500 Global

500 Global
Formerly500 Global
Company typeVenture capital firm
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Founders
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Number of locations
Global
Key people
  • Christine Tsai (CEO)
  • Courtney Powell (COO)
Website500.co

500 Global (previously 500 Startups) is an early-stage venture fund and seed accelerator founded in 2010 by Dave McClure and Christine Tsai.[1][2] The fund admitted a first "class" of twelve startups to its incubator office in Mountain View, California in February 2011.[3] They expanded to a second class of 21 in June 2011 and a third class of 34 in October 2011.[4][5]

  1. ^ Matt Rosoff (February 10, 2011). "Super Angel Dave McClure Launches Incubator Program, Dismisses "Bubble" Talk". Business Insider.
  2. ^ Clifford, Catherine (17 April 2020). "These are the new hot spots of innovation in the time of coronavirus". CNBC. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ Tsotsis, Alexia (June 9, 2011). "500 Startups Unveils 2nd Batch: 21 Startups". TechCrunch.
  4. ^ Ha, Anthony (June 9, 2011). "500 Startups accelerates 21 new companies". Venture Beat.
  5. ^ Lawler, Ryan (January 25, 2012). "The best and brightest from 500 Startups' third demo day". GigaOM.