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 Wealth Management

Drahim

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Drahim develops a digital platform on recommended investing plans after analyzing one's financial usage. It serves as a personal budget app that tracks financial transactions. Drahim is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

SustainFi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
SustainFi connects people who want to make an impact with their money with the right investments, products, and services. They help investors find investments that will do well in the climate transition, including private clean energy and cleantech opportunities, companies with strong environmental, social, or governance scores, and impact investments.

Mujer Financiera

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Mujer Financiera is a startup on a mission to close the gender gap in financial inclusion for women through education and community. We educate women on personal finance to help them make better life-decisions; start saving; start investing and manage their personal finances correctly. We have our own free PFM app called Felicity (https://www.felicity.app/) and other simple financial management resources destined to help women gain control of their finances and take better informed short and log term decisions.

Sarwa

Series B in 2021
Sarwa Digital Wealth Limited develops a platform that offers investment advice. It offers investment strategies for better returns, simplified investing, and automated investing. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Ethic

Series B in 2020
Ethic operates as a tech-driven asset manager that powers the creation of investment portfolios. It builds separately managed accounts (SMAs) optimized to track the market, align with one’s investment allocation, and outperform on a client’s chosen sustainability criteria. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Rise

Venture Round in 2020
Rise is a start-up focused on developing a financial services platform tailored for migrants. The company aims to enhance the financial well-being of migrants by offering wealth management solutions that go beyond traditional monetary considerations. Recognizing that wealth encompasses knowledge and the desire for growth, Rise provides tools and resources to help migrants effectively manage their finances, acquire new skills, and improve their overall quality of life. Through its innovative approach, Rise aspires to create opportunities and foster a better future for millions of individuals around the globe.

Finnomena

Series B in 2019
Finnomena Co., Ltd is a Bangkok-based fintech company specializing in digital wealth management. It offers investment advisory services through a crowdsourced robo-advisory platform accessible via a website and an application in Thailand. The platform utilizes proprietary machine learning technology to provide automated portfolio recommendations based on users' risk preferences and financial goals. In addition to portfolio management, Finnomena features an investor knowledge hub that attracts over 15 million views monthly and has 1.2 million social media followers, delivering professionally generated investment content. Its flagship product, FINNOMENA PORT, allows users to manage mutual fund portfolios effectively. The company combines advanced technology with a user-friendly experience to assist investors in tracking their investments, analyzing market data, and adjusting their investment strategies as needed.

Net Worth Consulting

Seed Round in 2019
Net Worth Consulting aim is to make financial planning an accessible consumer product. We are changing the investment in the stock market. We democratize investments for Latin America. Bringing technology for the regular advisor.

Ethic

Series A in 2019
Ethic operates as a tech-driven asset manager that powers the creation of investment portfolios. It builds separately managed accounts (SMAs) optimized to track the market, align with one’s investment allocation, and outperform on a client’s chosen sustainability criteria. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Vertical Finance

Seed Round in 2019
Vertical Finance creates rewards programs for the things you love. Our Grand Reserve program for wine enthusiasts rewards consumers for every purchase at any winery, wine club, or wine shop.

Ethic

Venture Round in 2018
Ethic operates as a tech-driven asset manager that powers the creation of investment portfolios. It builds separately managed accounts (SMAs) optimized to track the market, align with one’s investment allocation, and outperform on a client’s chosen sustainability criteria. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Cube

Series A in 2018
Cube is enabling everyone to invest in the simplest manner possible along with guidance from the world’s top performing investment managers - the same that guide the world’s richest families. The service is already live in India, and soon to be available across USA and multiple Asian countries. Cube has an experienced team that comes from the world of fintech, entrepreneurship, design, systems, banking, and global sales. It is founded by Satyen Kothari, a battle scarred entrepreneur who is on his 5th adventure. He has previously founded Citrus Pay in India and three companies in the Silicon Valley. Citrus was sold in 2016 in India’s largest fintech cash deal at the time and was processing $2 bn at its peak and servicing 20 mn users.

Canopy

Series A in 2018
Canopy Pte. Ltd. is a financial technology company specializing in data aggregation, visualization, analytics, and reporting solutions. The firm operates an online platform designed to extract financial data from various sources, including electronic PDFs, and present it in a standardized format. Canopy's offerings include investment portfolio visualization, client reporting tools, and both pre-built and customized analytics options. The company primarily serves financial institutions, wealth management professionals, and high net-worth individuals, providing them with a comprehensive view of their wealth. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Singapore, Canopy also has an office in Zug, Switzerland.

