500 Startups
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500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund with a network of startup programs headquartered in Silicon Valley with over $350M AUM
Headquarters
California, USAFounded in
2010Company Size
Employeesinvestor type
Venture Capitalinvestment stage
Company Size
EmployeesSectors of focus
geographical focus
Team
FUNDING ROUNDS

biNu
Information Technology
Amount
$4,300,000
Date
Nov 21, 2012
Funding Round
Series A IIinvestors
500 Startups, PanAfrican Investment Company, Square Peg Capital, Savannah Fund

Wuzzuf
Recruitment
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Nov 13, 2013
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Endure Capital, 500 startups

Paykind Inc
Financial Services
Amount
$80,000
Date
Nov 5, 2014
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Elwafeyat
Media & Entertainment
Amount
$80,000
Date
Nov 5, 2014
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Wuzzuf
Recruitment
Amount
$1,700,000
Date
Aug 26, 2015
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Vostok New Ventures, Piton Capital, Endure Capital, 500 Startups

SureGroup
E-Commerce & Retail
Amount
$125,000
Date
Sep 9, 2016
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Aella Credit
Financial Services
Amount
$150,000
Date
Nov 21, 2016
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Edfa3ly
E-Commerce & Retail
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
Feb 5, 2017
Funding Round
Series Binvestors
500 Startups, ACE & Company

Printivo.com
Media & Entertainment
Amount
$112,000
Date
Feb 8, 2017
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Taskty
E-Commerce & Retail
Amount
$200,000
Date
Jul 1, 2017
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Payment24
Financial Services
Amount
$150,000
Date
Aug 8, 2017
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Aella Credit
Financial Services
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Oct 19, 2017
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Zeno Ventures, Vy Capital, Unis Venture Fund

Asaak
Financial Services
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
Nov 1, 2017
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Resolute Ventures, Social Capital, Locke Mountain Ventures, HOF Capital, Catalyst Fund, 500 Startups

Eventtus
Commercial and Professional Services
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
Nov 16, 2017
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
500 Startups, Vodafone Ventures, Algebra Ventures

Elk
Emerging Technologies
Amount
$250,000
Date
Jan 1, 2018
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Endure Capital, 500 Startups, Flat5Labs, Khaled Alashmouny, Karim Hussein, Con O'Donnell

MoneyFellows
Financial Services
Amount
$600,000
Date
Jan 9, 2018
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Dubai Angel Investors

Nawah Scientific
Healthcare & Pharma
Amount
$650,000
Date
Jan 10, 2018
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Endure Capital, Averroes Ventures, Egypt Ventures, Ahmed Abdelhamid

Shezlong
Healthcare & Pharma
Amount
$350,000
Date
Apr 19, 2018
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Endure Capital, HIMangel

Harmonica
Social Network
Amount
$150,000
Date
Apr 27, 2018
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 startups

La Reina
E-Commerce & Retail
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
Apr 30, 2018
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Algebra Ventures, 500 Startups

Spare Payments
Financial Services
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Aug 8, 2018
Funding Round
Debt Financinginvestors
500 Startups

Buseet
Transport & Logistics
Amount
$250,000
Date
Sep 25, 2018
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Cairo Angels, 500 Startups

Thrive Agric
Agriculture
Amount
$150,000
Date
Oct 31, 2018
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

RiseUp
Nonprofit Organization Management
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Dec 9, 2018
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Endure Capital, 500 Startups, Kamelizer, Enara Capital

Nawah Scientific
Healthcare & Pharma
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
Dec 10, 2018
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Averroes Ventures, Egypt Ventures, 500 Startups, Endure Capital, Alex Angels

Argineering
Information Technology
Amount
$50,000
Date
Dec 16, 2018
Funding Round
Grantinvestors
500 Startups

NowPay
Financial Services
Amount
$600,000
Date
Jan 15, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Endure Capital, 500 Startups

Pinoffer
Media & Entertainment
Amount
$50,000
Date
Mar 18, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Vapulus
Financial Services
Amount
$150,000
Date
Apr 25, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Tripdizer
Travel & Leisure
Amount
$150,000
Date
Apr 25, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Garment IO
Information Technology
Amount
$150,000
Date
Apr 25, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Buseet
Transport & Logistics
Amount
$150,000
Date
Apr 25, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Mumm
E-Commerce & Retail
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
May 23, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, A15

Smile Identity
Information Technology
Amount
$4,000,000
Date
Jun 15, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Khosla Impact, ValueStream Ventures, Beta Ventures, 500 Startups, Story Ventures

Eksab
Media & Entertainment
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Jun 16, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Eksab
Media & Entertainment
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Jun 19, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Breadfast
E-commerce
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
Jun 25, 2019
Funding Round
Pre-Series Ainvestors
500 Startups, Mohamed El Sewedy

