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 Trading Platform

Enter

Seed Round in 2022
Enter is a payments platform for the world's leading emerging market businesses.

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.

Enter

Seed Round in 2021
Enter is a payments platform for the world's leading emerging market businesses.

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.

Sankun

Venture Round in 2021
Sankun offers a digitalized platform that takes a role in establishing the link between buyers and vendors of industrial items.

Una Brands

Seed Round in 2021
Una Brands provide a fast and fair way for e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.

Una Brands

Debt Financing in 2021
Una Brands provide a fast and fair way for e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.

Builtfirst

Seed Round in 2020
Builtfirst is a venture partnership platform that offers a low-code online B2B marketplace, enabling companies to efficiently manage their offerings, discounts, and support. The platform allows businesses to create a customized marketplace for perks, integrations, and services tailored to their needs. By providing access to a wide range of software and service discounts, Builtfirst assists startups in optimizing their operational costs and improving their financial efficiency. This enables entrepreneurs and business owners to save resources on essential tools and services, streamlining their efforts in navigating available options and maximizing their advantages in the competitive landscape.

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.

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.

Gili

Seed Round in 2020
Gili is an online retail platform specializing in footwear and a range of fashion apparel for men and women. It provides customers with access to clothing, bags, and accessories at wholesale prices, sourcing products directly from major factories across Asia. By focusing on e-commerce, Gili aims to deliver a diverse selection of quality apparel while ensuring affordability for its customers.

PortalTerreno.com

Seed Round in 2020
PortalTerreno.com is the first marketplace specialized in the land market in latin america.

Complete Fintech Platform

Seed Round in 2019
Complete Fintech Platform designs and develops an online platform that helps users understand financial technology. It began operation in 2019.

CloudCommerce

Seed Round in 2019
CloudCommerce operates as a cloud platform that sellers manage global online marketplaces. It features a system that connects the SME product data with online markets globally, which makes entering the global market easy. Also, it connects the logistic system in order to help reduce production costs and shipping times.

TradingFoe Holdings

Seed Round in 2019
TradingFoe Holdings primarily engages in data analytics, processing, and other related activities.

Dabchy

Seed Round in 2019
DABCHY SARL operates an online platform that provides peer-to-peer fashion marketplace. The platform allows listing of clothes, shoes, jewelry, accessories, bags, and beauty products. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tunis, Tunisia

FTX

Seed Round in 2019
FTX Trading LTD operates a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and trading platform for traders and investment professionals. Its platform offers futures trading, leveraged tokens, and an OTC portal. The company’s platform supports quarterly and perpetual futures on various cryptocurrencies and altcoins, such as bitcoin, ether, binance coin, and tether, as well as various altcoin, midcap, and other indices. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Tradespace

Seed Round in 2019
Tradespace is a platform for innovative companies to license IP, commercialize their inventions, and analyze the intellectual property market with a suite of advanced tools. The platform puts over 100 million patents and technologies at your fingertips and uses powerful predictive analytics to help universities, companies, and governments commercialize the technology with confidence and make smarter business decisions. Tradespace was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Aladdinb2b

Seed Round in 2018
Aladdin is a B2B Platform that facilitates global trade through technology. It can easily expand your business to the MENA region by gaining access to decesion makers with the best match target. You can share these matches, request meetings with them, follow ups and close deals on one platform. Find your business potential in the target market in few clicks, and spend your valuable time meeting and doing business with the right people.

Enter

Seed Round in 2018
Enter is a payments platform for the world's leading emerging market businesses.

Enter

Seed Round in 2015
Enter is a payments platform for the world's leading emerging market businesses.

Zero Hash

Seed Round in 2015
Zero Hash, founded in 2017 and based in Chicago, Illinois, provides a post-trade settlement utility designed to unify a fragmented market of various execution platforms. The company supports a diverse array of fiat and digital assets, allowing for the creation of any product pair. Additionally, Zero Hash incorporates on-chain settlement for digital assets, enabling independent verification of ownership through blockchain technology. This combination of features aims to enhance the efficiency and transparency of digital asset transactions in the financial ecosystem.

Zero Hash

Seed Round in 2015
Zero Hash, founded in 2017 and based in Chicago, Illinois, provides a post-trade settlement utility designed to unify a fragmented market of various execution platforms. The company supports a diverse array of fiat and digital assets, allowing for the creation of any product pair. Additionally, Zero Hash incorporates on-chain settlement for digital assets, enabling independent verification of ownership through blockchain technology. This combination of features aims to enhance the efficiency and transparency of digital asset transactions in the financial ecosystem.

99Gamers

Seed Round in 2014
99Gamers is an online community focused on trading video games, allowing users to buy and sell games using a virtual currency known as coins. Founded in 2012 and based in Vancouver, Canada, the platform caters to customers in the United States and Canada. It provides an accessible way for gamers to exchange unwanted games for titles they desire, facilitating a user-friendly trading experience.
Solidarium Mercado de Artesanato e Servicos Digitais provides an online marketplace that connects Brazilian designers, artisans and makers with consumers and retailers. Tiago Dalvi founded it in 2007, with its headquarters in Curitiba in Brazil.

Goods Platform

Seed Round in 2013
Goods Platform, Inc. provided an online platform for wholesalers to accept purchase orders online. It also served as a virtual point-of-sale system for wholesalers to manage inventory, create digital catalogs, and accept orders. The company was based in the United States.

TRDATA

Seed Round in 2013
TRData Limited is a financial platform based in Kyiv, Ukraine, designed for professional traders, brokers, and analysts. Founded in 2009, the platform offers real-time access to various financial data, including stock exchange information, over-the-counter Ukrainian bonds and Eurobonds data, REPO prices, and money market details. It also provides foreign exchange rates for UAH, RUB, and KZT, as well as commodities and global index data. Additionally, TRData features analytical tools, technical analysis, comprehensive charts, and a professional social network that facilitates trading discussions. By focusing on the CIS market, TRData aims to enhance the trading experience through user-friendly interfaces and accurate real-time data collection.

TradeGecko

Seed Round in 2012
TradeGecko is an inventory and order management platform designed for brand owners and distributors. By integrating sales channels, logistics providers, and accounting services, TradeGecko enables to effortlessly take control with a single source of truth for all operations. They provide a cloud-based commerce platform for growing companies. At TradeGecko, they aim to free business owners from operational complexity of running their business to spend more time building a brand their customers will love. The company was founded in 2012 by Cameron Priest, Bradley Priest, and Carl Thompson.

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.