Insights into the next opportunities.
Featured
Podcast
Episode 17
500 Global Latin America Celebrates 10 years
Managing Partner Santiago Zavala looks back on the evolution of Latin America’s startup ecosystem and tells us why he’s excited about the future.
Read more →
Emerging Sectors
See all →
Podcast
Episode 15
Cleaning up a Healthcare Mess
Orderly Health's co-founder and CEO Kevin Krauth joins us on this episode of Rise of the Next to talk about the scourge of out of date doctor directories.
Read more →
Podcast
Episode 13
How Growth Stage Software Companies Can Set the Right Price
Accrue Founder Ammanuel Selameab shares interesting insights on pricing products and services in this episode of Rise of the Next.
Read more →
Podcast
Episode 12
Neon Founder Megha Agarwal On Simplifying Buy Now Pay Later
In this episode of Rise of the Next, she explains her approach to scoring customers looking for ease of pay and interest-free loans.
Read more →
Promising Regions
See all →
Africa
6 min read
3 Lessons from Southeast Asia for African Startups Digitizing the Informal Economy
What do Africa and Southeast Asia have in common? Small enterprises–think mom-and-pop shops–still dominate their economies.
Read more →
Podcast
Episode 14
How StoreHub is Helping Small Retailers in Southeast Asia Digitize their Operations
Founder Wai Hong Fong estimates 20 million small shops and restaurants in the region lack easy access to point of sale technology.
Read more →
money circle
6 min read
Egypt’s MoneyFellows Uses An Old School Lending Tool to Drive Fintech Innovation
Founder Ahmed Wadi saw promise in digitizing money circles by circumventing some obstacles.
Read more →
Building A Better World
See all →
Podcast
Episode 16
Writing the ESG Playbook for Early Stage Startups
500 Global’s Head of ESG Tracy Barba on charting a path for young companies to adopt ESG practices from the start.
Read more →
8 min read
How to B Corp for Startups
Investing Strategies
See all →
Alumni Demo Day
13 min read
Meet the Founders at 500 Global’s First Alumni Demo Day
500 Global will showcase presentations from eight post-seed companies.
Read more →
LGBTQ+
6 min read
Democratizing Entrepreneurial Potential
Economic equity lifts all boats, but in today's macroeconomic environment the goal of equal access to resources for the LGBTQ+ entrepreneurial community is harder than ever to achieve--and that’s bad news for everyone.
Read more →
venture studios
22 min read
The Secrets to Venture Studio Model Success
In this study, we look into some of the most commonly held beliefs for why venture studios thrive, and compare them with our internal data and the performance of a select group of noteworthy venture studios.
Read more →
Founder Tips
See all →
pre-product market fit
10 min read
8 Steps Founders with Pre-Product Market Fit Can Take to Stay Afloat
Based on our experience of past periods of volatility, we want to share suggestions on how founders with pre-product market fit can best prepare for whatever lies ahead.
Read more →
Episode 11
Tips for Founders on Scaling Globally
Venture Education Resources
See all →
Corporate
18 min read
Africa: 500’s Next Ecosystem Hub
With a portfolio of 74 African startups, 500 Global has been and expects to continue to be actively investing on the continent.
Read more →
Corporate Innovation
9 min read
5 Steps for CEOs to Innovate Like a VC
How future-focused are today’s business leaders? The cliche is that many are managing for the next quarter. Many sp...
proof of concepts
4 min read
Startup-Corporate Experiments: Finding Success with Proof-of-Concepts
Over the past decade, corporations have made large strides in pushing innovation efforts to protect against disruption and...