Tag: venture capital

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!

Juan Dulanto
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...
June 15, 2018
Investor Spotlight with Rebecca Woodcock
June 15, 2018

Investor Spotlight:
Rebecca Woodcock

Trafton Kenney
Rebecca is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Venture Partner at 500 Startups. In 2011, she launched a health tech startup called CakeHealth as a TechCrunch DISRUPT finalist to help individuals track their healthcare expenses without the paperwork. ...
June 12, 2018
Turkish VC Ecosystem
June 12, 2018

Turkish Ecosystem: The Rise of Third Wave Entrepreneurs

Enis Hulli
Turkey, once the leading startup ecosystem in the region with its vibrant local market, now seems to lag behind newcomers like Slovenia, Greece, Romania and the UAE. Overlooked and buried under the macro trends, the Turkish ecosystem is in the mid...
June 04, 2018
June 04, 2018

Why we’ve been cutting really large follow-on checks

Khailee Ng
Photo of Carousell’s founders giving Khailee Ng, Managing Partner of 500 Startups, a T-shirt as VC initiation back in 2013 when 500 Startups invested in Carousell’s first round of financing. 500 has ambitions to be the most global Silicon Valley ...
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