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Ecosystems
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Six Key Ingredients to Accelerating Global Ecosystems
Governments appear to increasingly recognize the importance of diversifying their economies, and seek to leverage technological innovations to create quality jobs and establish themselves as regional and global hubs.
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Promising Regions
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Vietnam
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500 on the Move in Vietnam
Vietnam’s startup ecosystem continues to evolve, competing valiantly with its neighbors, including Indonesia and Singapore, and attracting downstream capital.
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founders
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500 Startups Welcomes 7 Companies into Batch 13 of Somos Lucha LatAm
Our team selected them out of a record 2,107 applications.
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Investing
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500 Startups Bolsters Commitment to MENA’s Startup Ecosystem
MENA has become one of the most promising startup ecosystems in the world, with myriad opportunities to support talented founders and promote innovation as a means to transform economies.
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Emerging Sectors
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hrtech
6 min read
Cadana Is Building Modern Payroll for African Businesses and Workers
There’s a sizable opportunity to help more people gain easier access to credit and the banking system in Africa.
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insurtech
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Zipia Is Helping Unlock Digital Insurance Sales in Brazil
Insurance agents have been a slow but effective distribution channel for insurance and financial products in Brazil, but the industry needs to adapt to changing times.
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Decentralized Finance
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Emerging Impact Is Bringing Decentralized Finance to Mobile Money Networks
Mobile money is enjoying explosive growth, which is setting up demand for a wider range of financial services in markets from Kenya to the Pacific Islands and beyond.
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Building A Better World
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diversity and inclusion
10 min read
What Founders Need to Know About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
500 Global hosted Mariah Lichtenstern, founding partner at DiverseCity Ventures, for a fireside chat to explore why DEI matters for early stage startups and how founders can implement DEI.
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How to B Corp for Startups
Investing Strategies
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investment strategy
6 min read
From 500 Startups to 500 Global
How a contrarian investment strategy prepared us for the next decade.
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Early stage investing
7 min read
In Venture Capital, Not All Stages Are Created Equal
Early stage investing looks considerably different now than it did two decades ago.
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Covid-19
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Revisiting Our Post-COVID-19 Framework as Parts of the World Reopen
In the midst of much uncertainty, our approach provided a useful framework for evaluating opportunities in different sectors.
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Global Ecosystems
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Ecosystems
8 min read
Six Key Ingredients to Accelerating Global Ecosystems
Governments appear to increasingly recognize the importance of diversifying their economies, and seek to leverage technological innovations to create quality jobs and establish themselves as regional and global hubs.
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Africa: 500’s Next Ecosystem Hub
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