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 Meeting Software

Omniful

Grant in 2022
Stealth B2B SaaS

Userpilot

Seed Round in 2020
Product Experience Software that helps product & customer success teams improve user onboarding and boost adoption.

Userpilot

Seed Round in 2020
Product Experience Software that helps product & customer success teams improve user onboarding and boost adoption.

Workhint

Seed Round in 2019
Workhint LLC develops a software as a service (SaaS) based platform that connects companies with independent management consultants on demand. Its platform offers features, such as invitation link to onboard experts to the platform, video call, hours tracking offline or online, invoicing tool to help organizations pay experts based on hours tracked, and messaging and file sharing tools to helps experts and users share texts, agree on meeting time, and more. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Userpilot

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Product Experience Software that helps product & customer success teams improve user onboarding and boost adoption.

Infraspeak

Seed Round in 2018
Infraspeak, Lda. is a company based in Porto, Portugal, that specializes in designing and developing an Internet-based facility management and computerized maintenance management system (CMMs) platform. Founded in 2015, Infraspeak's platform automates and simplifies the processes of registering, transmitting, and consulting facility management information. It employs near-field communication technology (NFC) to enhance operational efficiency. The platform is suitable for various industries, including hospitality, retail, and manufacturing, and is designed to improve productivity while reducing bureaucracy, risks, and costs. By integrating innovative technologies and data analytics, Infraspeak enables facility managers and service providers to streamline operations and minimize administrative burdens, ultimately aiming to eliminate paper use and enhance service quality. The company also has offices in San Francisco, Florianópolis, Barcelona, and London.

Unito

Seed Round in 2018
Unito Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Montréal, Canada, specializes in developing a project management integration tool that enhances collaboration across various teams and departments. The platform automatically synchronizes projects, tasks, and conversations between multiple work management applications, such as Trello, Asana, JIRA, GitHub, Wrike, Zendesk, and Hubspot. By allowing users to connect their existing tools without requiring them to learn new systems, Unito promotes seamless communication and improved workflow. The platform addresses the complexities of integrating disparate software applications, enabling businesses to boost productivity by minimizing the need to switch between different tools and providing flexible synchronization options for tasks and projects.

TRATO

Seed Round in 2017
Time and precision is of great essence in contract management. Cutting edge organizations understands the efficacy of these qualities in a good management system prompting them to employ only the most efficient and reliable contract management systems there are to offer. Tune up the efficiency of your legal contract process a notch by scheduling a personal or virtual meeting to hatch-out the essentials of your legal contracts needing an upgrade or replacement by our technology after a thorough scrutiny of your current legal process by our highly experienced legal-tech experts.

Parasut

Series B in 2016
Financial management software for SMEs in Turkey

Infraspeak

Seed Round in 2016
Infraspeak, Lda. is a company based in Porto, Portugal, that specializes in designing and developing an Internet-based facility management and computerized maintenance management system (CMMs) platform. Founded in 2015, Infraspeak's platform automates and simplifies the processes of registering, transmitting, and consulting facility management information. It employs near-field communication technology (NFC) to enhance operational efficiency. The platform is suitable for various industries, including hospitality, retail, and manufacturing, and is designed to improve productivity while reducing bureaucracy, risks, and costs. By integrating innovative technologies and data analytics, Infraspeak enables facility managers and service providers to streamline operations and minimize administrative burdens, ultimately aiming to eliminate paper use and enhance service quality. The company also has offices in San Francisco, Florianópolis, Barcelona, and London.

Wrappup

Seed Round in 2016
Wrappup uses AI to auto-summarize your meetings, declaring war on pens everywhere! The platform uses a combination Speech Analysis, NLP, and Deep Learning models to identify important moments in discussion. Just invite lucy@wrappup.ai to your next call, and she’ll listen for keywords like “follow-up” or “next steps” to generate all the action items for you. Users can train the system with their own set of keyword triggers and vocabulary, making Lucy smarter and smarter as she grows!

