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500 Startups

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Description

500 Startups is a venture capital firm on a mission to discover and back the world’s most talented entrepreneurs.

Investor Profile

500 Startups has made 17 investments, with 3 in the past 12 months and 6% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (53%)
  • Series Unknown (18%)
  • Pre Seed (12%)
  • Series B (12%)
  • Undisclosed (6%)

Country Focus

  • United States (29%)
  • Singapore (18%)
  • Brazil (12%)
  • Canada (6%)
  • Taiwan (6%)
  • Bahamas (6%)
  • India (6%)
  • Egypt (6%)
  • Sri Lanka (6%)
  • United Kingdom (6%)

Industry Focus

  • Information Technology
  • Financial Services
  • Fintech
  • Mobile
  • Software
  • Blockchain
  • E-commerce
  • Finance
  • Internet
  • Cryptocurrency
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does 500 Startups frequently co-invest with?

First Round Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Golden Ventures
North America, Ontario, Canada, Toronto
Co-Investments: 1
Accelerator Ventures
North America, Florida, United States, Miami
Co-Investments: 1
Illuminate Ventures
North America, California, United States, Oakland
Co-Investments: 1
New Enterprise Associates
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 1
Mercy Corps Ventures
North America, Oregon, United States, Portland
Co-Investments: 2
Relay Ventures
North America, Ontario, Canada, Toronto
Co-Investments: 1
Resolute Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
CA
North America, Massachusetts, United States, Cambridge
Co-Investments: 1
Lightspeed Venture Partners
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 1

Which angels does 500 Startups often collaborate with?

Daniel Curran
North America, California, United States, Santa Monica
Shared Deals: 1
Balaji Srinivasan
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Shared Deals: 1
MA
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Shared Deals: 1
JW
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
GP
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
JF
North America, Colorado, United States, Boulder
Shared Deals: 1
ER
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
AA
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Shared Deals: 1
BD
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 1
Chris Sang
Oceania, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by 500 Startups?

9fin

London, England, United Kingdom

9fin is an AI-powered analytics platform designed for credit analysis and mandate acquisition.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Financial ServicesFinTechMachine Learning
Series BDec 2, 2024
Amount Raised: $50,000,000
Digital Studio

Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

Digital Studio develops AI-powered solutions like Aura AI V2.0 to enhance smart home automation.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Assistive TechnologyIndustrial AutomationInformation and Communications Technology (ICT)Information TechnologyMachine LearningSmart Home
SeedNov 21, 2024
Amount Raised: $130,000
MNZL

Heliopolis, Al Qahirah, Egypt

Asset-backed financing. Digital access to capital. Tech-enabled credit decisioning.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
SeedMay 8, 2024
Amount Raised: $3,500,000
Dinari

Palo Alto, California, United States

Dinari issues 1:1 backed Real World Asset tokens of stocks, ETFs, bonds, REITs, and other assets on the blockchain.

FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
SeedDec 18, 2023
Amount Raised: $2,500,000
GRVT

Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

GRVT is an institutional-grade self-custody derivatives trading platform

BlockchainCryptocurrencyTrading Platform
Pre SeedOct 1, 2022
Amount Raised: $2,100,000
Umoja Labs

Lewes, Delaware, United States

Umoja is a blockchain-enabled payments platform purpose-built for informal markets.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinancial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologyPayments
Pre SeedDec 3, 2021
Raise

Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Raise provides digital solutions to make fundraising easier and smoother for startups, founders, investors and law firms.

Financial ServicesFunding PlatformInformation Technology
SeedNov 21, 2021
Amount Raised: $2,100,000
portto / Blocto

Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan

Portto aims to make blockchain simple for users and developers.

BlockchainDeveloper ToolsFinTechInformation TechnologyInternetSoftware
Series UnknownMay 28, 2021
Amount Raised: $8,000,000
Krosslinker

Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

KrossLinker applies material chemistry to innovate and develop advanced materials for insulation applications.

Advanced MaterialsBiopharmaBiotechnologyChemical EngineeringPharmaceutical
SeedNov 16, 2020
Amount Raised: $1,300,000
Trusting Social

Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Trusting Social enables profitable lending to the underbanked at scale using proprietary machine learning technology and alternative data

Big DataFinancial ServicesFinTechFraud DetectionIdentity Management
Series BJun 24, 2020