500 Startups Overview
- Investor Type
- Venture Capital
- Status
- Active
- Professionals
- 37
- Investments
- 3,153
- Portfolio
- 1,560
- Exits
- 850
500 Startups General Information
Description
Founded in 2010, 500 Startups is an accelerator and venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm seeks to make minority seed, early-stage, and later-stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in media, consumer services, computer hardware, software, commercial services, Software-as-a-Service, mobile, FinTech, Big Data, Internet of Things, e-Commerce, AgTech, and audio tech sectors in the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan, and India.
Contact Information
Website
Year Founded
2010
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Trade Association
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
Primary Investor Type
Venture Capital
Other Investor Types
Accelerator/Incubator
Primary Office
- 814 Mission Street
- 6th Floor
- San Francisco, CA 94103
- United States
500 Startups Investments & Acquisitions (3,153)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibit | 05-Jan-2021 | Later Stage VC | 0000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |
| 00000 | 05-Jan-2021 | 000000 00000 | 00.000 | Broadcasting, Radio and Television | Generating Revenue | |
| 000 0000000 00000 | 05-Jan-2021 | 00000 00000 | 00000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |
| 0000000000 | 31-Dec-2020 | 00000 00000 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | ||
| 0000000000 | 29-Dec-2020 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Food Products | Generating Revenue | |
| 00000000 (00000000 | 29-Dec-2020 | 00000 00000 | 00.00 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |
| 00000 | 25-Dec-2020 | 0000 00000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| 00000 | 16-Dec-2020 | 00000 00000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| Memechat | 16-Dec-2020 | Seed Round | Information Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue | ||
| Stockbit | 16-Dec-2020 | Later Stage VC | Financial Software | Generating Revenue |
500 Startups Exits (846)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zyudly Labs | 13-Jan-2021 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| 000000000 | 12-Jan-2021 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 0000000 | 06-Jan-2021 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 00000000000 | 29-Dec-2020 | 0000000000 | |
| 0000000 | 22-Dec-2020 | 0000000000 | |
| 000 | 17-Dec-2020 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 000000 | 15-Dec-2020 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 00000000000 | 14-Dec-2020 | 0000000000 | |
| Sentio | 14-Dec-2020 | Out of Business | |
| Storelevel | 14-Dec-2020 | Out of Business |
500 Startups Fund Performance
| Fund Name | Vintage | Size | Dry Powder | DPI | RVPI | TVPI | IRR |
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| Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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| Christine Tsai | Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer | 000 | 0 | Mountain View, CA | |
| Paul Yoo | Chief Financial Officer | Mountain View, CA | |||
| Courtney Powell | Chief Operating Officer | San Francisco, CA | |||
| Timothy Chae | General Partner and Managing Partner | 00 | 0 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Bedy Yang | Managing Partner | 00 | 0 | San Francisco, CA |
500 Startups Co-Investors (1,844)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| 500 Startups (SE Asia) | 29 | 0 |
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| Vision Ventures (Dammam) | 00 | 0 | 0 |
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| Plug and Play Tech Center | 00 | 0 |
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| Misk Innovation | 00 | 0 |
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| Social Capital | 00 | 0 |
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