Timely

Seed Round in 2016
Timely AS is a software company based in Oslo, Norway, with an additional location in San Francisco. Founded in 2015, it specializes in an AI-powered automatic time tracking solution designed for freelancers and teams. Unlike traditional time tracking applications that require users to log hours after the fact, Timely takes a proactive approach by allowing users to estimate the duration of tasks before they begin work. This unique perspective helps individuals and teams manage their workload effectively by providing insights on upcoming projects and meetings. The solution is accessible across various devices, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and the Web.

MaestroConference

Pre Seed Round in 2015
MaestroConference's mission is to light up the world with the power of meaningful, large-scale conversations. They believe intentional conversations that connect live voices can build relationships, develop minds, open hearts, and change the world. With their unique technology, personalized service, and in-depth training, they help you create better results for your clients and your business.

ManyChat

Seed Round in 2015
ManyChat, Inc., a software as a service company, develops chat marketing platform for small businesses around the world. Its marketing automation tool allows businesses to use instant messengers to communicate with their customers. The company’s platform enables users to sell products, book appointments, nurture leads, capture contact info, and build relationships through Messenger Marketing. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Mentimeter

Seed Round in 2015
An interactive presentation software. Mentimeter make presentations, events and classrooms interactive and fun - Like a beautiful and interactive PowerPoint where the audience vote with their mobile phone in realtime.

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.

Worklife

Seed Round in 2015
WorkLife is a web app that helps teams have more productive meetings. It is a collaboration platform that automates best practices for managing meetings, projects and people and helps team to improve their performance by using it. It helps to create agendas, stay on track during the meeting, and ensure next steps will be done afterwards. WorkLife is founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

ToutApp

Series B in 2015
ToutApp, Inc. develops and delivers a sales communications software platform. Its platform helps various sales teams to streamline communications; and close deals by tracking, templates, and real-time lead scoring. The company offers its solution for enterprises and non-profit organizations. ToutApp, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, New York. As of April 19, 2017, ToutApp, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Marketo, Inc.

Contactually

Seed Round in 2014
Contactually converts your contacts to relationships, all through email. The system identifies when you email a new lead, shows what you already know about him, and asks a few specific questions to learn more: how did you meet, how important is he, what are the next steps. The system then parses your response and automatically pushes all rich data to your CRM.

Slidebean

Seed Round in 2014
Slidebean, Inc. is a web-based platform that allows users to create presentations efficiently using pre-filled decks, templates, and various design elements. Founded in 2013 and incorporated in 2014, the company operates from offices in New York, New York, and San Jose, Costa Rica. The platform simplifies the presentation creation process by separating content from design, enabling users to focus on their message while the software manages the visual aspects automatically. Slidebean offers additional services such as pitch deck writing, financial modeling, and market size estimation, which are aimed at helping startups develop compelling presentations to secure funding. With over 7,000 presentations delivered, Slidebean strives to establish itself as a leading alternative to traditional tools like PowerPoint and set a new standard in presentation design.

Social Tables

Series A in 2014
Social Tables, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that serves the hospitality, events, and catering industries. Founded in 2011 and based in Washington, D.C., the company provides a comprehensive platform that includes sales and catering CRM software, management tools, interactive floor plans, and lead capture services. Its solutions facilitate the booking and management of events for hoteliers and event managers, while also enhancing the connection between sales and operations for caterers. By streamlining the event planning process—covering aspects such as floor plan design, seating chart creation, and guest engagement—Social Tables aims to simplify and enhance the experience for event professionals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cvent, Inc. since October 2018.

Speek

Series A in 2014
Speek Inc. offers web-based conference calling solutions that simplify the process of setting up and joining calls. Founded in 2006 and based in Dulles, Virginia, the company provides users with a personal link to facilitate conference calls without the need for dial-ins, PINs, or downloads. Participants can easily initiate or join calls by clicking the provided link, which can be shared via email, calendar invites, instant messages, or text messages. Speek also allows users to see who has joined the call, manage speakers, and share files during the conversation. As of June 2015, Speek operates as a subsidiary of Jive Communications, Inc., having raised a total of $2.6 million in funding, including $1.1 million in a recent bridge round.

