Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation and company’s achievement as well.
We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.
We want our workforce to be truly representative of society. We want our company to be one in which every employee, contractor, investee, vendor, and client feels respected and able to give their best.
Actively seek to increase the number of people we work with who are from groups/communities that are under-represented in the venture capital industry as a whole, or in particular job roles in the industry.
Review annually our formal and informal employment/hiring practices and procedures to ensure they are fair and help us to identify the best talent.
Identify and foster opportunities to increase diversity in hiring and investment
Actively seek to increase the diversity of our co-investment networks.
Create an environment in which individual differences and the contributions of all our staff and contractors are recognized and valued.
Ensure every employee and contractor is able to work in an environment that promotes dignity and respect for all. We will not tolerate any form of intimidation, bullying, or harassment.
Ensure training, development, and progression opportunities are available to all staff.
Conduct an internal survey annually to assess progress and identify opportunities for training and development.
We will monitor the success of this policy regularly and review our progress at least once a year.
Report our diversity progress and make it available publicly.
*THIS DATA IS BASED ON INTERNAL ANALYSIS OF PORTFOLIO COMPANY DATA AGGREGATED ACROSS ALL INVESTMENT FUNDS WITHIN THE 500 GLOBAL GROUP (“PORTCOS”). THE DATA IS BASED ON (I) A VOLUNTARY SURVEY OF PORTCO FOUNDERS/MANAGEMENT TEAMS WHICH RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM 72.5% OF THE FOUNDERS POLLED AND (II) INDEPENDENT RESEARCH CONDUCTED ON THE PUBLIC RECORDS RELATING TO PORTCO FOUNDERS/MANAGEMENT TEAMS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF 500 GLOBAL. THE FOUNDER RESPONSES AND THE RESEARCH DATA HAVE NOT BEEN VERIFIED AND THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS THEREOF IS NOT GUARANTEED. THIS DATA IS AS OF 30 JUNE 2022 AND IS PROVIDED FOR EDUCATIONAL OR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY SOLICITATION OR MARKETING CONTENT, AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON BY ANY PERSON (I) IN MAKING A DECISION WHETHER TO INVEST IN, OR ENGAGE IN BUSINESS WITH, 500 GLOBAL AND (II) AS LEGAL, TAX OR INVESTMENT ADVICE. FURTHER DETAILS ON METHODOLOGY AND ASSUMPTIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE 500 GLOBAL DATA TEAM. 1. THIS DATA IS BASED ON INTERNAL ANALYSIS OF PORTFOLIO COMPANY DATA AGGREGATED ACROSS ALL INVESTMENT FUNDS WITHIN THE 500 GLOBAL GROUP (“PORTCOS”) AND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PORTFOLIO COMPANIES WITH THE PRESENCE OF AT LEAST ONE [BLACK] OR [LATINX] OR [FEMALE] COFOUNDER IN THE COMPANY. SUCH DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO COMPANY FOUNDER IS BASED ON (I) A VOLUNTARY SURVEY OF PORTCO FOUNDERS/MANAGEMENT TEAMS WHICH RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM 72.5% OF THE FOUNDERS POLLED AND (II) INDEPENDENT RESEARCH CONDUCTED ON THE PUBLIC RECORDS RELATING TO PORTCO FOUNDERS/MANAGEMENT TEAMS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF 500 GLOBAL. THE FOUNDER RESPONSES AND THE RESEARCH DATA HAVE NOT BEEN VERIFIED AND THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS THEREOF IS NOT GUARANTEED. VALUATION FIGURES REFLECT AGGREGATED PRE-MONEY VALUATION DATA AS AVAILABLE IN 500 GLOBAL’ INTERNAL RECORDS WHICH DATA HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED AND MAY REQUIRE UPDATES. FIGURES ON FUNDING RAISED ARE BASED ON RELEVANT PITCHBOOK DATA, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED. IN ALL CASES FUNDRAISE AND VALUATION INFORMATION IS AS OF 30 JUNE 2022 AND PAST PERFORMANCE MAY NOT GUARANTEE ANY CONTINUED OR FUTURE RETURNS, THIS DATA IS PROVIDED FOR EDUCATIONAL OR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY SOLICITATION OR MARKETING CONTENT, AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON BY ANY PERSON (I) IN MAKING A DECISION WHETHER TO INVEST IN, OR ENGAGE IN BUSINESS WITH, 500 GLOBAL AND (II) AS LEGAL, TAX OR INVESTMENT ADVICE. FURTHER DETAILS ON METHODOLOGY AND ASSUMPTIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE 500 GLOBAL DATA.
