Following up on our earlier post announcing the first closing of 500 Falcons, our fund for the Middle East and North Africa, we’re going to be posting a few more announcements on the MENA region and the meaningful ecosystem-building projects we’re working on.
Today, I’m thrilled to announce the first closing of our 500 Startups MENA Fund (aka 500 Falcons) at $15M out of our $30M target. While we have been investing in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region since 2011…
They are here. Two weeks ago Batch 21 (B21) kicked off at 500 Startups in Mountain View…
Anyone familiar with 500 Startups knows diversity is one of our core values.
Recently, a 500 colleague posted this on social media:
“Diversity and equality is NOT about women who succeed because they sacrifice everything else so they “have nothing else to do but work”. It’s about EVERYONE stepping up to the plate and pitching in. So we as a society don’t…
Applications are now open for our highly sought-after Venture Capital Unlocked investor education program.
It will be held July 24th — August 4th in Silicon Valley.
We are excited to announce the next session of our newly rebranded Bootcamp for Accelerator Managers (BAM!).
500 Startups’ 20th program (B20) in Silicon Valley starts at time that will be remembered across the world. Only three days after a new (and highly controversial) United States…
