| Website | 500.co |
| Blog | 500.co/blog |
| @500startups | |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 4/10 |
| Description | Venture Firm |
| Fund I, 8/11 | $15M |
500 Startups is an early-stage seed fund and incubator program located in Mountain View, CA. They invest primarily in consumer & SMB internet startups, and related web infrastructure services. Their initial investment size is typically $25K-$250K.
Selected areas of interest include financial services & e-commerce, search/social/mobile platforms, personal & business productivity, education & language, family & healthcare and web infrastructure.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Lumatic | 2/12 | Unattributed | $800k | 2 |
| Curebit | 1/12 | Unattributed | $1.2M | 6 |
| 955 Dreams | 1/12 | Seed | $3.25M | 5 |
| HighScore House | 1/12 | Seed | C$135k | 7 |
| Intercom | 1/12 | Seed | $1M | 16 |
| OneSchool | 1/12 | Seed | $750k | 2 |
| Trigger | 1/12 | Seed | $1M | 6 |
| SendGrid | 1/12 | Series B | $21M | 6 |
| mygola | 12/11 | Seed | $1M | 2 |
| Unbounce | 12/11 | Unattributed | $850k | 6 |
| AllTrails | 11/11 | Seed | $400k | 2 |
| Shareaholic | 11/11 | Seed | $1.9M | 10 |
| LaunchRock | 11/11 | Seed | $800k | 5 |
| AKSEL PARIS | 11/11 | Seed | $500k | 2 |
| Gizmo.com | 11/11 | Seed | $340k | 7 |
| Visual.ly | 10/11 | Seed | $2M | 10 |
| OVIA | 10/11 | Unattributed | 1 | |
| Stickery | 10/11 | Seed | $325k | 2 |
| Udemy | 10/11 | Series A | $3M | 3 |
| AwayFind | 10/11 | Seed | $800k | 5 |
| HiGear | 10/11 | Seed | $1.3M | 3 |
| Ginzametrics | 10/11 | Seed | $1.3M | 3 |
| MyGengo | 9/11 | Series A | $5.25M | 2 |
| FastCall | 9/11 | Angel | 1 | |
| Apsalar | 9/11 | Series A | $5M | 5 |
| Rentlord | 9/11 | Seed | 2 | |
| FullContact | 9/11 | Series A | $1.5M | 11 |
| FastCustomer | 9/11 | Seed | $750k | 6 |
| Affinity China | 9/11 | Seed | $600k | 3 |
| Life360 | 9/11 | Series A | $3.5M | 10 |
| Bloodhound | 8/11 | Angel | $250k | 3 |
| LOOKK | 8/11 | Unattributed | 6 | |
| Nettle | 8/11 | Seed | $500k | 3 |
| drumbi | 8/11 | Seed | $500k | 1 |
| Appstores.com | 8/11 | Angel | $565k | 10 |
| Manpacks | 8/11 | Angel | $500k | 11 |
| Manpacks | 8/11 | Angel | $500k | 12 |
| LucidChart | 7/11 | Seed | $1M | 4 |
| PixelFish | 7/11 | Unattributed | $4M | 6 |
| drchrono | 7/11 | Seed | $675k | 6 |
| 410 Labs | 7/11 | Series A | $750k | 4 |
| Connected | 6/11 | Angel | $500k | 6 |
| NextDigest | 6/11 | Unattributed | $390k | 6 |
| Stickery | 6/11 | Seed | 6 | |
| zozi | 5/11 | Series B | $7M | 6 |
| Saygent | 5/11 | Seed | $1M | 4 |
| Hipster | 5/11 | Seed | $1M | 13 |
| VidCaster | 5/11 | Seed | $50k | 1 |
| Inporia | 5/11 | Seed | $1.25M | 10 |
| TaskRabbit | 5/11 | Series A | $5M | 7 |
| COLOURlovers | 5/11 | Unattributed | $1M | 7 |
| WillCall | 5/11 | Seed | $50k | 1 |
