500 Global

Founded in 2010, 500 Global is a global venture capital firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. It invests in early-stage technology companies across 80+ countries, focusing on markets where technology and innovation can generate long-term value. With over 190 members based in more than 25 countries, the firm provides funding, mentorship, and connections to startups worldwide.

Clayton Bryan

Partner

Tim Chae

Managing Partner

Shawn Chu

Principal

Itali Pedroni Collini

Director 500 Startups Brazil

Nicholas Davison

Director

Amal Dokhan

General Partner

Amal Enan

Partner

Atika French

Senior Associate

Vishal Harnal

Managing Partner

Laila Hassan

Venture Partner

Adrian Latortue

Investor

Krating Poonpol

Partner

Moo Natavudh Pungcharoenpong

Venture Partner

Mameaw Sapprasert

Partner

Sanjay Singhal

Partner

Pat Naranpat Thitipattakul

Investor

Christine Tsai

Founding Partner and CEO

Pedro Vieira

Partner

Tony Wang

Managing Partner

Bedy Yang

Managing Partner

Arief bin Johan Alimin

Associate

Past deals in FMCG

Calo

Venture Round in 2023
Calo is a direct-to-consumer food tech company offering personalized meal subscriptions. Its app automatically calculates users' caloric and macronutrient needs, delivering ready-to-eat meals portioned to fit their fitness goals. The app matches users with chef-prepared meals, ensuring high-quality food convenient for busy lifestyles.

Chaldal

Venture Round in 2023
Founded in 2013, Chaldal is a Bangladesh-based online grocery retailer offering over 4000 products, including fresh produce, personal care goods, and household essentials. It provides real-time inventory tracking and same-day delivery services.

Dezpax

Series A in 2022
DezpaX is an e-commerce company that specializes in packaging distribution services, focusing primarily on the food industry. It offers a range of comprehensive food packing solutions that include customizable options for packaging design and ordering. Clients can personalize their packaging with features such as logo printing, food box straps, stickers, and glass sleeves. DezpaX emphasizes sustainability by providing packaging made from biodegradable materials, catering to the growing demand for environmentally friendly products in the food sector.

Chaldal

Series C in 2022
Founded in 2013, Chaldal is a Bangladesh-based online grocery retailer offering over 4000 products, including fresh produce, personal care goods, and household essentials. It provides real-time inventory tracking and same-day delivery services.

Verofax

Seed Round in 2022
Verofax is a provider of asset digitization and tracing solutions, focusing on enhancing productivity and compliance for businesses across various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, valuables, and food. The company's platform offers services that improve traceability and brand protection through features such as serialization and anti-counterfeiting systems. By addressing issues like counterfeit products, tampering, and inventory diversion, Verofax aims to foster trust among consumers. Additionally, the platform facilitates secure transaction validation, ensuring that every step in the supply chain is monitored and verified. With a commitment to improving consumer satisfaction and operational integrity, Verofax offers a comprehensive solution for businesses seeking to enhance their product safety and authenticity.

Calo

Seed Round in 2021
Calo is a direct-to-consumer food tech company offering personalized meal subscriptions. Its app automatically calculates users' caloric and macronutrient needs, delivering ready-to-eat meals portioned to fit their fitness goals. The app matches users with chef-prepared meals, ensuring high-quality food convenient for busy lifestyles.

FreshKet

Venture Round in 2021
FreshKet operates as an integrated workflow marketplace that connects fresh food suppliers with restaurants. It offers a web-based platform for restaurant supply management, enabling users to find vendors and procure fresh ingredients through a connected marketplace and order management system. The platform aims to improve procurement efficiency, increase information transparency, and boost profitability by streamlining sourcing, purchasing, and supplier interactions.

Shoppa

Seed Round in 2021
Shoppa is a digital supermarket that connects consumers to farms and other suppliers.

Chaldal

Venture Round in 2021
Founded in 2013, Chaldal is a Bangladesh-based online grocery retailer offering over 4000 products, including fresh produce, personal care goods, and household essentials. It provides real-time inventory tracking and same-day delivery services.