Sarwa

Seed Round in 2018
Sarwa Digital Wealth Limited develops a platform that offers investment advice. It offers investment strategies for better returns, simplified investing, and automated investing. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

WisePass

Seed Round in 2018
WisePass Pte. Ltd. is a subscription-based lifestyle membership service founded in 2016 and based in Singapore. It offers subscribers a range of perks, including a complimentary liquor bottle, lunch, or dinner at selected venues such as restaurants, five-star hotels, bars, and clubs. The service is currently available in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Bangkok, with plans for expansion into additional cities across Southeast Asia. WisePass also provides personalized recommendations and access to exclusive events, enhancing the overall experience for its members.

Tranqui

Seed Round in 2018
Tranqui was born from the idea that financial planning should be accessible to all , without being forced to buy a product, regardless of the interest of financial institutions, without the technicalities or prices of the financial industry.

SimpleMoney

Seed Round in 2018
SimpleMoney is a fully automatic mutual fund and equities portfolio tracker for users investing in the financial markets. SimpleMoney uses artificial intelligence to scan email inboxes for investment-related emails from authorized senders, consolidating all your investments in one place. All it takes is five clicks to login to your SimpleMoney account for the first time, and within minutes, you will be able to see all your transactional history, how much you have made on each of your investments, and how your funds are performing relative to the market. With this powerful data in hand, you can review and rebalance your portfolio to make sure that you're on track to meet your financial goals.

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.

Ethic

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Ethic operates as a tech-driven asset manager that powers the creation of investment portfolios. It builds separately managed accounts (SMAs) optimized to track the market, align with one’s investment allocation, and outperform on a client’s chosen sustainability criteria. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

iBillionaire

Seed Round in 2015
iBillionaire is an investment advisory platform that offers investors insights into the strategies and data of successful billionaires. Launched in April 2013, it began as a mobile application that tracked the investment activities of prominent billionaires. Within a year, iBillionaire introduced its first index, the iBillionaire Index, which features the top 30 U.S. equities held by a select group of billionaires. This was followed by the launch of the Direxion iBillionaire Index ETF, which now manages over $35 million in assets. The platform also enables users to compare stocks and make predictions about market movements, simplifying investment decisions for its community of over 200,000 users.

simplifund

Pre Seed Round in 2015
simplifund is an online platform that provides investment distribution solutions to wealth advisors. simplifund was founded in 2015 by Douglas Scott and Jay Lipman and is based in San Francisco.

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.

Magnetis

Seed Round in 2015
Magnetis Consultoria De Investimentos LTDA. is an investment platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in financial planning and investment management. Founded in 2012, the company provides digital solutions that enable individuals to create long-term investment plans tailored to their unique profiles. Utilizing advanced financial algorithms, Magnetis manages diversified and low-cost portfolios, allowing clients to invest directly online while ensuring their investment strategies remain aligned with their goals. The platform also offers consultation services for various financial needs, including property purchases, living income, travel, retirement, and wealth management.

DailyWorth

Series A in 2013
DailyWorth.com, Inc. operates a platform to receive daily emails filled with financial and career advice, thought-provoking articles, and an occasional kick in the pants for women. It sends emails on money, including tips on savings, investing, credit and debt, taxes, insurance, and real estate; work, such as career advice, job search, negotiating, running a business, and freelancing; and life, which include finding a balance, education, health, travel, inspiration, and giving. The company also sends family advice, including marriage, kids, relationships, and elder care services; retirement tips, including estate planning and IRA and 401 (K); and tools, such as MoneyClarity, MoneyType, and WorthFM; and digital reviews. DailyWorth.com, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.

Artivest

Seed Round in 2012
Artivest offers a digital platform for private investment managers and investors. Artivest connect a wider audience of suitable investors with investment opportunities in top-quality private equity and hedge funds that are typically available only at institutional minimum investment sizes. Our technological, financial, and operational expertise powers a seamless experience for individual investors and a scalable point of access for financial advisors and fund managers.

DailyWorth

Venture Round in 2011
DailyWorth.com, Inc. operates a platform to receive daily emails filled with financial and career advice, thought-provoking articles, and an occasional kick in the pants for women. It sends emails on money, including tips on savings, investing, credit and debt, taxes, insurance, and real estate; work, such as career advice, job search, negotiating, running a business, and freelancing; and life, which include finding a balance, education, health, travel, inspiration, and giving. The company also sends family advice, including marriage, kids, relationships, and elder care services; retirement tips, including estate planning and IRA and 401 (K); and tools, such as MoneyClarity, MoneyType, and WorthFM; and digital reviews. DailyWorth.com, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.