Global Perspectives

What It’s Going to Take To Increase Female Founder Fundraising in 2021

Natalie Riso
Last month, Pitchbook reported a grim update that 2020 Q3 fundraising for female founders hit a three-year low. Firms invested $434 million in female founders, a 48% drop from Q2 in 2020 and a 36% drop compared to Q3 of 2019. For more context, total venture capital investments in Q3 2020 were on a par with the same period last year. This is heartbreaking for female founders and firms like 500 S...
Global Perspectives

WorkClass Matches Frontline Job Seekers with Employers in Southeast Asia

Flavio Dias
We are always on the lookout for companies that help connect job seekers with employers. In Southeast Asia, the frontline labor market remains large but fragmented. While there are numerous job boa...
Global Perspectives

500 Startups Signs Agreement with iNNpulsa Colombia to Train Accelerator Managers

Ana Paula González
It was a warm sunny day in San Francisco in May 2019, as the U.S. Secret Service cordoned off the building where 500 Startups’ headquarters are located and thoroughly searched the emptied office. “...
Global Perspectives

Ash Makes it Easy to Get Tested for STIs/STDs at Home

Flavio Dias
Although at-home test kits have become a popular alternative to visiting a medical clinic in person, there are still limited options for people to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Not ...

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Founders

How Former NFL Player Mike Brown Is Innovating Philanthropy with His Platform Win-Win

Jenna Birch
To understand Win-Win, a gamified giving platform, you have to understand founder and CEO Mike Brown’s journey. It started in Houston, Texas, where Brown grew up a football star and 4.0 student, wi...
Founders

What it Means to Support Black Founders at 500

Clayton Bryan
At 500, we’ve always prided ourselves on our values of being bold, being the example, being humble, thriving, and being inclusive. Whether it was the types of founders who joined our accelerator, e...

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Global Perspectives

What It’s Going to Take To Increase Female Founder Fundraising in 2021

Natalie Riso
Last month, Pitchbook reported a grim update that 2020 Q3 fundraising for female founders hit a three-year low. Firms invested $434 million in female founders, a 48% drop from Q2 in 2020 and a 36% ...
Global Perspectives

WorkClass Matches Frontline Job Seekers with Employers in Southeast Asia

Flavio Dias
We are always on the lookout for companies that help connect job seekers with employers. In Southeast Asia, the frontline labor market remains large but fragmented. While there are numerous job boa...

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Founders, Ecosystems

How Global Launch Is Adapting to Help Startups Expand to the U.S. and Southeast Asia

Janelle Apaydin
Written by Anna Heim In partnership with Enterprise Singapore, 500 Startups has selected Batch 2 applicants for Global Launch San Francisco and Global Launch Singapore. The two separate programs...
Ecosystems

Why 500 Kobe Is Ready to Back COVID-19 Solutions

Anna Heim
Are you working on innovative tech-based solutions to the challenges posed by COVID-19? If so, read on: the fifth edition of the 500 Startups Kobe Accelerator might well be a good fit for your star...

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Founders, Network Partners

COVID-19 Related Tax Credits

Scott McCutcheon
Guest Post: the following post is a sponsored guest post by IncentAdvise. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of IncentAdvise and do not represent those ...
Founders, Network Partners

Handling Uncertainty: Increasing Runway and Customer Acquisition during Crisis

Cara Mathis
Guest Post: the following post is a sponsored guest post by Brex. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of Brex and do not represent those of 500 Startups or an...