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 Unified Communications

salutat

Seed Round in 2019
intelligent communications for financial institutions

salutat

Seed Round in 2019
intelligent communications for financial institutions

myU

Seed Round in 2019
myU is a smartphone app that makes your school communication easier. myU is a school communication and announcement tool. It acts as an internal social network for each school composed of students, faculty members, clubs and organizations. The app makes it easy to connect with anyone in the school community, and makes communications real-time and sharing fun. myU is ideal for a faculty member wanting to send a class announcement to students, an organization looking to promote its events and activities, or a student looking to ask about a missing homework, an exam date or to speak their mind to their peers at school. myU is a smartphone app that runs on iOS device, and acts as a third party cloud based service. The technology requires no integration with the school’s systems.

myU

Seed Round in 2018
myU is a smartphone app that makes your school communication easier. myU is a school communication and announcement tool. It acts as an internal social network for each school composed of students, faculty members, clubs and organizations. The app makes it easy to connect with anyone in the school community, and makes communications real-time and sharing fun. myU is ideal for a faculty member wanting to send a class announcement to students, an organization looking to promote its events and activities, or a student looking to ask about a missing homework, an exam date or to speak their mind to their peers at school. myU is a smartphone app that runs on iOS device, and acts as a third party cloud based service. The technology requires no integration with the school’s systems.

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.

Paubox

Seed Round in 2016
Secure communication for modern healthcare. Right out of the box.

Paubox

Seed Round in 2016
Secure communication for modern healthcare. Right out of the box.

Voxeet

Seed Round in 2016
Voxeet is now clearly positioned as the leading real-time collaboration platform (cPaaS) that enables WebRTC with the only highly secure, crystal clear 3D surround-sound, audio and video experience. After being named a Gartner Cool Vendor 2016, we were just recognized as the 2017 "Hot Vendor" in Unified Communications and Collaboration (watch 1 min video) by Aragon Research. Our API library also enables screen sharing, presentation mode, broadcasting, call recording, translation, messaging, scheduling and more.

OneUni

Seed Round in 2015
OneUni is an educational technology and services company based in Oakland, California, focused on providing mobile-first solutions for earning university degrees. By partnering with leading universities worldwide, OneUni enables students to pursue their education primarily through smartphones. The platform offers engaging and interactive learning experiences, fostering direct interactions among students, faculty, and mentors to create a supportive educational network. Faculty members are responsible for curriculum development and grading, while mentors deliver ongoing coaching and expertise to help students remain on track. The mentor system includes continuous ratings, addressing the need for qualified instructors in rapidly growing markets. Led by a seasoned management team with extensive backgrounds in education, business, and technology, OneUni is also committed to social responsibility, pledging a portion of its equity, time, and products to philanthropic initiatives.

SimplyInsight

Seed Round in 2014
SimplyInsight (formerly Uplette) delivers personalized mobile landing pages for mobile devices. It automates, consolidates, and optimizes the mobile advertising experience through the delivery of smart post-ad content. It allows brands and advertisers to deliver highly personalized mobile ad content that changes dynamically based on a consumer’s behaviors and preferences. Uplette’s user identification and post-ad interaction insights enable automated content optimization and improved audience targeting through its real-time feedback loop, yielding better results and improving ROI.

UXCam

Seed Round in 2014
UXCam is a tool for gathering and analyzing user experience data. UXCam - All-in-one UX optimization tool.

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.

SendHub

Seed Round in 2012
SendHub is the Phone System for the Mobile World. There's no hardware, setup is instant and it scales elastically with a single click. Users are given a phone number in any area code, they can use from any device: Web, iPhone, Android, Feature Phones and via our API. Businesses can add lines for everyone on their team for free, with complete transparency and powerful analytics on every aspect of your telecommunication. Additional Features: Auto Attendant, Call Transfer, Company Directory, Contact Sharing, Voicemail Transcription, Text Marketing & Group Texting, Free Internal Communication.

Voicendo

Seed Round in 2011
Your complete phone system in 5 minutes or less. Voicendo provides a user interface for small businesses and independent professionals to manage their incoming phone calls (even SMS) routed according to their call rules, routes, and variables, anywhere and however they like.

Twilio

Series B in 2010
Twilio is a cloud communications platform that enables developers and businesses to integrate voice, video, messaging, and authentication features into their applications. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, Twilio offers a range of application programming interfaces (APIs) and prebuilt solutions to enhance customer engagement experiences. The platform supports the creation of voice, VoIP, and SMS applications, allowing users to build customized communication tools. By leveraging a global network of carrier relationships, known as the Super Network, Twilio facilitates efficient and cost-effective communication, thereby reinventing the telecom landscape. Additionally, Twilio has established funds to support startups in Europe that utilize its cloud communication services to develop innovative business solutions.

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.