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 Crowdfunding

CrowdForce

Venture Round in 2023
CrowdForce is a company that operates an offline distribution network focused on market research and financial services. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, CrowdForce leverages mobile technology to facilitate the mass adoption of digital, cryptocurrency, and financial services. The company collaborates with businesses, banks, digital wallets, multinational organizations, NGOs, and government agencies to effectively reach underserved populations in various communities. By providing innovative solutions and a global agent network, CrowdForce aims to enhance access to essential services and drive engagement in financial literacy and technology adoption.

PeopleFund

Series C in 2021
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

MisFans

Venture Round in 2021
MisFans is an online community-building, growth, and monetization tool for content creators.

PeopleFund

Venture Round in 2021
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

COR

Seed Round in 2021
COR is the next-generation solution for creative and professional teams that intelligently suggests how to manage your projects, teams, and finances.

Funding Societies

Venture Round in 2021
Funding Societies Pte. Ltd. is a peer-to-peer financing platform based in Singapore, founded in 2015. It connects investors with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking funding, thereby addressing financial inclusion challenges and making credit-worthy SMEs more bankable. The platform offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, as well as invoice financing, supported by advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. Since its inception, Funding Societies has facilitated over 3.3 million business loans, amounting to more than S$1.8 billion in funding. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Global Excellence Award from ITU Telecom, and holds operating licenses from regulators in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, making it a pioneer in the region's peer-to-peer lending landscape.

PeopleFund

Venture Round in 2021
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

Cushion

Venture Round in 2021
At Cushion, our goal is to democratize access to financial help, not just financial advice - enabling consumers to waste less money, save more, and live financially healthier lives. We believe that the future of consumer finance is all about intelligently doing work on behalf of the end user - requiring very little input from, or interaction with, the consumer. Our first offering is a bot that negotiates with banks, on behalf of our customers, to get their bank fees and credit card interest charges waived - a $200 Billion annual problem in the U.S.

MHub

Seed Round in 2020
MHub is a developer of a real estate fintech platform that facilitates collaboration among property developers, real estate agents, bankers, and buyers. The platform aims to streamline the property purchasing process, allowing these stakeholders to work together more efficiently. By creating a community focused on simplifying interactions within the real estate market, MHub helps deserving buyers navigate the complexities of acquiring homes. The company's goal is to establish a systematic and synergistic environment that enhances communication and collaboration among all parties involved in real estate transactions.

Friz

Seed Round in 2020
Feige develops credit cards and credit lines for the brave and relentless freelancers of Southeast Asia. It helps in bridging working capital gaps so its users can focus on their passion. It was founded in 2020 and is based in Singapore.

Nikel

Seed Round in 2020
Impact Credit Solutions develops a financial technology platform designed to provide finance to investors. Its platform offers credit to online lending platforms that focus on SME and consumer lending as well as give access to alternative lending investments, enabling lending platforms to get financial support to lend money to consumers and SME.

Cushion

Seed Round in 2020
At Cushion, our goal is to democratize access to financial help, not just financial advice - enabling consumers to waste less money, save more, and live financially healthier lives. We believe that the future of consumer finance is all about intelligently doing work on behalf of the end user - requiring very little input from, or interaction with, the consumer. Our first offering is a bot that negotiates with banks, on behalf of our customers, to get their bank fees and credit card interest charges waived - a $200 Billion annual problem in the U.S.

PeopleFund

Venture Round in 2020
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

SmartCrowd

Seed Round in 2020
Smart Crowd is a real estate investment platform that provides you an opportunity to access the UAE real estate market with low minimum investment amount from a simple online portal. Smart Crowd’s innovative approach enables investors to treat their investment properties more like stock portfolios, focusing on asset allocation rather than dealing with the hassles of researching and buying vacant properties that need to be leased and managed. This creates significant time and cost savings. By allowing low minimum investment you diversify your properties, allowing you to build a well-diversified investment property portfolio without taking on too much leverage and risk.

Fairbanc

Seed Round in 2019
Fairbanc is a scalable, AI-powered mobile loan and payments platform for emerging market small-medium enterprises (SMEs) that requires no collateral or credit history. The company's AI-powered platform can read digital footprints such as transaction history with large suppliers, and data on the mobile phone to grant instant digital credit line that SMEs can use to purchase inventories from our selected suppliers. Fairbanc's proven gender-intelligent ecosystem for loans and payments can be used in many vertical markets, eliminating the shortcomings of cash. Retail shop-owners can boost sales up to 20%, eliminate cash shortages, enjoy an easier payments regimen, and develop a credit history; suppliers receive more consistent order cycles, more instant payments upon delivery, and SKU sales expansion.

liwwa

Series A in 2019
liwwa connects small businesses in need of capital with people who want to invest in them. The company’s peer-to-peer lease-to-own model addresses the capital access and interest-free investor return opportunities. Liwwa conducts in-house reviews of a small business's creditability and enables them to pay a monthly fee to investors. Founded in 2013, Liwwa raised seed funding with DASH Ventures, al Etihad, and MENA Venture Investments, which it plans to use to hire several new team members, including an underwriting team and to support a new product offering.