Monkey Foods

Venture Round in 2021
Monkey Foods, established in 2020 and headquartered in San Salvador, operates a cloud kitchen platform designed to facilitate food delivery services for entrepreneurial chefs. The company manages all aspects of the process, from order receipt to delivery at customers' doorsteps, allowing chefs to focus on cooking while Monkey Foods handles logistics.

Graviti

Seed Round in 2021
Graviti offers the products needed the most, financed for months. No credit or debit card, no initial payment, no arrears, and with credit approved immediately. It wants to make sure every family in LATAM is able to buy basic appliances for the home by offering fair and accessible financing to acquire them. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Mexico.

Quantum Platform

Seed Round in 2021
Quantum Platform is a business-to-business product platform that specializes in providing data-driven sampling solutions. The company utilizes intelligent e-process integration to offer targeted sampling services, specifically designed to engage active online shoppers based on defined criteria, thereby driving conversion rates. Quantum collaborates with global fast-moving consumer goods companies and a range of exclusive online businesses, ensuring that samples are delivered directly to the target audience's doorstep. In addition to its core sampling solutions, the company also develops specialized targeted market research and product testing campaigns, leveraging intelligent matching, feedback, and analytics to help enterprises improve their business outcomes and profitability.

Blume

Seed Round in 2020
Blume is a company based in North Vancouver, Canada, specializing in all-natural self-care products designed specifically for girls experiencing puberty. Founded in 2016 by Bunny and Taran Ghatrora, Blume offers a range of products that address the unique needs of this demographic, including meltdown acne oil, gentle face washes, natural deodorant, menstrual care items like organic tampons, and PMS relief oils. The company emphasizes the use of natural ingredients in its formulations and aims to provide a supportive and empowering experience for young women. Blume's products are available for purchase through its website, and the company also offers curated gift boxes.

Invygo

Seed Round in 2020
Invygo is MENA's leading car subscription service, offering consumers accessible mobility options via an all-inclusive monthly subscription through its mobile app. It provides dealers with a new revenue-generating business model that reduces depreciation and operational costs.

Quantum Platform

Seed Round in 2020
Quantum Platform is a business-to-business product platform that specializes in providing data-driven sampling solutions. The company utilizes intelligent e-process integration to offer targeted sampling services, specifically designed to engage active online shoppers based on defined criteria, thereby driving conversion rates. Quantum collaborates with global fast-moving consumer goods companies and a range of exclusive online businesses, ensuring that samples are delivered directly to the target audience's doorstep. In addition to its core sampling solutions, the company also develops specialized targeted market research and product testing campaigns, leveraging intelligent matching, feedback, and analytics to help enterprises improve their business outcomes and profitability.

Bakala

Seed Round in 2020
Bakala is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tool that provides Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) companies with real-time access to analytics on market shares, distribution, pricing, promotion, and much more. With accurate and timely data, FMCGs can accordingly make better business decisions to improve their product, supply chain, distribution, and sales.

Fooda

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2010, Fooda specializes in providing food delivery services for offices. It sets up restaurants on-site or delivers packaged meals, also offering catering services for corporate events.

Graviti

Seed Round in 2020
Graviti offers the products needed the most, financed for months. No credit or debit card, no initial payment, no arrears, and with credit approved immediately. It wants to make sure every family in LATAM is able to buy basic appliances for the home by offering fair and accessible financing to acquire them. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Mexico.

Fooda

Series D in 2019
Founded in 2010, Fooda specializes in providing food delivery services for offices. It sets up restaurants on-site or delivers packaged meals, also offering catering services for corporate events.

Calo

Seed Round in 2019
Calo is a direct-to-consumer food tech company offering personalized meal subscriptions. Its app automatically calculates users' caloric and macronutrient needs, delivering ready-to-eat meals portioned to fit their fitness goals. The app matches users with chef-prepared meals, ensuring high-quality food convenient for busy lifestyles.

Invygo

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Invygo is MENA's leading car subscription service, offering consumers accessible mobility options via an all-inclusive monthly subscription through its mobile app. It provides dealers with a new revenue-generating business model that reduces depreciation and operational costs.

