500 Global

Overview

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Investor type	VC
Global HQ	814 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
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Thesis

Funding requirements	We invest in companies in markets where technology, innovation, and capital can unlock long-term value and drive economic growth.
Funding stages	1. Idea or Patent2. Prototype3. Early Revenue4. Scaling5. Growth
First cheque	$150k to $2.5M
Target countries	USA Mexico India Pakistan Colombia Brazil Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Andorra Antigua and BarbudaArmenia Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-H BotswanaBrunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Comoros Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea EstoniaEswatini (fmr. "Swaziland") Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Lybia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar NamibiaNauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger NigeriaNorth Korea North Macedonia Norway Oman Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sant Kitts and Nevis Sant Lucia Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South KoreaSouth Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland SyriaTaiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda UK Ukraine UAE Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Team

Vijay Rajendran
Portfolio Success

Fintech, SaaS, Commerce, EdTech, Logistics

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Website	https://500.co/

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