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500 Global
VC firm · Founded 2010 · Active in 2026
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.
500 Global’s biggest exits.
500 Global portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
The 89 500 Global Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA55
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Saudi Arabia4
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Singapore3
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Japan3
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Indonesia3
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India3
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Hong Kong2
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Mexico2
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Canada2
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Thailand1
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Australia1
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Sweden1
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Fintech21
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Other B2B Software14
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Marketing13
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eCommerce & Marketplaces9
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Transportation7
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AI6
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Other6
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Health Tech & Medtech4
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Food3
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Cybersecurity2
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Biotech & Life Sciences2
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Edtech2
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Series B+15
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Series A17
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Seed43
500 Global’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of 500 Global’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 8 companies where 500 Global is a named shareholder, worth about $655M in estimated equity value.
2 companies hidden on this public profile. 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 →
500 Global's 89 Power Law outcomes.
How does 500 Global stack up?
500 Global in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 peer investors — scope by startup location 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 unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where 500 Global's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
200 founders across the 89 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.
Key people at 500 Global.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about 500 Global
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about 500 Global on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about 500 Global
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning 500 Global — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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