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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.

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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 Restaurants

Eat App

Series B in 2022
Eat App is the Middle East’s #1 reservation platform and online booking engine for restaurants. The platform powers reservations at the most renowned restaurants and hospitality brands. To date, Eat App has seated 10+ million diners in 1000+ restaurants across the Middle East. Eat App has raised USD $4.2m from prominent investors like 500 startups and MEVP. Eat has products for both restaurants and diners. For restaurants, eat supplies an iPad application that manages table reservations with simple floor planning features, records customer history and preferences, and provides a tool to publish targeted promotions and discounts. For diners, eat supplies an iPhone application that allows users to discover restaurants around them, find available tables, and confirm reservations instantly. The iPhone is linked with the iPad, and reservations are communicated with the restaurant in real-time.

FreshKet

Venture Round in 2021
FreshKet is a integrated workflow marketplace for fresh food suppliers and restaurants.

Hungry Hub

Venture Round in 2021
Hungry Hub is Thailand’s unique dining offer web/app. We offer an exclusive fixed-price concept at normal À la carte restaurants! There’s no need to worry about how much you are going to pay at the end of your meal anymore. With Hungry Hub, you just have to book a table and enjoy a fixed price meal at top restaurants around Thailand. Plus, the offers on Hungry Hub are exclusive and not available for walk-in or customers who call to reserve.

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.

Eat App

Series B in 2020
Eat App is the Middle East’s #1 reservation platform and online booking engine for restaurants. The platform powers reservations at the most renowned restaurants and hospitality brands. To date, Eat App has seated 10+ million diners in 1000+ restaurants across the Middle East. Eat App has raised USD $4.2m from prominent investors like 500 startups and MEVP. Eat has products for both restaurants and diners. For restaurants, eat supplies an iPad application that manages table reservations with simple floor planning features, records customer history and preferences, and provides a tool to publish targeted promotions and discounts. For diners, eat supplies an iPhone application that allows users to discover restaurants around them, find available tables, and confirm reservations instantly. The iPhone is linked with the iPad, and reservations are communicated with the restaurant in real-time.

Fooda

Seed Round in 2020
Fooda, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in providing food delivery services to offices. Founded in 2010, Fooda connects local, regional, and national restaurants with workplace environments, offering unique meal programs that employees look forward to each day. The company facilitates on-site dining by having top-rated restaurants serve meals in office lobbies or breakrooms, while also providing catering services for corporate meetings and events. By leveraging its platform, Fooda not only supports local restaurants but also enhances the dining experience for employees, allowing them to enjoy authentic meals at work.

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.

Fooda

Series D in 2019
Fooda, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in providing food delivery services to offices. Founded in 2010, Fooda connects local, regional, and national restaurants with workplace environments, offering unique meal programs that employees look forward to each day. The company facilitates on-site dining by having top-rated restaurants serve meals in office lobbies or breakrooms, while also providing catering services for corporate meetings and events. By leveraging its platform, Fooda not only supports local restaurants but also enhances the dining experience for employees, allowing them to enjoy authentic meals at work.

Hungry Hub

Seed Round in 2019
Hungry Hub is Thailand’s unique dining offer web/app. We offer an exclusive fixed-price concept at normal À la carte restaurants! There’s no need to worry about how much you are going to pay at the end of your meal anymore. With Hungry Hub, you just have to book a table and enjoy a fixed price meal at top restaurants around Thailand. Plus, the offers on Hungry Hub are exclusive and not available for walk-in or customers who call to reserve.

OneKitchen

Venture Round in 2019
OneKitchen offers chefs, restaurants and entrepreneurs the perfect space, equipment and technology to create new delivery-only restaurants at minimum time (only 48 hours) and minor capital investment (only 5% of traditional restaurant). OneKitchen manages a network of shared kitchens across Dubai that are driven by their operational experience. Chefs are able to run their restaurants’ operations, purchasing, sales and accounting – all in one portal.

Meitre

Seed Round in 2019
Meitre LLC is a technology company headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, that specializes in developing an online revenue management platform for restaurants. Founded in 2016, Meitre offers a comprehensive guest management system that facilitates table bookings based on demand trends. Its platform employs dynamic pricing techniques to optimize table allocation and enhance operational efficiency. Meitre's services are utilized by many high-profile restaurants in Latin America, including several on the Latin America Top 50 list, helping them increase profits by as much as 30%. The platform addresses common challenges faced by restaurants, such as limiting low-margin bookings during peak hours, managing reservations more effectively, and reducing no-shows through ticketing, deposits, and credit card guarantees.

Territory Foods

Series A in 2019
Territory Foods is a chef-prepared meal delivery service that creates nutritionist-approved menus tailored to support various dietary preferences and regional market tastes. Its fresh, healthy, ready-to-eat meals are designed by in-house culinary professionals and nutrition experts, prepared by a dedicated team of chefs, and powered by a proprietary algorithm that informs personalized menu variety at scale. Its boredom-proof rotating menus feature a wide variety of freshly-made artisan meals per week that are responsibly sourced, always free of refined sugars, and made without ingredients that contain gluten and dairy. Menus can be customized to meet dietary templates such as Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30, and Keto, taking the guesswork out of navigating and committing to healthy eating. Territory Foods launched in 2011 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Event Banana

Seed Round in 2018
Event Banana operates as an online marketplace for event venues, facilitating a seamless connection between venue owners and users seeking locations for events. The platform allows venue owners to list a variety of properties, including hotels, restaurants, bars, and unique spaces. Users can search for available venues based on criteria such as location, type of occasion, and guest count. This streamlined approach enables clients to efficiently short-list options and receive quotes, simplifying the process of organizing corporate and other events.

