Tag: venture capital

July 12, 2021
July 12, 2021

In Venture Capital, Not All Stages Are Created Equal

Tim Chae
The next 100 years of the world’s economy is going to be built off companies just getting started today, and venture capital will play a central role in helping to bring them to life. But while many folks are familiar with venture capital, they mi...
April 23, 2021
April 23, 2021

Emerging Fund Managers Share Tips on Breaking into Venture Capital

Samuel Wendel
Four emerging fund managers gathered recently at 500 Startups’ 2021 Unity and Inclusion Summit to discuss what it takes to break into VC, forge relationships with LPs and build diverse founder pipelines.  The talk featured McKeever “Mac” C...
December 07, 2020
December 07, 2020

Pariti is Bringing Together Talent, Capital, and Founders in Emerging Markets

Clayton Bryan
The tech markets throughout the African continent are young, but developing fast. According to Quartz Africa, a total of $1.3 billion was invested in African startups in 2019. While access to capital is on the rise, a major hurdle for many startup...
January 31, 2020
January 31, 2020

Enterprise customers want to work with startups. Here’s how to get in the door.

Guest Author
Guest Post: The following post is a sponsored guest post by Perry Light, the Market Connect Lead, North America of Oracle for Startups. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of Oracle for Startups and do not re...
December 16, 2019
December 16, 2019

The Future of Startup Ecosystems Across the Globe

Natalie Riso
The idea of being a founder has never been so popular around the world, so how is that going to change industries and entire regions? This year we dove headfirst into the rise of corporate venture capital, the changing nature of venture capital ed...
December 10, 2019
December 10, 2019

500’s Past & Present: Betting on International Startups

Natalie Riso
In 2010, 500 Startups started as a new kind of venture capital firm in Silicon Valley with a contrarian belief that talent can come from anywhere in the world. Back then, very few venture capital firms in the valley were focused on much outside of...
October 18, 2018
500 Startups Miami
October 18, 2018

Why 500 Startups is betting on Miami, and so should you

Ana Paula González
I am a Mexican who grew up in the “small” town of Guadalajara, Mexico (6M people, but feels small compared to Mexico City’s 20M+ population). I’ve had the privilege of studying and working in the LATAM, European and US markets, and calling world-c...
September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018

PreMoney 2018: Meet Garry Tan, the Former YC Partner Forging his own Path

Emily King
If you don’t know who Garry Tan is yet, you will soon—the investor was just name dropped on Forbes' 2018 Midas Brink List of Venture Capital’s biggest up-and-comers. He’s making big waves in the investment world and we’re thrilled to have him line...
September 12, 2018
September 12, 2018

Ann Miura-Ko: Raising the Bar for Women VCs Headlining PreMoney 2018

Emily King
The pioneer in female-forward investing is one of the keynote speakers at our upcoming PreMoney Investor Conference on October 2nd, and she’s someone we’re certain you won’t want to miss. Miura-Ko has a PhD from Stanford, a Bachelor’s from Yale, ...
August 22, 2018
August 22, 2018

Announcing 500 Startups Latin America Batch Nine!

500 Startups Team
500 Startups is thrilled to announce our latest batch from our Latin America Seed Program! Based out of Mexico City this new batch consists of founders from all over Latin America; with companies from Chile (1 company), Colombia (3 companies), M...
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