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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 Retail

BetaStore

Seed Round in 2022
BetaStore is a business-to-business marketplace that connects informal retailers in Africa directly with wholesalers and manufacturers, facilitating access to a wide range of fast-moving consumer goods at wholesale prices. By delivering these goods directly to retailers' stores, BetaStore eliminates the need for retailers to visit multiple suppliers in open markets, thus saving time and reducing transaction costs. The platform also offers working capital support and tailored payment facilities, allowing for more accurate risk assessments and improving access to commercial lenders. With the wholesale and retail market in Africa valued at $270 billion and predominantly operating through informal channels, BetaStore plays a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency and profitability of small retailers.

Retailo

Series A in 2022
Retailo develops an online B2B marketplace for retail supply chain in the MENAP region. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

StoreHub

Venture Round in 2021
StoreHub Sdn Bhd develops cloud based point of sale (POS) platform for retailers. The company’s POS systems provide real-time reports, offline protection, and inventory management. The company’s POS systems also handle goods and services tax (GST)/VAT, track buyer activity, customize receipts, and apply discounts and promotions for orders and items. It offers its product to boutiques, food trucks, service, retail, cafe, franchises, and quick service providers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Retailo

Seed Round in 2021
Retailo develops an online B2B marketplace for retail supply chain in the MENAP region. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Mercular

Venture Round in 2021
Mercular operates as an online shopping platform that specifically targets those who are into hobbies relating to sports, games, and music.

Retailo

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Retailo develops an online B2B marketplace for retail supply chain in the MENAP region. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Retailo

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Retailo develops an online B2B marketplace for retail supply chain in the MENAP region. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Linkshop

Seed Round in 2020
Linkshop is a professional retail industry website, providing full-round information and data services. It is an information web-provider in retail industry, including shopping centers, department stores, convenience stores, and supermarkets. It provides readers with high-quality and analysis-driven editorial that is retailer focused. Linkshop’s content includes accurate and timely news, news analysis, marketing tactics, strategic management, original research, trends, and best-practice information. It was launched in 2000 and is based in China.

Curie

Seed Round in 2019
For over 3B people experiencing Shelter-at-Home, the new normal is order-ahead and delivery. Businesses have to find whole-new ways of reaching customers because customers are not going to stores. They can no longer rely on foot traffic or visual merchandising. Curie brings the stores home to shoppers. Curie looks to improve the at-home shopping experience as opposed to a list a-la Amazon. Curie brings the store to the home with a Shelf-to-Home Experience. With Curie, customers shop with AR, then make their purchases and receive them via delivery or pickup apps. Shopping has remained nearly unchanged for over 10K years. You go to the store, look around, and buy things. We are trained to look at shelves, the packaging, the prices, and deals. For many, ordering online is broken experience. There’s simply too much cognitive dissonance between the shelf and a mobile app or website.

StoreHub

Seed Round in 2016
StoreHub Sdn Bhd develops cloud based point of sale (POS) platform for retailers. The company’s POS systems provide real-time reports, offline protection, and inventory management. The company’s POS systems also handle goods and services tax (GST)/VAT, track buyer activity, customize receipts, and apply discounts and promotions for orders and items. It offers its product to boutiques, food trucks, service, retail, cafe, franchises, and quick service providers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

M-vendr Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2015
M-vendr's turnkey Point of Sale applications and API solutions enable the multi-channel distribution of prepaid digital products such as mobile airtime, electricity and the provision of financial services to customers in emerging markets via mobile, web or retail agent service points.

Storefront

Series A in 2014
Storefront, Inc. operates a prominent online marketplace that connects artists, designers, and brands with available retail spaces for short-term rental in major cities, notably San Francisco and New York, as well as in Canadian shopping centers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the platform offers a diverse range of spaces, from booths at street fairs to boutique interiors and entire storefronts. It facilitates opportunities for space owners, brokers, and landlords to monetize their properties while enabling brands and e-commerce businesses to create pop-up stores and host events. Since its inception, Storefront has established itself as a leading resource for short-term retail space rentals globally.

42 Technologies

Seed Round in 2014
42 Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing retail analytics and reporting solutions tailored for retail professionals, including merchandisers, planners, managers, and executives. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company focuses on simplifying and enhancing the use of retail data through its predictive analytics platform. This platform connects and consolidates various data sources, such as retail, e-commerce, inventory, and traffic, allowing users to perform detailed analyses. Key features include sales flash reports, visual item reporting, drilldown analysis, and ad-hoc reporting, all designed to help retailers identify growth opportunities and understand purchase patterns more intuitively. 42 Technologies also gained recognition by presenting at significant industry events like New York Fashion Week and TechCrunch Disrupt.

Storefront

Seed Round in 2013
Storefront, Inc. operates a prominent online marketplace that connects artists, designers, and brands with available retail spaces for short-term rental in major cities, notably San Francisco and New York, as well as in Canadian shopping centers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the platform offers a diverse range of spaces, from booths at street fairs to boutique interiors and entire storefronts. It facilitates opportunities for space owners, brokers, and landlords to monetize their properties while enabling brands and e-commerce businesses to create pop-up stores and host events. Since its inception, Storefront has established itself as a leading resource for short-term retail space rentals globally.

Shopintoit

Seed Round in 2012
Powering Social Storefronts for Retailers-> Shopintoit is adding thousands of items monthly for sale and hundreds of stores every month in the $200 Billion market for socially-sourced e-commerce. Company provides social storefronts integrated with Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. Backed by 500 Startups.

Beetailer

Seed Round in 2011
Beetailer's software helps retailers import existing web stores onto Facebook and gives e-retailers tools for promoting the storefront and detailed analytics about how well it is doing.

Retailigence

Seed Round in 2010
Retailigence Corporation operates a hyperlocal marketing platform designed to enhance in-store product sales by leveraging real-time inventory data from brick-and-mortar retailers. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, the company offers a mobile advertising solution tailored for product brands and local retailers. Its key offerings include the adPOP Engine, which integrates inventory data into programmatic advertising for location-based user engagement, and a mobile application that displays local store-level product availability. Retailigence serves a diverse clientele that includes advertising solutions, application developers, agencies, and shopper marketers in the United States. The company has established a strategic partnership with Gimbal, Inc. Retailigence operates as a subsidiary of ShopAdvisor, Inc.