PandaCredit

Series A in 2019
Pandacredit works closely with ecosystem partners to provide consumers with credit scores using unconventional and unstructured data, allowing under-banked population to be service by traditional financial institutions.

Money Fellows

Debt Financing in 2019
MoneyFellows Limited operates a lending and savings platform. The company's platform provides its user to join suitable money circle based on their credit score; then the users pay a matching monthly installment, for a pre-defined number of months, placed in a common pot; and each month, one member receives the total money in the common pot, until all members have received their Payout once, ending the Money Circle. MoneyFellows Limited was formerly known as Moneyounion Limited and changed its name to MoneyFellows Limited in February 2015. MoneyFellows Limited was incorporated in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Kitabisa.com

Series A in 2019
Kitabisa.com is an online crowdfunding platform for social and personal medical causes. Since 2013, Kitabisa facilitates over $40 million donations from millions of donors across Indonesia.

PeopleFund

Series B in 2018
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

SmartCrowd

Seed Round in 2018
Smart Crowd is a real estate investment platform that provides you an opportunity to access the UAE real estate market with low minimum investment amount from a simple online portal. Smart Crowd’s innovative approach enables investors to treat their investment properties more like stock portfolios, focusing on asset allocation rather than dealing with the hassles of researching and buying vacant properties that need to be leased and managed. This creates significant time and cost savings. By allowing low minimum investment you diversify your properties, allowing you to build a well-diversified investment property portfolio without taking on too much leverage and risk.

FundRocket

Seed Round in 2018
It is still incredibly hard for small businesses to get access to the capital they need. Fundrocket makes the process simple by leveraging data and technology to bring fairly priced capital directly to the merchant.

Money Fellows

Seed Round in 2018
MoneyFellows Limited operates a lending and savings platform. The company's platform provides its user to join suitable money circle based on their credit score; then the users pay a matching monthly installment, for a pre-defined number of months, placed in a common pot; and each month, one member receives the total money in the common pot, until all members have received their Payout once, ending the Money Circle. MoneyFellows Limited was formerly known as Moneyounion Limited and changed its name to MoneyFellows Limited in February 2015. MoneyFellows Limited was incorporated in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

PayJoy

Convertible Note in 2017
PayJoy Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in consumer financing solutions for smartphones. The company targets underbanked individuals in emerging markets, providing them with access to modern electronics they may not otherwise afford. PayJoy's innovative locking technology, combined with data science, allows customers to select a smartphone, make a deposit, and choose a flexible payment plan. Merchants can install PayJoy's software on their devices, which keeps the smartphones locked until the purchase is fully paid. This approach aims to expand access to affordable consumer finance, helping a significant number of people join the digital and financial landscape.

PayJoy

Convertible Note in 2017
PayJoy Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in consumer financing solutions for smartphones. The company targets underbanked individuals in emerging markets, providing them with access to modern electronics they may not otherwise afford. PayJoy's innovative locking technology, combined with data science, allows customers to select a smartphone, make a deposit, and choose a flexible payment plan. Merchants can install PayJoy's software on their devices, which keeps the smartphones locked until the purchase is fully paid. This approach aims to expand access to affordable consumer finance, helping a significant number of people join the digital and financial landscape.

CrowdForce

Seed Round in 2017
CrowdForce is a company that operates an offline distribution network focused on market research and financial services. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, CrowdForce leverages mobile technology to facilitate the mass adoption of digital, cryptocurrency, and financial services. The company collaborates with businesses, banks, digital wallets, multinational organizations, NGOs, and government agencies to effectively reach underserved populations in various communities. By providing innovative solutions and a global agent network, CrowdForce aims to enhance access to essential services and drive engagement in financial literacy and technology adoption.

PeopleFund

Series A in 2017
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

Funderful

Seed Round in 2017
Funderful SIA develops a fundraising software that helps universities to increase alumni engagement and donations up to three times. It offers fundraising campaigns for alumni, Facebook challenges, and online giving packages. The company serves schools, colleges, universities, and others in Latvia and internationally. Funderful SIA was founded in 2014 and is based in Riga, Latvia with an additional office in San Francisco, California. As of January 30, 2019, Funderful SIA operates as a subsidiary of Ruffalo Noel Levitz, LLC.

