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500 Global
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
San Francisco, California 325,774 followers
Venture Capital firm on a mission to uplift people and economies worldwide through entrepreneurship.
About us
500 Global is a venture capital firm with over $2.7B in Assets Under Management that invests early in founders building fast-growing technology companies. We focus on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can unlock long-term value and drive economic growth. 500 Global has backed over 5,000 founders representing more than 2,600 companies operating in 80 countries. Our portfolio includes 51 companies valued at over $1 billion and 140 companies valued at over $100 million. Our 140+ plus team members are located in more than 15 countries and bring experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators from some of the world’s leading technology companies.
- Website
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http://500.co
External link for 500 Global
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- Startups, entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Seed Accelerator, Startup Accelerator, Global Venture Capital, Innovation, Seed Program, Global Startup Ecosystems, technology, and investment management
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814 Mission St, 6th floor
San Francisco, California 94013, US
Employees at 500 Global
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Christine Herron
Early-stage investor and diversity advocate
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Tilo Bonow 博蒂洛
Helping entrepreneurs get global exposure for their technologies, ideas and impacts is my passion. As an ambassador for innovation and value-adding…
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Colin Christensen
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Riz Virk
Faculty Associate@ASU, Play Labs@ MIT, Investor@Griffin Gaming, Theta Labs, TapFish, Tapjoy, Books: Simulation Hypothesis, Startup Myths & Models
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Thank you all for joining our event last night! Our guest speaker, Kai Yang, VP of Product at Landing AI, shared their remarkable open-source project, Vision Agent. It leverages multiple agents to solve complex vision tasks, allowing you to describe your problem in text and instantly generate the code you need. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gU2aCFp3 My cofounder and CTO ChihWei Yeh shared how we leverage GenAI tools to enhance our development process and how MeetAndy can automatically update project statuses by integrating with tools like Jira, GitHub, and Slack. If you're interested in how MeetAndy can improve your software project management, feel free to reach out! ➡️ https://meetandy.ai/ Big thanks to Clayton Bryan and Ella Shukho from 500 Global for hosting this event with us!
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Congratulations Honghao Deng, Jiani Zeng and Team Butlr! You've come a long way since 2020, B26 aka the Covid-19 batch. Proud of your achievements. Onwards and upwards!
Today, we are thrilled to share the news that Butlr closed a Series B round of funding. This milestone is not only a testament to our team's hard work, but also a reflection of our customers' confidence in us. #butlr #funding #seriesb #occupancysensor https://lnkd.in/gjTkMiGY
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NVIDIA is investing in Sakana AI and partnering with the artificial-intelligence research company to spur AI development in Japan (The Wall Street Journal) https://lnkd.in/ggPgzQJN
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We're very excited to kick off VC Unlocked: Silicon Valley 2024 by 500 Global next week at Stanford University! In the months leading up to next week, here's what the program's 4 scholarship winners have been focusing on in their emerging markets across Africa, Bangladesh, and Ukraine. • Ahmed Yusuf: Venture Partner, Golden Sparrow VC 🇧🇩 • Earl Patton: Managing Partner, Rumble Ventures 🇺🇲 • Elya Chiechienieva: Partner, D3 Fund 🇺🇦 • Thandeka Xaba: Managing Partner, Digital Africa Ventures 🇿🇦 Learn more about their insights in this article: https://lnkd.in/g7zAZST8
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500 Global, in collaboration with Tokyo Metropolitan Government and JETRO, is excited to announce VC Unlocked: Tokyo will be taking place on October 15 - 18, 2024! The program offers participants a deep understanding of venture capital frameworks and practical skills through expert-led workshops, while also providing opportunities to build a strong network within the global VC community. Designed specifically for emerging VCs and investors, VC Unlocked: Tokyo supports the region’s vision to grow Tokyo as a central hub for venture capitalists. Applications are closing September 8th! Apply today: https://lnkd.in/gmVfJHrt
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This night was one for the books! We came together not just as VC investors, but as dreamers, hustlers, and co-conspirators, just like in the early days of Southeast Asia’s startup and tech journey. No ego, no agenda, and no fundraising - just good ol’ conversations, laughter, stories that remind us of why we love this space, and the determination to continue building the future. It’s gatherings like these that remind us how special our community is. Huge thanks to everyone who came out and made it such a memorable evening! #venturecapital #southeastasia #investors Vishal Harnal | Khailee Ng | Shahril Ibrahim | Saemin Ahn | Martin Cu | Chrissy Hu | Subash Aruljoethy | Nick Lee | Amanda Cham | Kevin Chandra | Arief bin Johan Alimin | Heidi Nadhira | Felicia Chia | Mariana de Win Tricolici | Lin Huang | Atika French | Joanna Goh | Cheryl L. | Ramasworupha Nair | Cynthia Chin | Eileen Liew | Adelyn C. | Siti Raifah Suhaimi | 500 Global
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Attended another great event at 500 Global! 🎉 This one featured MeetAndy AI Co-Founders ChihWei Yeh and Liang-Bin Hsueh. 🚀 MeetAndy is optimizing the SDLC lifecycle with smart features like: 📝 Automatically updating Jira tickets with details based on linked PRs 📊Creating up-to-date architecture diagrams from the latest codebase for faster onboarding Check out MeetAndy.ai for AI-powered project management: https://meetandy.ai The second talk by Kai Yang, VP of Product at LandingAI, was all about Vision Agent, a new open-source library 🛠️ from LandingAI. It uses multiple agents to write and test code for solving complex vision tasks, leveraging models like Segment Anything 2 as LLM tools, which outperforms directly using VLMs. Check out Vision Agent here: https://lnkd.in/grhy6iMb Try Vision Agent here - https://va.landing.ai/home Big thanks to Clayton Bryan and Ella Shukho from 500 Global for hosting such an insightful event! 🙌