MoneyFellows
Financial Services
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
Aug 4, 2019
Funding Round
Pre-Series Ainvestors
500 Startups, Dubai Angel Investors

Chefaa
Healthcare & Pharma
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Aug 13, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Flat6Labs, 500 Startups

Dabchy
E-commerce
Amount
$300,000
Date
Sep 23, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Flat6Labs, Saudi Venture Capital Company, Vision Ventures, Daal

MaxAB
E-commerce
Amount
$6,200,000
Date
Sep 25, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Beco Capital, 4DX Ventures, 500 Startups, Endure Capital, Outlierz Ventures

TechieMatter
Commercial and Professional Services
Amount
$50,000
Date
Oct 13, 2019
Funding Round
Pre-Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Misk Innovation

StyleNow
Commercial and Professional Services
Amount
$50,000
Date
Oct 13, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Misk Innovation

In Your Shoe
E-commerce
Amount
$50,000
Date
Oct 13, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Misk Innovation

Tripdizer
Travel & Leisure
Amount
$300,000
Date
Nov 6, 2019
Funding Round
Seed IIinvestors
500 Startups, Innoventures, Jamal El Dabal

Vetwork
Health & Pharmaceuticals
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Nov 25, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Cairo Angels, Misk Innovation, 500 Startups

Raseedi
Information Technology
Amount
$400,000
Date
Dec 1, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Falak Startups, EFG-EV Fintech

DentaCarts
E-commerce
Amount
$450,000
Date
Dec 14, 2019
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
AUC Angels, Asia Africa Investment & Consulting, 500 Startups

ThankUCash
Financial Services
Amount
$150,000
Date
Feb 11, 2020
Funding Round
Seed IIinvestors
500 Startups

Garment IO
Information Technology
Amount
$450,000
Date
Feb 25, 2020
Funding Round
Seed IIinvestors
Egypt Ventures, 500 Startups

Argineering
Information Technology
Amount
$400,000
Date
Mar 11, 2020
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Flat6Labs

ElCoach
Media & Entertainment
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Mar 18, 2020
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Endure Capital, 500 Startups, Wise Capital

Pravica
Information Technology
Amount
$500,000
Date
Apr 30, 2020
Funding Round
Pre-Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Modus Capital, DYRES Ventures

Source Beauty
E-commerce
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
May 11, 2020
Funding Round
Pre-Seedinvestors
500 Startups

Brimore
Transport & Logistics
Amount
$3,500,000
Date
May 11, 2020
Funding Round
Pre-Series Ainvestors
Algebra Ventures, Disruptech, Vision Ventures, 500 Startups, Flat6Labs

Chefaa
Healthcare & Pharma
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Jun 14, 2020
Funding Round
Pre-Series Ainvestors
500 Startups, Vision Ventures, Womena

Chipper Cash
Financial Services
Amount
$13,800,000
Date
Jun 17, 2020
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Deciens Capital, Raptor Group, 500 Startups, Liquid2 Ventures

La Reina
E-Commerce & Retail
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Sep 28, 2020
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
500 Startups, Algebra Ventures

NowPay
Financial Services
Amount
$2,100,000
Date
Oct 11, 2020
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Foundation Ventures, Endure Capital, Beco Capital, 500 Startups, Plug and Play, 4Dx Ventures, MSA Capital, EFG-EV Fintech

ThankUCash
Financial Services
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Feb 11, 2021
Funding Round
Pre-Series Ainvestors
Betatron Venture Group, Accelerex Holdings, Predictive VC, 500 Startups

Stitch
Financial Services
Amount
$4,000,000
Date
Feb 25, 2021
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Raba Capital, Firstminute Capital, CRE Venture Capital, Village Global, 500 Startups, Future Africa, Musha Ventures, Norrsken Foundation

Chipper Cash
Financial Services
Amount
$100,000,000
Date
May 31, 2021
Funding Round
Series Cinvestors
Silicon Valley Bank, Deciens Capital, Ribbit Capital, Bezos Expeditions, One Way Ventures, 500 Startups, Tribe Capital, Brue2 Ventures

Zeew
E-commerce
Amount
$170,000
Date
Jul 1, 2021
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Sanabil Investments, 500 startups

Odiggo
E-Commerce & Retail
Amount
$2,200,000
Date
Aug 22, 2021
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Plug and Play Ventures, Seedra Ventures, LoftyInc Capital Management

Stax
Financial Services
Amount
$2,200,000
Date
Mar 2, 2022
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
World Within Ventures, Noemis Ventures, Anthemis Group, Orange DAO, 500 Startups, Garuda Ventures, GAN Ventures
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