We believe that critical intervention is necessary to mitigate the outsized impact of key economic and environmental challenges. At 500 Global, we look to catalyze sustainable innovation across food systems, clean energy, environmental sustainability, and climate resilience, as well as companies developing sustainable business models, by equipping founders with the resources they need to address local challenges and to scale globally.
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144
portfolio companies
27
countries, including rise markets like Mexico, Egypt and India
$55M+
invested
of our portfolio aligns with at least one of the UNSDGs
Sustainable innovation is critical for addressing challenges both locally and globally. At 500 Global, we leverage our history of investing in emerging and nascent markets to support founders who are not only building locally, but developing solutions that are transferable to international markets.
We believe that sustainability is a lens through which a company can be built, not a sector in and of its own. We back founders and companies around the world and across industries that demonstrate this approach to solve complex challenges. We find that opportunities exist across agriculture, energy, logistics and mobility, as well as finance, built environment and more.
We believe that sustainability is complementary to commercial viability. It’s our view that profitability is an essential component of building companies that can drive sustainable and long term positive impact.
Our commitment is to support founders who build solutions that scale across borders. Together, we're creating infrastructure for entrepreneurial ecosystems to develop into resilient economies.
We understand how Sustainable Innovation is reshaping industries and creating unprecedented opportunities. These experts share their thoughts on Sustainable Innovation and its impact across sectors.
Partner, 500 Global
Mareme is a Partner at 500 Global. Previously she was the lead for Market Strategy, Africa, where she was responsible for leading the market development and expansion of the firm into Africa and the neighboring regions, with a focus on increasing AUM and ecosystem development in emerging countries.
She has also been recognized by Forbes magazine and highlighted as a Forbes Afrique 30 Under 30 nominee.
Bedy oversees 500’s ecosystem development programs including investor education courses (in partnership with top institutions such as Stanford, Berkeley and INSEAD), has helped launch strategic partnerships and accelerator programs across the globe, and leads 500’s corporate startup innovation and consultancy.
Bedy joined 500 Global in 2011 becoming General Partner of its Global Flagship Funds I, II, III and IV. Among her investments are Talkdesk, Viva Real which sold to OLX, and Cinepapaya, acquired by Fandango.
Amal Enan is a Partner at 500 Global, a multi stage venture fund investing in the world’s potential. Amal advises the American University in Cairo as the Chief Investment Officer of the Endowment and was the former Senior Advisor on COP27 to the World Resources Institute. Amal founded The Lotus Collective, an organization supporting access to finance for women and climate solutions for sustainable & inclusive growth.
At 500 Global, Amal leads the firm’s early stage investments in Egypt in high growth sectors including healthtech, fintech and Saas in addition to managing the wider Egypt programs and building the team. Amal was the former Executive Director of the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund “EAEF”.
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