Investor directory

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 Search Engine

Sofy

Seed Round in 2019
Test your Websites and Android apps autonomously for visual quality, performance and reliability. No scripts or source code required!

Seekster

Seed Round in 2019
Seekster Co., Ltd. is a prominent on-demand service marketplace based in Bangkok, Thailand, established in 2015. The company operates an application that connects both household and commercial clients with qualified professionals across a variety of services. These services include air conditioning repair, tutoring, tailoring, handyman work, hairdressing, home and office cleaning, sofa cleaning, plumbing, and other repair tasks. Seekster aims to streamline the process of finding reliable service providers, catering to the diverse maintenance and cleaning needs of its users.

RankScience

Seed Round in 2016
RankScience is a continuous-optimization platform that improves website SEO through automatic A/B testing and data science.

Koemei

Convertible Note in 2013
Koemei SA is a company that specializes in cloud-based services for video search and accessibility. Founded in 2010 and based in Martigny, Switzerland, Koemei offers a conversational speech recognition platform tailored for education, government, and various organizations. This platform allows users to transcribe and index video assets, manage libraries, and publish videos with captions and metadata on platforms like YouTube. Additionally, it supports automatic transcription of conversations, making it easier for groups and individuals to track interactions. Educational institutions can utilize Koemei's services to transcribe lectures and generate searchable metadata, while conference organizers can automatically transcribe speeches for improved accessibility. Businesses can also incorporate automated transcription into meeting recordings for enhanced alignment with audio segments. As of September 2017, Koemei operates as a subsidiary of CREALOGIX Holding AG.

3Sourcing

Seed Round in 2013
3Sourcing is a technology-driven search engine based in New Barnet, United Kingdom, designed to connect users with technical talent. Founded by Razvan Dinu and Tom Savage, the platform allows users to discover professionals by aggregating information from various online sources. It provides comprehensive live profiles that include multiple contact points, facilitating seamless connections between employers and potential hires. By unlocking values from disparate websites, 3Sourcing enhances the recruitment process for both job seekers and employers in the technology sector.

Algolia

Seed Round in 2013
Algolia SAS is a Search-as-a-Service company that provides a hosted search API, enabling websites and mobile applications to enhance user engagement and boost conversions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Paris, France, with an additional office in San Francisco, Algolia's platform allows developers to create custom search engines that deliver fast and relevant digital experiences. The company's distributed search network synchronizes data globally and efficiently routes user queries to servers, serving clients across various sectors, including e-commerce and media. Algolia's services empower businesses to optimize search and discovery experiences, ultimately driving increased online engagement and revenue. As of May 2020, Algolia operates as a subsidiary of Akio SAS.

Waygo

Seed Round in 2012
Waygo, accompagne les marques et entreprises dans leur stratégie de création de trafic, de génération de leads et d’optimisation des performances de sites internet avec une expertise fondée sur plus de 15 années d’expérience et de passion pour le marché du Search

DemandSphere

Seed Round in 2011
DemandSphere is the result of the evolution and growth of GinzaMetrics, an enterprise search and content marketing platform with clients around the world in a variety of organizations and roles.The changes to the marketing landscape and, by extension, the roles that marketers play, has meant constant updates to data and insight needs by our users. Where SEO, content, email, social, paid, display, offline, and other channels once lived separately there are growing connective ties between online and offline experiences, and onsite and offsite content needs.

Mocavo

Venture Round in 2011
Mocavo.com™ (http://www.mocavo.com), a free search engine geared toward genealogists and people interested in learning more about their family history, launches today. Mocavo.com enables the search of more than 50 billion words – including billions of names, dates and places, all within fractions of a second. Mocavo.com fills an important industry need by providing the first large-scale, free search engine for family history research. Coupled with the speed and accuracy by which search results are produced, Mocavo.com represents a major technological breakthrough within the genealogy world.

SearchMan

Seed Round in 2011
SearchMan.com (www.SearchMan.com) is seriously committed to enabling search & discovery of the best mobile apps & shopping deals with great technology.Our first product, SearchMan SEO, enables search engine optimization for Mobile Apps on iPhone, iPad, & Android/Google Play. Our service helps developers (and their stakeholders) track search rankings, analyze keywords, compete for rankings, and optimize everything...so that your App is easier to find. We are a small super-hungry start-up, based inside 500 startups in Mountain View, California. Our team understand mobile, entertainment, games, m-commerce, and advertising and the co-founders+team come from AdMob/Google, Yahoo, Rakuten, Friendster, Stanford, and Crowdstar. Our investors include 500 Startups (Dave McClure), Digital Garage (Joi Ito), and several internet luminaries whose experience includes Disney, Google, Yahoo, Gree, Ricoh, Hatena, and Rakuten.

Estately

Angel Round in 2010
Estately is a real estate search platform that allows users to find homes for sale using a map interface. They can access detailed property descriptions and information about nearby amenities such as schools, parks, restaurants, and transit options. Operating as a licensed real estate brokerage in 30 states and affiliated with 60 Multiple Listing Services (MLS), Estately offers a comprehensive search experience. Users can refine their searches by neighborhood, zip code, or city, and can also filter listings based on specific criteria such as property type, price, and condition, including options like Tudors, fixers, and pre-foreclosures. By connecting property seekers with real estate agents, Estately facilitates informed decisions in the home-buying process.