Cricket One

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, Cricket One produces cricket protein powder, aiming to feed the world sustainably. It offers edible insects and cricket ingredients with low water and greenhouse gas footprints, enabling consumers to enjoy products consistent in taste, smell, texture, and nutrition.

GoodsMart

Venture Round in 2019
GoodsMart operates a mobile application that enables online grocery shopping and doorstep delivery by aggregating local grocery stores and suppliers. The platform offers groceries along with personal care and home care products, and provides delivery options, including early-morning next-day delivery. Founded in 2013, GoodsMart is based in Cairo, Egypt.

Breadfast

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2017, Breadfast is an Egyptian company specializing in the production and delivery of a wide variety of bakery products. Its offerings include bread like white toast, brown toast, baguette, and multigrain, along with pastries such as croissants and muffins. The company operates an online delivery service for these products.

Cricket One

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, Cricket One produces cricket protein powder, aiming to feed the world sustainably. It offers edible insects and cricket ingredients with low water and greenhouse gas footprints, enabling consumers to enjoy products consistent in taste, smell, texture, and nutrition.

Graviti

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Graviti offers the products needed the most, financed for months. No credit or debit card, no initial payment, no arrears, and with credit approved immediately. It wants to make sure every family in LATAM is able to buy basic appliances for the home by offering fair and accessible financing to acquire them. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Mexico.

Breadfast

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2017, Breadfast is an Egyptian company specializing in the production and delivery of a wide variety of bakery products. Its offerings include bread like white toast, brown toast, baguette, and multigrain, along with pastries such as croissants and muffins. The company operates an online delivery service for these products.

Prodsmart

Seed Round in 2017
Prodsmart, Informática, Lda. is a Portuguese company founded in 2013 that specializes in developing analytics, management, and optimization software for manufacturing assembly lines and job shops. The company offers a comprehensive tracking system that enables factories to eliminate paperwork and collect real-time data through the use of smartphones on the shop floor. Its software provides functionalities such as shop floor management, real-time dashboards, planning and scheduling, product traceability, inventory management, custom reports, and real-time alerts. Prodsmart serves a diverse range of industries including automotive, electronics, food and beverage, textiles, and industrial manufacturing, among others. The company’s clients include notable firms such as Mitsubishi and Componor, reflecting its commitment to enhancing operational efficiency and visibility within manufacturing processes.

Blume

Angel Round in 2017
Blume is a company based in North Vancouver, Canada, specializing in all-natural self-care products designed specifically for girls experiencing puberty. Founded in 2016 by Bunny and Taran Ghatrora, Blume offers a range of products that address the unique needs of this demographic, including meltdown acne oil, gentle face washes, natural deodorant, menstrual care items like organic tampons, and PMS relief oils. The company emphasizes the use of natural ingredients in its formulations and aims to provide a supportive and empowering experience for young women. Blume's products are available for purchase through its website, and the company also offers curated gift boxes.

SureGroup

Seed Round in 2016
Commerce in Africa is deeply facilitated by cash, but cash-based transactions are expensive, unsafe, and difficult to track. Suregifts identified an opportunity to take advantage of the growth and adoption of the internet and all things digital in Africa by creating a simple, yet safe alternative currency to be utilised for specific purposes; Vouchers. At the core of what SureGifts does, is selling and maintaining an inventory of vouchers, which can be exchanged between two or more parties, and spent at a closed but extensive network of merchants across Africa for a near-unlimited assortment of goods and services.

Boxgreen

Seed Round in 2016
Boxgreen is an e-commerce subscription platform based in Singapore, founded in 2014. The company specializes in curating and delivering a selection of nutritious snacks directly to customers' offices or doorsteps. With a choice of 20 snack options, Boxgreen focuses on providing healthy snacks made from wholesome ingredients that are free from artificial flavoring and coloring. This approach allows consumers to enjoy convenient snacking without compromising their health and fitness goals.