Speek

Seed Round in 2013
Speek Inc. offers web-based conference calling solutions that simplify the process of setting up and joining calls. Founded in 2006 and based in Dulles, Virginia, the company provides users with a personal link to facilitate conference calls without the need for dial-ins, PINs, or downloads. Participants can easily initiate or join calls by clicking the provided link, which can be shared via email, calendar invites, instant messages, or text messages. Speek also allows users to see who has joined the call, manage speakers, and share files during the conversation. As of June 2015, Speek operates as a subsidiary of Jive Communications, Inc., having raised a total of $2.6 million in funding, including $1.1 million in a recent bridge round.

Hall

Series A in 2013
Hall (formerly CompanyLine) helps teams and companies communicate in real-time. Our all-in-one unified communications app has everything your company needs to communicate and get things done. Hall was part of **[AngelPad](http://angelpad.org) #4** in 2012.

ToutApp

Seed Round in 2013
ToutApp, Inc. develops and delivers a sales communications software platform. Its platform helps various sales teams to streamline communications; and close deals by tracking, templates, and real-time lead scoring. The company offers its solution for enterprises and non-profit organizations. ToutApp, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, New York. As of April 19, 2017, ToutApp, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Marketo, Inc.

Contactually

Seed Round in 2013
Contactually converts your contacts to relationships, all through email. The system identifies when you email a new lead, shows what you already know about him, and asks a few specific questions to learn more: how did you meet, how important is he, what are the next steps. The system then parses your response and automatically pushes all rich data to your CRM.

Speek

Seed Round in 2012
Speek Inc. offers web-based conference calling solutions that simplify the process of setting up and joining calls. Founded in 2006 and based in Dulles, Virginia, the company provides users with a personal link to facilitate conference calls without the need for dial-ins, PINs, or downloads. Participants can easily initiate or join calls by clicking the provided link, which can be shared via email, calendar invites, instant messages, or text messages. Speek also allows users to see who has joined the call, manage speakers, and share files during the conversation. As of June 2015, Speek operates as a subsidiary of Jive Communications, Inc., having raised a total of $2.6 million in funding, including $1.1 million in a recent bridge round.

Speek

Pre Seed Round in 2012
Speek Inc. offers web-based conference calling solutions that simplify the process of setting up and joining calls. Founded in 2006 and based in Dulles, Virginia, the company provides users with a personal link to facilitate conference calls without the need for dial-ins, PINs, or downloads. Participants can easily initiate or join calls by clicking the provided link, which can be shared via email, calendar invites, instant messages, or text messages. Speek also allows users to see who has joined the call, manage speakers, and share files during the conversation. As of June 2015, Speek operates as a subsidiary of Jive Communications, Inc., having raised a total of $2.6 million in funding, including $1.1 million in a recent bridge round.

Teamly

Seed Round in 2012
In Spring 2013 Teamly launched its new Social Performance Management product for enterprise social networks. Available now inside TIBCO’s tibbr Marketplace its possible to manage reviews, goals, recognition, tasks and projects.

300milligrams

Seed Round in 2012
300milligrams centralizes your team conversations across multiple productivity and collaborations apps. Today, team conversations happen in email, wiki, CRM, and many other apps creating disconnected information silos. Important discussions are left without much required attention. 300milligrams breaks those silos and brings all work related discussions into one place without losing their context. Each discussion thread is tied to a specific work artifact like document, customer account or milestone, allowing members to easily filter and identify discussions they should pay attention to.

Contactually

Seed Round in 2011
Contactually converts your contacts to relationships, all through email. The system identifies when you email a new lead, shows what you already know about him, and asks a few specific questions to learn more: how did you meet, how important is he, what are the next steps. The system then parses your response and automatically pushes all rich data to your CRM.

Welcu

Seed Round in 2010
Welcu's platform allows customers to easily organize all kinds of events: selling tickets; sending invitations; measuring, resulting and integrating our platform with their favorite tools.

Versly

Seed Round in 2010
Versly was acquired by Cisco on August 29, 2011. Versly enables collaboration right inside the applications you already use such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint. It integrates seamlessly with email while also delivering the next generation web and mobile apps.