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500 Global

VC firm · San Francisco, USA · Founded 2010 · Active in 2026

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76 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #3 · 76 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Enterprise value ↓ 8% 5y
$278B
Unicorns ↑ 26% 5y
67
Decacorns ↓ 29% 5y
5
Thoroughbreds ↑ 32% 5y
74
Featured in #3Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 Top 0.1%by Seed → $100M+ revenue outcomes

500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) was founded in 2010 by Dave McClure as a high-volume, geography-agnostic accelerator. The firm has been one of the most globally distributed Seed investors in venture, with programs across the United States, Latin America, MENA, India, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

500 Global pioneered the high-velocity, broad-portfolio Seed model later normalised by other funds. The numbers on this profile cover only outcomes Dealroom measures for the Power Law ranking; 500 Global's broader portfolio is several times larger.

Portfolio analysis

The 76 500 Global Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue and above).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA48
  2. Indonesia3
  3. Singapore3
  4. Japan3
  5. Hong Kong2
  6. India2
  7. Mexico2
  8. Canada2
  9. Philippines1
  10. Saudi Arabia1
  11. Germany1
  12. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech18
  2. Other B2B Software13
  3. Marketing11
  4. eCommerce & Marketplaces7
  5. Other6
  6. AI6
  7. Transportation4
  8. Health Tech & Medtech3
  9. Food2
  10. Biotech & Life Sciences2
  11. Edtech2
  12. Cybersecurity2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+14
  2. Series A17
  3. Seed44
01 · Portfolio market map

500 Global's 76 Power Law outcomes.

Toggle between a sector landscape and a world map. Both views respond to the stage and outcome-tier filters. The faded names at the bottom of bigger boxes are part of the full list — click "+ N more" to reveal them.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
76 of 76 Power Law outcomes
Logos hosted by Dealroom; click any chip to open the company in app.dealroom.co. The dot inside each chip shows the company's highest tier — red Gigacorn, violet Centicorn/Decacorn, lavender Unicorn, blue Thoroughbred, green Colt. Tiers are inclusive: a Unicorn (e.g. Klarna) also matches the Thoroughbred filter, a Decacorn also matches Unicorn and Thoroughbred, and so on up the ladder. Colt is a separate axis (high-growth, smaller revenue) and only matches itself. Map dots use the same colour code; hover for details. Sectors are mutually exclusive (priority-ordered classification). Stage entered = the round 500 Global first invested in (where data is available — coverage 93%).
02 · Origin of portfolio founders

Where 500 Global's founders come from — and where they study.

190 founders across the 76 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States64
India24
Argentina12
Spain9
Germany7
Singapore6
Mexico5
Japan5
Vietnam5
Israel5
+18 more →
UniversityCount
Stanford University8
Stanford University Graduate School of Business6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
Grinnell College4
University of Michigan4
National University of Singapore3
KTH Royal Institute of Technology3
University of Kentucky3
The University of Chicago3
Carnegie Mellon University3
+88 more →
Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google14
Rocket Internet7
Microsoft7
Palantir7
Lazada5
Yahoo!5
Groupon4
Apple4
Zalora Group3
Uber3
+73 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company. Explore the full Sequoia infographic on Thoroughbreds & Unicorns →
03 · Key people

Key people at 500 Global.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does 500 Global stack up?

500 Global in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — filter by region or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of global unicorns minted that year — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Share of new unicorns per year

% of all global unicorns minted that year, year by year
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

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Data as of 15 Apr 2026 · Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset · Methodology
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