AA Audience

Pre Seed Round in 2017
AA Audience helps the finance industry get customers on mobile devices.

Cushion

Seed Round in 2017
At Cushion, our goal is to democratize access to financial help, not just financial advice - enabling consumers to waste less money, save more, and live financially healthier lives. We believe that the future of consumer finance is all about intelligently doing work on behalf of the end user - requiring very little input from, or interaction with, the consumer. Our first offering is a bot that negotiates with banks, on behalf of our customers, to get their bank fees and credit card interest charges waived - a $200 Billion annual problem in the U.S.

Expansive

Seed Round in 2017
Expansive is a real estate collective funding platform, or real estate crowdfunding, that brings together investors and real estate developers so that the two parties get a better alternative to those currently existing in the market. Investors can invest in residential and commercial real estate developments previously reviewed and filtered by their team with amounts from $ 15,000 pesos. They select developers with proven experience and experience in order to confirm that they can meet the criteria of Expansive and after a process of verification and Due Diligence they decide which projects they accept and make accessible to their registered users. Once an opportunity is selected, detailed project information and legal documents containing "risk factors" are included, which investors must review carefully before deciding to invest through Expansive. Once an investor decides to invest, it is funded to a concentrating account, the campaign is closed and once the amount is raised, it is transferred to the developer's account.

Bstow

Seed Round in 2017
Bstow builds the most powerful and easily implemented tools for mobile fundraising. Whether you are collecting one-time, recurring, or round-up donations from events, online campaigns, p2p campaigns, emails, or SMS campaigns, Bstow’s unmatched functionality makes fundraising fun again.

LENDY Japan

Seed Round in 2017
Lendy is an Operation of online lending service

Talent garden

Series A in 2016
Talent Garden is a prominent innovation platform and coworking network that supports digital and technology professionals. Established in 2011 in Brescia, Italy, the company operates 23 campuses across eight countries, including Albania, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, and Spain. Talent Garden serves as a collaborative environment for startups, freelancers, and large corporations, fostering connections and professional development within the digital and tech sectors. The organization aims to cultivate vibrant, locally connected campuses that empower communities and enhance the growth of innovative ideas. With a growing membership of over 600 talents and more than 40,000 online community members, Talent Garden is dedicated to creating an ecosystem that nurtures entrepreneurial success and collaboration among professionals in the technology space.

GoPillar

Venture Round in 2016
GoPillar is a crowdsourcing web platform focused on architecture and design, connecting individuals and businesses seeking renovation ideas with a community of architects. The platform allows users to establish contests for their projects, specifying monetary rewards for winning designs. This model not only provides clients with diverse design options but also serves as an outsourcing channel for companies in the real estate sector, facilitating cost-effective project solutions. Established in 2013 and based in Rome, Italy, GoPillar has engaged a network of 20,000 architects who contribute to various projects ranging from home renovations to office upgrades, while also offering valuable opportunities for emerging architects to showcase their skills and gain experience.

PeopleFund

Funding Round in 2016
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

CodeUpStart

Seed Round in 2016
Learn to Code by creating Real Life Startup projects

The Family

Venture Round in 2016
The Family is an investment firm focused on supporting entrepreneurs through education, strategic advantages, and financial capital. It aims to establish a comprehensive service infrastructure for startups in Europe. The firm adopts a model where it takes a 5% equity stake in exchange for long-term support, facilitating the growth and development of its portfolio companies. Currently, The Family oversees over 200 active companies across major European cities, including London, Paris, and Berlin. Notable companies in its portfolio include Captain Train, which was acquired by Trainline, Algolia, and Payfit.

Kitabisa.com

Seed Round in 2015
Kitabisa.com is an online crowdfunding platform for social and personal medical causes. Since 2013, Kitabisa facilitates over $40 million donations from millions of donors across Indonesia.

Hivebeat

Seed Round in 2015
is an easy and powerful way for student organizations to take payments, sell tickets, manage members and promote events on campus.

GoPillar

Seed Round in 2015
GoPillar is a crowdsourcing web platform focused on architecture and design, connecting individuals and businesses seeking renovation ideas with a community of architects. The platform allows users to establish contests for their projects, specifying monetary rewards for winning designs. This model not only provides clients with diverse design options but also serves as an outsourcing channel for companies in the real estate sector, facilitating cost-effective project solutions. Established in 2013 and based in Rome, Italy, GoPillar has engaged a network of 20,000 architects who contribute to various projects ranging from home renovations to office upgrades, while also offering valuable opportunities for emerging architects to showcase their skills and gain experience.