| Hello World | 5/11 | Seed | $50k | 1 |
| Zencoder | 4/11 | Series A | $2M | 13 |
| Baydin | 4/11 | Seed | $375k | 6 |
| Cinemacraft | 4/11 | Series A | $900k | 6 |
| Evoz | 4/11 | Seed | 2 | |
| CapLinked | 3/11 | Angel | $900k | 5 |
| Forrst | 3/11 | Seed | $205k | 7 |
| BoostCTR | 3/11 | Seed | $1.64M | 6 |
| BackType | 3/11 | Seed | $1M | 8 |
| MindSnacks | 3/11 | Unattributed | $1.2M | 13 |
| Lexity | 3/11 | Series A | $4.5M | 3 |
| DailyWorth | 3/11 | Unattributed | $850k | 8 |
| Lightbox | 2/11 | Seed | $1.1M | 10 |
| Ginzametrics | 1/11 | Seed | $400k | 1 |
| Graphicly | 1/11 | Series A | $3M | 5 |
| Ninua | 1/11 | Seed | $150k | 2 |
| FeeFighters | 1/11 | Angel | $1M | 5 |
| Bunndle | 1/11 | Seed | $550k | 5 |
| CatchFree | 1/11 | Series A | $5.5M | 6 |
| Voicendo | 1/11 | Seed | 2 | |
| MyGengo | 1/11 | Seed | $800k | 5 |
| Geckoboard | 1/11 | Seed | $300k | 4 |
| Spoondate | 1/11 | Seed | 1 | |
| ecomom | 12/10 | Series A | $900k | 14 |
| Miso Media | 12/10 | Seed | $600k | 7 |
| Backyard | 12/10 | Seed | $150k | 3 |
| Humanoid | 12/10 | Angel | $600k | 17 |
| Khush | 12/10 | Seed | 2 | |
| Retailigence | 11/10 | Seed | $1.5M | 8 |
| Twilio | 11/10 | Series B | $12M | 3 |
| Exchange Corporation | 11/10 | Unattributed | 1 | |
| Estately | 11/10 | Angel | $800k | 5 |
| Apsalar | 11/10 | Seed | $800k | 4 |
| FanBridge | 11/10 | Series A | $2M | 8 |
| YongoPal | 10/10 | Angel | $100k | 2 |
| ReadyForZero | 10/10 | Seed | $260k | 5 |
| FREEjit | 10/10 | Series A | 5 | |
| ecomom | 9/10 | Series A | $1.1M | 27 |
| Votizen | 9/10 | Unattributed | $1.5M | 13 |
| OtherInbox | 9/10 | Series A | $1.5M | 11 |
| inDinero | 9/10 | Seed | $1.2M | 11 |
| Simple Finance Technology Corp | 9/10 | Series A | $2.9M | 9 |
| OneTrueFan | 9/10 | Seed | $1.2M | 7 |
| Udemy | 8/10 | Seed | $1M | 11 |
| zozi | 8/10 | Series A | $3M | 9 |
| Foodspotting | 8/10 | Seed | $750k | 9 |
| Flowtown | 8/10 | Seed | $750k | 9 |
| Appbistro | 8/10 | Angel | $600k | 7 |
| Medialets | 8/10 | Series B | $6M | 3 |
| FeeFighters | 8/10 | Seed | $510k | 2 |
| MogoTix | 8/10 | Seed | $115k | 4 |
| Rapportive | 8/10 | Seed | $1M | 15 |
| Brainient | 8/10 | Unattributed | $800k | 5 |
| AwayFind | 8/10 | Angel | 5 | |
| MyGengo | 8/10 | Seed | $750k | 7 |
| Recurly | 7/10 | Seed | $1.6M | 7 |
| Versly | 7/10 | Seed | 7 | |
| GroupSpaces | 6/10 | Unattributed | $1.3M | 9 |
| OwnLocal | 6/10 | Seed | $1M | 17 |
| Tello | 6/10 | Seed | $1M | 11 |
| GazeHawk | 6/10 | Seed | 4 | |
| Wildfire Interactive | 4/10 | Series A | $4M | 5 |
| SendGrid | 4/10 | Series A | $5M | 10 |
| WakeMate | 4/10 | Seed | 1 | |
| Payvment | 3/10 | Series A | $1.5M | 2 |
| ERPLY | 3/10 | Unattributed | $2M | 8 |
| SiteJabber | 3/10 | Seed | 2 | |
| Culture Kitchen | 1/00 | Seed | 1 |