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500 Global

Venture Capital · Founded 2010 · Palo Alto, United States

Formerly 500 StartUps. One of the world's most active global venture capital firms uplifting underserved economies and investing in the world's potential

2,321 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $6.6B invested · 3,020 investments · Investor rank #431 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 2,321 ↑ 23% 5y
Decacorns 8
Thoroughbreds 72
01 · Biggest holdings

500 Global’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies 500 Global still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names 500 Global directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 StripeCenticorn · Fintech · USA $159B
  2. 2 CanvaDecacorn · Media · Australia $42.0B
  3. 3 RippleDecacorn · Fintech · USA $40.0B
  4. 4 TalkdeskDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA 3.5% $10.0B $350M
  5. 5 humans&Unicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $4.5B
  6. 6 AngelListUnicorn · Fintech · USA $4.1B
  7. 7 InnovAccerUnicorn · Health · USA $3.5B
  8. 8 CARS24Unicorn · Transportation · India $3.3B
  9. 9 ApplyBoardUnicorn · Education · Canada $3.2B
  10. 10 IroncladUnicorn · Legal · USA $3.2B
  11. 11 LaunchDarklyUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $3.0B
  12. 12 Sky MavisUnicorn · Gaming · Singapore 1.5% $3.0B $45M

Estimated value = 500 Global’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. 500 Global also appears inside investor groups in ApplyBoard, Carousell, Clearcover, Clip, HomeLight, Insider One, Kredivo Group, Olist and 3 more, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

500 Global’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from 500 Global’s transaction record.

$40B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $11BFood
$2.0B IPO · 2016
Entered Series B+Now $35BMarketing
$6.4B IPO · 2024
Entered Series B+Now $28BMedia
$4.8B IPO · 2017
Now $15BFood
$11B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $5.3BSecurity
$7.0B acquisition · 2020
Entered Series B+Fintech
IPO · 2015
Now $5.9BGaming
$4.4B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $2.1BHealth
$535M IPO · 2019
Entered Series ANow $4.3BSecurity
$2.6B IPO · 2025
Entered SeedNow $4.0BHealth
$4.0B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $343MFintech
$3.7B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $327MEducation
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where 500 Global’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 2,321 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA1,802
  2. Mexico169
  3. Singapore152
  4. UAE102
  5. UK97
  6. Canada96
  7. Saudi Arabia92
  8. Indonesia78
  9. South Korea78
  10. India70
  11. Thailand70
  12. Malaysia68
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech578
  2. Enterprise Software561
  3. Marketing398
  4. Media300
  5. Education223
  6. Food214
  7. Health211
  8. Transportation174
  9. Fashion137
  10. Jobs Recruitment135
  11. Real Estate131
  12. Telecom124
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed1,862
  2. Series A313
  3. Series B+46
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth2,819
  2. Breakout Stage628
  3. Late Growth196
  4. Mature10
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside 500 Global’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 2,321 tracked.

Grab
Food · Decacorn
$11B
Stripe
Fintech · Centicorn
$159B
Delivery Hero
Food · Decacorn
$15B
Reddit
Media · Decacorn
$28B
CARS24
Transportation · Unicorn
$3.3B
Clip
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.5B
Canva
Media · Decacorn
$42B
Bukalapak
Fashion
Ripple
Fintech · Decacorn
$40B
Animoca Brands
Gaming · Unicorn
$5.9B
Insider One
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.0B
Blend
Fintech
$343M
InnovAccer
Health · Unicorn
$3.5B
Carbon Health
Health
Carsome
Telecom · Unicorn
$1.7B
Grove Collaborative
Wellness Beauty
$82M
Clearcover
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Volta Charging
Energy
$169M
Talkdesk
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$10B
ApplyBoard
Education · Unicorn
$3.2B
Cabify
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.4B
humans&
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$4.5B
Carousell
Fashion · Unicorn
$1.1B
GitLab
Security · Unicorn
$5.3B
ShipRocket
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.2B
SmartHR
Jobs Recruitment · Unicorn
$1.6B
BillionToOne
Health · Unicorn
$4.0B
Kredivo Group
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.6B
Konfio
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.3B
Kin Insurance
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.0B
Solana
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.3B
Astronomer
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.1B
Credit Karma
Fintech · Unicorn
$7.0B
The RealReal
Fashion · Unicorn
$1.8B
Knotel
Real Estate
$70M
Ambience Healthcare
Health · Unicorn
$1.3B
Iterable
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.0B
Paidy
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.7B
Guideline
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Sakana AI
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.6B
Ironclad
Legal · Unicorn
$3.2B
Algolia
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.3B
LaunchDarkly
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$3.0B
Flywire
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.9B
Olist
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.5B
KAKEHASHI
Health
$371M
CircleCI
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.7B
Sky Mavis
Gaming · Unicorn
$3.0B
EFishery
Food · Unicorn
$1.4B
VTS
Real Estate · Unicorn
$1.0B
Chipper Cash
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.0B
Placer
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.5B
HomeLight
Real Estate · Unicorn
$1.7B
Darwinbox
Jobs Recruitment · Unicorn
$1.0B
Jüsto
Food
$760M
Appzen
Legal
$720M
SendGrid
Marketing · Unicorn
$3.0B
ZeroHash
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Udemy
Education
$327M
Rapid
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
05 · Portfolio founders

Where 500 Global’s portfolio founders come from.

199 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States86
  2. India13
  3. Canada11
  4. Singapore10
  5. Japan9
  6. Argentina7
  7. Indonesia6
  8. Australia5
  9. Hong Kong5
  10. Ukraine5
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University Graduate School of Business12
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology11
  3. Stanford University10
  4. Harvard Business School7
  5. Harvard University6
  6. National University of Singapore4
  7. University of Toronto4
  8. Columbia University3
  9. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay3
  10. KTH Royal Institute of Technology3
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google10
  2. Boston Consulting Group5
  3. Microsoft5
  4. Procter & Gamble5
  5. Deutsche Bank4
  6. McKinsey & Company4
  7. Yahoo!4
  8. Accenture3
  9. Deloitte3
  10. IBM3