Tuckernuck

Series A in 2015
Tuckernuck, Inc. is an online retailer based in Washington, D.C., specializing in apparel and lifestyle products that embody a classic American aesthetic. Founded in 2010, the company offers a diverse range of items for women, men, and children, including clothing, accessories, and home décor. Its product offerings encompass tops, outerwear, jewelry, bags, activewear, and beauty products, as well as home items such as barware and kitchen accessories. Tuckernuck curates a blend of well-known and emerging brands, emphasizing a timeless style that reflects tradition and an active lifestyle. The company aims to create a distinctive shopping experience by continually introducing unique products that resonate with customers, making it a go-to destination for those seeking quality and classic American style.

Sonoma

Venture Round in 2015
Sonoma Market, established in São Paulo, Brazil in 2018, operates an online marketplace connecting local farmers, artisanal producers, and specialized importers with customers seeking high-quality food and beverages. The company facilitates immediate delivery of curated products through its platform, aiming to bring the Latin American quality food and beverage sector meaningfully onto the internet.

Love With Food

Seed Round in 2014
Love With Food operates an online subscription platform that focuses on delivering healthier snack options, including organic, all-natural, and gluten-free products, directly to consumers. Targeting primarily female consumers aged 25 to 45, the platform allows users to explore new snacks through a monthly subscription service that includes free home delivery and no cancellation fees. In addition to providing a diverse range of snack choices, Love With Food also serves as a marketing platform that collects valuable product intelligence data for consumer food brands. This data helps brands effectively reach their target audience while significantly reducing marketing and research costs. The company has partnered with notable brands such as General Mills, Nestle, and Lindt Chocolates. A distinctive aspect of Love With Food's mission is its commitment to social responsibility; for every snack box delivered, the company donates a meal to feed a hungry child in America, having contributed over 250,000 meals to date.

Sonoma

Angel Round in 2013
Sonoma Market, established in São Paulo, Brazil in 2018, operates an online marketplace connecting local farmers, artisanal producers, and specialized importers with customers seeking high-quality food and beverages. The company facilitates immediate delivery of curated products through its platform, aiming to bring the Latin American quality food and beverage sector meaningfully onto the internet.

Love With Food

Seed Round in 2012
Love With Food operates an online subscription platform that focuses on delivering healthier snack options, including organic, all-natural, and gluten-free products, directly to consumers. Targeting primarily female consumers aged 25 to 45, the platform allows users to explore new snacks through a monthly subscription service that includes free home delivery and no cancellation fees. In addition to providing a diverse range of snack choices, Love With Food also serves as a marketing platform that collects valuable product intelligence data for consumer food brands. This data helps brands effectively reach their target audience while significantly reducing marketing and research costs. The company has partnered with notable brands such as General Mills, Nestle, and Lindt Chocolates. A distinctive aspect of Love With Food's mission is its commitment to social responsibility; for every snack box delivered, the company donates a meal to feed a hungry child in America, having contributed over 250,000 meals to date.

Tuckernuck

Seed Round in 2012
Tuckernuck, Inc. is an online retailer based in Washington, D.C., specializing in apparel and lifestyle products that embody a classic American aesthetic. Founded in 2010, the company offers a diverse range of items for women, men, and children, including clothing, accessories, and home décor. Its product offerings encompass tops, outerwear, jewelry, bags, activewear, and beauty products, as well as home items such as barware and kitchen accessories. Tuckernuck curates a blend of well-known and emerging brands, emphasizing a timeless style that reflects tradition and an active lifestyle. The company aims to create a distinctive shopping experience by continually introducing unique products that resonate with customers, making it a go-to destination for those seeking quality and classic American style.

Love With Food

Seed Round in 2011
Love With Food operates an online subscription platform that focuses on delivering healthier snack options, including organic, all-natural, and gluten-free products, directly to consumers. Targeting primarily female consumers aged 25 to 45, the platform allows users to explore new snacks through a monthly subscription service that includes free home delivery and no cancellation fees. In addition to providing a diverse range of snack choices, Love With Food also serves as a marketing platform that collects valuable product intelligence data for consumer food brands. This data helps brands effectively reach their target audience while significantly reducing marketing and research costs. The company has partnered with notable brands such as General Mills, Nestle, and Lindt Chocolates. A distinctive aspect of Love With Food's mission is its commitment to social responsibility; for every snack box delivered, the company donates a meal to feed a hungry child in America, having contributed over 250,000 meals to date.
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