500 Global
Investments
1757Portfolio Exits
258Funds
37Partners & Customers
10About 500 Global
500 Global is an early-stage seed fund located in San Francisco, CA. The fund invests primarily in consumer & SMB internet startups, and related web infrastructure services. Selected areas of interest include financial services & eCommerce, search/social/mobile platforms, personal & business productivity, education & language, family & healthcare, web infrastructure, and tribbles. The firms' initial investment size is typically $25K-$250K.
500 Global Headquarter Location
814 Mission Street 6th Floor
San Francisco, California, 94103,
United States
650-743-4738
Expert Collections containing 500 Global
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Find 500 Global in 12 Expert Collections, including Direct-To-Consumer Brands (Non-Food).
Direct-To-Consumer Brands (Non-Food)
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Startups selling their own branded products directly to consumers via online/mobile channels, rather than relying on department stores or big online marketplaces.
Restaurant Tech
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Hardware and software for restaurant management, bookings, staffing, mobile restaurant payments, inventory management, and more.
HR Tech
65 items
Store management tech (In-store retail tech)
55 items
Startups aiming work with retailers to improve brick-and-mortar retail operations.
Beauty & Personal Care
58 items
Startups in the beauty & personal care space, including cosmetics brands, shaving startups, on-demand beauty services, salon management platforms, and more.
Unicorns- Billion Dollar Startups
113 items
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Latest 500 Global News
May 20, 2022
Share Quark.ai, the market leading Autonomous Support Platform for Customer/Field Support, announced the introduction of its Autonomous Support Platform for B2B eCommerce, and the successful completion of its pilot program at a Fortune 500 enterprise that sells millions of high tech products online. Quark.ai’s solution squarely addresses a nearly ubiquitous challenge for B2B eCommerce buyers: the difficulty in having ready access to needed and accurate product information. The top ecommerce customer challenges are limited and inaccurate product information, according to SAPIO Research. This obstacle – often cited as the most stubborn impediment to closing sales — caused nearly 98% of customers to be discouraged from completing a purchase, according to an Episerver survey. Related Posts May 20, 2022 Whether serving a customer service agent or via its self-service intelligent and conversational Autonomous Support chatbot, Quark.ai Autonomous B2B eCommerce Support provides instant access to the right answers by automatically, and accurately interpreting customer inquiries. Quark.ai improves informational integrity by ingesting and analyzing all of an enterprise’s existing product information from across its entire organization. It combines Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision to deliver unsurpassed accuracy, reliability and speed-to-resolution for some of industry’s most mission-critical customer issues. “Quark.ai is proud to extend our best-in-class Autonomous Support Platform to B2B eCommerce, which is one of the most powerful drivers of enterprise digitization,” said Quark.ai Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Prosenjit Sen . “We are especially pleased to have piloted this powerful functionality so successfully with one of the top B2B high tech product marketplaces in the world.”
500 Global Investments
1,757 Investments
500 Global has made 1,757 investments. Their latest investment was in 21Market as part of their Seed VC on May 5, 2022.
500 Global Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/10/2022 | Seed VC | 21Market | Yes | 2 | ||
4/12/2022 | Seed VC - III | Ikas | $3.5M | No | 1 | |
3/30/2022 | Series C | BillionToOne | $125M | No | 3 | |
3/29/2022 | Seed VC - II | |||||
3/29/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 5/10/2022 | 4/12/2022 | 3/30/2022 | 3/29/2022 | 3/29/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Seed VC - III | Series C | Seed VC - II | Seed VC |
Company | 21Market | Ikas | BillionToOne | ||
Amount | $3.5M | $125M | |||
New? | Yes | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 1 | 3 |
500 Global Portfolio Exits
258 Portfolio Exits
500 Global has 258 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Comparably on May 02, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/2/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
4/5/2022 | Acquired | 2 | |||
3/21/2022 | Corporate Majority | 3 | |||
Date | 5/2/2022 | 4/5/2022 | 3/21/2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Corporate Majority | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 2 | 3 |
500 Global Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
500 Global acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was 500 Latam on August 07, 2012.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/7/2012 | Acquired |
Date | 8/7/2012 |
|---|---|
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Valuation | |
Total Funding | |
Note | Acquired |
Sources |
500 Global Fund History
37 Fund Histories
500 Global has 37 funds, including 500 Startups V.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/15/2021 | 500 Startups V | $140M | 5 | ||
6/9/2020 | 500 Startups Korea II | $23.79M | 2 | ||
6/9/2020 | 500 TukTuks Fund II | $9.09M | 4 | ||
1/29/2020 | Brazil Hub | ||||
3/26/2019 | 500 Falcons |
Closing Date | 9/15/2021 | 6/9/2020 | 6/9/2020 | 1/29/2020 | 3/26/2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | 500 Startups V | 500 Startups Korea II | 500 TukTuks Fund II | Brazil Hub | 500 Falcons |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $140M | $23.79M | $9.09M | ||
Sources | 5 | 2 | 4 |
500 Global Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
500 Global has 10 strategic partners and customers. 500 Global recently partnered with Verofax on November 11, 2021.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/30/2021 | Partner | United Kingdom | |||
10/27/2021 | Partner | Spain | BBVA and 500 Global to Identify High-Potential Startups for Financial Services BBVA and 500 Global gLOBAL have entered an agreement for 500 Global gLOBAL to implement an Intelligence Platform that would support BBVA 's ability to `` identify new startups , technologies and emerging trends with the potential to impact the future of the most innovative industries , and by extension , the finance sector . '' | 2 | |
1/1/2020 | Partner | Egypt | |||
12/25/2019 | Partner | ||||
7/11/2018 | Partner |
Date | 11/30/2021 | 10/27/2021 | 1/1/2020 | 12/25/2019 | 7/11/2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United Kingdom | Spain | Egypt | ||
News Snippet | BBVA and 500 Global to Identify High-Potential Startups for Financial Services BBVA and 500 Global gLOBAL have entered an agreement for 500 Global gLOBAL to implement an Intelligence Platform that would support BBVA 's ability to `` identify new startups , technologies and emerging trends with the potential to impact the future of the most innovative industries , and by extension , the finance sector . '' | ||||
Sources | 2 |
500 Global Team
39 Team Members
500 Global has 39 team members, including current Founder, Gadi Bashvitz.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Gadi Bashvitz | Relola, Stitch Labs, Deem, OLSET, NICE, Merced Systems, and Verint Systems | Founder | Current |
Kristaps Berzinskis | Founder | Current | |
Shriram Bhashyam | Founder | Current | |
Filipe Castro | Founder | Current | |
Ramon Esobar | Eva, Cabify, Easy Taxi, Auto Chilango, Survmetrics, Innventu, and AIESEC | Founder | Current |
Name | Gadi Bashvitz | Kristaps Berzinskis | Shriram Bhashyam | Filipe Castro | Ramon Esobar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Relola, Stitch Labs, Deem, OLSET, NICE, Merced Systems, and Verint Systems | Eva, Cabify, Easy Taxi, Auto Chilango, Survmetrics, Innventu, and AIESEC | |||
Title | Founder | Founder | Founder | Founder | Founder |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
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