world has ever seen.

BottlesTonight

Seed Round in 2015
BottlesTonight is the first and only same-day bottle service booking app at top nightclubs and lounges. It guarantees consumers the best prices on bottle service and delivers every time. BottlesTonight makes the process of booking and selling bottle service easy and affordable. Nightclubs and lounges reduce the minimum spend required to book bottle service at their venue and discount bottles up to 70% off normal menu prices. It lists this unsold inventory on its mobile app marketplace for consumers to book from the convenience of their smartphones. With a variety of venues providing different types of experiences, there is something for everyone on BottlesTonight. Founded in late 2013 BottlesTonight now facilitates bookings for 90% of nightclubs in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Launching soon: Las Vegas and New York

BREWPUBLIK

Seed Round in 2015
BREWPUBLIK is an e-commerce retailer for craft beer and provides beer to homes and offices. Their proprietary technology and data collection position them as the central nervous system of the industry, touching every part of the supply chain experience. Americans spend $100B a year on beer, yet the industry functions like it's 1957. They use data and scale advantages to be the most convenient way to get a beer. Their proprietary technology automatically matches their customers' taste profiles to new products that they've never tried. They generate revenue both from directly from selling the product and then increasingly generate multiples of that with their insights.

BREWPUBLIK

Seed Round in 2015
BREWPUBLIK is an e-commerce retailer for craft beer and provides beer to homes and offices. Their proprietary technology and data collection position them as the central nervous system of the industry, touching every part of the supply chain experience. Americans spend $100B a year on beer, yet the industry functions like it's 1957. They use data and scale advantages to be the most convenient way to get a beer. Their proprietary technology automatically matches their customers' taste profiles to new products that they've never tried. They generate revenue both from directly from selling the product and then increasingly generate multiples of that with their insights.

Partender

Seed Round in 2013
Partender is a SaaS platform that reduces bar inventory time from a frustrating 6-24 hours to just 15 minutes. We do this by digitizing the archaic paper-pen-clipboard process into a few taps and swipes on any Android, iOS, or web-enabled device, providing detailed cloud-based analytics on the bar's consumption. As a result, bar owners and managers can inventory as often as they count the cash in their registers; reducing shrinkage, optimizing orders, and driving more successful beverage programs. We have a rapidly growing revenue base fueled by tons of sales hustle and featured appearances on the television show Bar Rescue. Bar inventory is just the starting point to a much deeper strategy.

Partender

Seed Round in 2013
Partender is a SaaS platform that reduces bar inventory time from a frustrating 6-24 hours to just 15 minutes. We do this by digitizing the archaic paper-pen-clipboard process into a few taps and swipes on any Android, iOS, or web-enabled device, providing detailed cloud-based analytics on the bar's consumption. As a result, bar owners and managers can inventory as often as they count the cash in their registers; reducing shrinkage, optimizing orders, and driving more successful beverage programs. We have a rapidly growing revenue base fueled by tons of sales hustle and featured appearances on the television show Bar Rescue. Bar inventory is just the starting point to a much deeper strategy.

Winc

Venture Round in 2013
Winc, Inc. is a wine production company founded in 2012 and based in Los Angeles, California. It offers an online subscription wine delivery service that aims to simplify the wine purchasing experience for consumers. With a focus on creating custom experiences, Winc has developed popular wine brands such as Summer Water and Folly of the Beast, which are well-regarded for their quality and appeal. The company leverages consumer insights to drive brand development and has established a presence in both premium retail locations and progressive restaurants across the United States. Recently, Winc introduced Winc Shares, a crowdfunding initiative that allows a broader audience to invest in the company, democratizing access to investment opportunities in the wine industry. With a price point of approximately $13 per bottle, Winc continues to innovate within the $220 billion wine market.

Winc

Seed Round in 2012
Winc, Inc. is a wine production company founded in 2012 and based in Los Angeles, California. It offers an online subscription wine delivery service that aims to simplify the wine purchasing experience for consumers. With a focus on creating custom experiences, Winc has developed popular wine brands such as Summer Water and Folly of the Beast, which are well-regarded for their quality and appeal. The company leverages consumer insights to drive brand development and has established a presence in both premium retail locations and progressive restaurants across the United States. Recently, Winc introduced Winc Shares, a crowdfunding initiative that allows a broader audience to invest in the company, democratizing access to investment opportunities in the wine industry. With a price point of approximately $13 per bottle, Winc continues to innovate within the $220 billion wine market.

Craft Coffee

Seed Round in 2011
Craft Coffee is the best place to discover coffees you will love. Tell us what you drink today and we'll match you to new favorites from independent coffee roasters. All of our coffee is fresh roasted to order. You can customize your roast level, price point and delivery schedule with just a few clicks.