How Yonas Beshawred Built StackShare into a Critical Tool for Developers
When Stackshare founder Yonas Beshawred first graduated from college, he joined one of the world’s largest consulting firms, Accenture, and quickly discovered the surprising way Fortune 500 companies...
View ArticleUnderstanding Your Term Sheet: Convertible Debt, Convertible Equity and More
Part of the territory of being a founder includes wearing many hats, and while scrappiness and hustle can help you navigate your fair share of them, it doesn’t always help you decipher your term sheet....
View ArticleWhat it Means to Support Black Founders at 500
At 500, we’ve always prided ourselves on our values of being bold, being the example, being humble, thriving, and being inclusive. Whether it was the types of founders who joined our accelerator,...
View ArticleHow the Gig Economy Is Shaping the Future of Work
On the eve of U.S. elections, we invited Alex Rosenblat, the author of Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work, for a fireside chat. Rosenblat has been studying the gig economy at...
View ArticleClout Jam is Helping Social Media Influencers Take Control of Their Businesses
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, media consumption was on the rise across all social media platforms, boosting the influencer marketing industry along with it. From Instagram to TikTok, brands are...
View ArticleHow Former NFL Player Mike Brown Is Innovating Philanthropy with His Platform...
To understand Win-Win, a gamified giving platform, you have to understand founder and CEO Mike Brown’s journey. It started in Houston, Texas, where Brown grew up a football star and 4.0 student, with a...
View ArticleInvidica is Upgrading the Ecommerce Wholesaler-Retailer Relationship
Ecommerce sales have been rising steadily over the last few years, accounting for almost 57% of overall retail growth last year. Forecasts say that ecommerce sales may even reach $6.5 trillion in...
View ArticleAsh Makes it Easy to Get Tested for STIs/STDs at Home
Although at-home test kits have become a popular alternative to visiting a medical clinic in person, there are still limited options for people to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Not to...
View Article500 Startups Signs Agreement with iNNpulsa Colombia to Train Accelerator...
It was a warm sunny day in San Francisco in May 2019, as the U.S. Secret Service cordoned off the building where 500 Startups’ headquarters are located and thoroughly searched the emptied office. “All...
View ArticleWorkClass Matches Frontline Job Seekers with Employers in Southeast Asia
We are always on the lookout for companies that help connect job seekers with employers. In Southeast Asia, the frontline labor market remains large but fragmented. While there are numerous job boards...
View ArticleWhat It’s Going to Take To Increase Female Founder Fundraising in 2021
Last month, Pitchbook reported a grim update that 2020 Q3 fundraising for female founders hit a three-year low. Firms invested $434 million in female founders, a 48% drop from Q2 in 2020 and a 36% drop...
View ArticleAdapty Helps Companies Manage and Grow Mobile In-App Subscriptions
Consumers are increasingly using mobile apps for work, education, and entertainment. Mobile app subscriptions are now a key revenue stream in the maturing digital industry. In fact, in-app...
View ArticlePariti is Bringing Together Talent, Capital, and Founders in Emerging Markets
The tech markets throughout the African continent are young, but developing fast. According to Quartz Africa, a total of $1.3 billion was invested in African startups in 2019. While access to capital...
View ArticleAwsm Banking Teaches Teens Financial Literacy with Help from Parents
Financial literacy is incredibly important, and learning best practices should begin at a young age. Teaching teenagers about financial best practices is a struggle many parents face, which is why...
View ArticleHow New SEC Crowdfunding Rules Could Provide Founders With a Boost
Equity crowdfunding looks poised to deliver expanded opportunities for founders trying to raise capital, thanks to new guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Among other...
View ArticleavoMD Brings Standardized Clinical Protocols at the Point of Care
The challenge of deploying clinical decision-support tools is not new to the medical industry, but it is now being magnified by the influx of COVID-19 patients. As such, we are excited by avoMD, a...
View ArticleDrover Helps Scooter Operators Comply with Municipal Regulations and Win...
Because of COVID-19 fears, there is a decline of people using mass transit and Uber for short city trips and increased adoption of personal micromobility for health and environmental purposes. Along...
View ArticleWhy We’re Publishing Our Diversity & Inclusion Statistics
Diversity has always been part of 500 Startups’ DNA. We know great companies are born of great ideas, and great ideas come from founders of varied race, gender and geography. While institutional...
View ArticleEMTECH Helps Build Modern Financial Market Infrastructures in Emerging Markets
The financial market infrastructure in emerging markets is not always able to support all citizens. Worldwide, there are 1.7 billion adults who are unbanked, causing a problem in need of an immediate...
View ArticleBLCK VC’s Brian Hollins Talks Opportunities and Resources for Black Investors
Black investors and founders are still vastly underrepresented in the world of venture capital, but there are signs of positive momentum. Take it from Brian Hollins, a founding board member of BLCK VC,...
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