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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.
The 76 500 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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USA48
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Indonesia3
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Singapore3
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Japan3
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Hong Kong2
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India2
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Mexico2
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Canada2
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Philippines1
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Saudi Arabia1
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Germany1
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UK1
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Fintech18
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Other B2B Software13
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Marketing11
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eCommerce & Marketplaces7
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Other6
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AI6
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Transportation4
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Health Tech & Medtech3
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Food2
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Biotech & Life Sciences2
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Edtech2
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Cybersecurity2
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Series B+14
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Series A16
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Seed44
500 Global's 76 Power Law outcomes.
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.
Key people at 500 Global.
How does 500 Global stack up?
500 Global in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 34 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 entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsSentiment on X
What X 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
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