Zineyou

Seed Round in 2018
Zineyou, Inc. is a company based in Minato, Japan, that specializes in creating a communication marketplace for the food and drink industry, connecting eateries with wholesalers. Established in 2015, Zineyou focuses on various aspects of internet business, including planning, development, management, marketing, and promotion. By facilitating efficient communication and transactions between restaurants and suppliers, Zineyou aims to streamline the procurement process within the industry.

Territory Foods

Series A in 2018
Territory Foods is a chef-prepared meal delivery service that creates nutritionist-approved menus tailored to support various dietary preferences and regional market tastes. Its fresh, healthy, ready-to-eat meals are designed by in-house culinary professionals and nutrition experts, prepared by a dedicated team of chefs, and powered by a proprietary algorithm that informs personalized menu variety at scale. Its boredom-proof rotating menus feature a wide variety of freshly-made artisan meals per week that are responsibly sourced, always free of refined sugars, and made without ingredients that contain gluten and dairy. Menus can be customized to meet dietary templates such as Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30, and Keto, taking the guesswork out of navigating and committing to healthy eating. Territory Foods launched in 2011 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Grain

Venture Round in 2018
Grain is an online restaurant that uses data and a tech-enabled network to serve food to customers.

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.

AppFront

Seed Round in 2016
Helping Restaurants Optimize, Personalize and Control their Customers’ Digital Experience in Real-Time, Across any Channel.

Hamptons Lane

Seed Round in 2016
Hamptons Lane provides the food lover with the tools they need to enhance their culinary experience as chef, entertainer, and eater. By carefully sourcing the best ingredients, kitchen tools, serveware, and local artisan foods, they help chefs everywhere expand their culinary horizons – all for a great price.

Pocket Concierge

Series A in 2016
Pocket Menu Inc. operates Pocket Concierge, an online platform that provides restaurant reservation and payment services across major Japanese cities, including Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, and Osaka. Established in 2011 and based in Tokyo, the service offers users access to popular restaurants known for their high ratings and favorable reviews in renowned dining guides. As of January 2019, Pocket Menu Inc. functions as a subsidiary of American Express International, Inc., enhancing its capabilities in the hospitality sector.

Reserveout

Series A in 2016
Reserveout provides online restaurant reservation services in Amman, Beirut, and major Arab cities in the Middle East. The company’s Web and mobile applications enable online and mobile users to search and reserve with venues part of the reserveout network. It serves clients, such as venue owners that include restaurants, spas, etc. The company is headquartered in Amman, Jordan.

FoodAdvisor

Seed Round in 2016
FoodAdvisor provides a location-based food recommendation platform. Its area-based food recommendation and discovery platform guides users to restaurants or cafes in their preferred area. Also, its listings are curated via a rating system by local food lovers who visit the domain. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Malaysia.

Grain

Series A in 2016
Grain is an online restaurant that uses data and a tech-enabled network to serve food to customers.

Pantry

Seed Round in 2014
Pantry provides instant access to fresh food through a network of swipe, grab and go kiosks. We provide a simple way for people to eat well in the workplace and on the go, allowing them to be more healthy, happy and productive. Our local food partners curate a seasonal menu of fresh meals, snacks and beverages to satisfy any appetite around the clock. Since our founding in 2012, Pantry has deployed kiosks across the US to a growing list of workplaces, hospitals, universities and hotels.

Simmr

Seed Round in 2013
At Simmr, we want to help you get to know your favorite restaurants and discover new ones through behind the scenes experiences like cooking classes, kitchen tours, and special tastings. We believe that upon having a memorable experience at a business and making friends with the people behind it, you are more likely to spread the word, and all of your subsequent visits will be different because you now know "the guy behind the counter." We do this all in a way that is profitable for the business. After all, running a restaurant, bar, or cafe isn't easy. The small business owners that create exceptional food and unforgettable experiences for us are passionate, hard-working, and often unthanked. Join us in helping them thrive.

Sinimanes

Seed Round in 2013
Sinimanes / Semeantoja is an online food delivery company that links users to their local neighborhood restaurants. The site offers users an exciting choice of more than 2000 restaurants and numerous cuisine types in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Funded by 500 Startups, Nxtp Labs and Angel Investors.

HealthyOut

Seed Round in 2013
HealthyOut, Inc. is a mobile nutrition platform that enables users to discover and order healthy dishes from local restaurants through its online application. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers personalized menus tailored to various dietary needs, including weight loss and overall health maintenance. The application utilizes data and algorithms to suggest suitable meal options, ensuring that users have access to fresh, relevant choices. HealthyOut also provides on-demand delivery of healthy restaurant food to homes and offices. As a subsidiary of Rise Labs, Inc., HealthyOut aims to enhance the dining experience for health-conscious consumers by simplifying the process of finding nutritious meals.

Kitchit

Seed Round in 2011
Kitchit is a service that connects local chefs with private households, allowing them to prepare meals in the comfort of clients' homes. By facilitating this unique dining experience, Kitchit aims to enhance social interactions and foster community connections through shared meals. The company's approach goes beyond traditional restaurant dining, emphasizing the personal touch and creativity of private chefs to create memorable culinary experiences for families and friends.

Foodspotting

Seed Round in 2010
Foodspotting is visual guide to good food and where to find it: Instead of reading and writing restaurant reviews, you can find and share great dishes.