PeopleFund

Seed Round in 2015
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

GiftStarter

Seed Round in 2015
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, GiftStarter is an online platform that enables users to divide their ideal gifts into virtual ‘tiles’, thereby allowing their friends and family to contribute towards its purchase by buying as much or as little tiles as they want. Users have to go on the GiftStarter catalog to select what they want, start a campaign with a story, and share this on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Once the item is fully funded, the company sends it to the user along with a handmade card featuring a message from each gifter. GiftStarter was launched in 2014.

AgFunder

Seed Round in 2015
AgFunder Inc. is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, specializing in early-stage investments in the agritech and food tech sectors. Founded in 2013, the firm focuses on technologies that yield significant environmental and social benefits within the food system. Each investment is assessed based on ESG principles, ensuring that portfolio companies adopt policies that embed these values into their culture. AgFunder evaluates the performance of its startups against specific Sustainable Development Goals, emphasizing the importance of measurable impact. The firm leverages its online platform to connect with a global network of over 50,000 members, including more than 5,000 investors, to source, evaluate, and support innovative companies. AgFunder invests in areas such as automation, supply chain digitization, food waste reduction, alternative proteins, and nutrition, aiming to address critical challenges in the food system. Additionally, it manages co-investment funds, providing opportunities for other investors to collaborate on promising ventures.

FounderDating

Series A in 2015
FounderDating is a network of talented entrepreneurs with different backgrounds and skill sets all ready to start their next company or project. All too often you know people with similar backgrounds and skills sets to your own. They help you find cofounders with complementary skill sets.

TrustCloud

Seed Round in 2014
TrustCloud gives members in the Sharing Economy the tools for Trust and Accountability that enable better decision-making and improves every transaction. They measure consumers' virtuous online behaviors and transactions to build a portable TrustScore they can easily use within the Sharing Economy.

Lendsquare

Seed Round in 2014
LendSquare helps people invest in small businesses in their neighborhood by lending them money. This community-focused approach has advantages over traditional sources ofcredit: it's cheaper for businesses, it strengthens community bonds, and it allows individuals to invest in places they understand and love.

WeDidIt

Convertible Note in 2014
WeDidIt helps nonprofits raise more money and reach new donors online. The software service takes the hassle out of online fundraising and makes donor research simple and powerful. WeDidIt's donor research platform helps major gift officers identify hidden donors and social influencers for highly targeted fundraising campaigns. We're on a mission to help nonprofits scale their impact by giving them the tools they need to raise money in today's digital world. Nonprofits using WeDidIt have high-converting donation pages, crowdfunding & peer-to-peer campaigns, on-the-spot mobile donations, and cutting edge donor research.

CommitChange

Seed Round in 2014
CommitChange is an online platform that connects individuals with nonprofits, allowing users to explore, support, and engage with causes that matter to them. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive suite of integrated fundraising tools for nonprofits. This all-in-one solution simplifies management by eliminating the need for data consolidation and reducing labor costs, while also providing valuable insights into donor engagement. Users can easily share information, make donations, and participate in non-commercial activities, fostering a sense of community around charitable efforts. CommitChange aims to enhance the fundraising experience for both nonprofits and their supporters.

Experiment

Seed Round in 2013
Experiment Inc. operates as an online crowdfunding site that focuses on science. Its platform enables users to discover and experience new scientific discoveries in the areas of biology, ecology, paleontology, art and design, chemistry, physics, medicine, political science, social science, materials science, neuroscience, data science, economics, earth science, psychology, engineering, computer science, education, anthropology, and mathematics. Experiment Inc. was formerly known as Microryza Inc. and changed its name to Experiment Inc. in February 2014. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California.

GoVoluntr

Seed Round in 2011
Social platform to bring volunteers, nonprofits and businesses together to mutually benefit each other around solving social issues. Creating a social community of non profits and causes that need help. Adding the workforce of volunteers to track, share and redeem their good deeds at nonprofits. Layering in businesses to brand themselves with causes, build more traffic through rewarding volunteers while branding themselves in the community. We are brokers of CSR and philanthropy between businesses and nonprofits using game mechanics and rewards systems to engage volunteers.

Crowdrally

Seed Round in 2011
Crowdrally brings organic brand endorsements to social influencers, so they can get paid without selling out.

DonorsPlay

Seed Round in 2011
DonorsPlay (formerly curios.me) empowers users to raise money by giving time rather than money. DonorsPlay allows students to fundraise for their nonprofit organizations by testing mobile games