Blumberg Capital

500 Startups is a global venture seed fund with with a network of startup programs headquartered in Silicon Valley with over $350M in committed capital across 4 main funds and 13 micro funds. We have invested in 1,800 technology startups all over the world since our inception in 2010 including: Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), Credit Karma, Grab, Udemy, Ipsy, Talkdesk, Intercom, MakerBot (acquiredd by SSYS), Wildfire (acquired by GOOG), and Viki (acquired by Rakuten). Our team of 150 people based in 20 countries manage seed investments across 60 countries and speak over 25 languages. The 500 Seed Program emphasizes internet marketing and customer acquisition, design and user experience, and lean startup practices and metrics in San Francisco, Mountain View, and Mexico City. The 500 Series A Program delivers growth marketing and investment for post-seed and pre-Series A companies and runs in multiple locations globally. In addition to investments, we are passionate about helping build viable startup ecosystems around the world and run educational programs, events and conferences, and partnerships globally. Our investment team and mentor network has operational experience at companies such as PayPal, Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter and Apple.

Bloomberg Beta is an early-stage venture firm backed by Bloomberg L.P. It invests through a seed fund focused broadly on the future of work and an opportunity fund for later-stage investments in companies it has backed.

Spider Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in applied AI software companies transforming physical industries, primarily in the U.S. and Canada, with select investments in Israel and Europe.

Gradient is an independent early-stage venture firm investing exclusively in AI, including at pre-seed and seed. Google remains a limited partner.

Felicis Ventures is a boutique venture capital fund that looks to back the world's iconic companies of today and tomorrow. We have a passion for product and out-of-the-box thinking and we customize our relationship with each portfolio company in a way that is meaningful and critical for them. In these partnerships with founders we strive to deliver high value help where needed. Felicis backs founders from diverse backgrounds in their quest to open up frontier markets, such as longevity and engineered foods, and reinvent critical markets such as mental health and insurance. We feel strongly that great investments are a consequence of deep conviction. We do our homework and are vocal when we see the most interesting opportunities. We are not driven by ownership and do not make investment decisions based solely on potential exit size. At the same time our fund has enough scale to allow us to play a critical role for the companies we back. As our track record indicates, we define success in the same way as our founders. We believe in backing iconic founders regardless of their location, including places outside of the United States. We're proud of the fact that our portfolio founders originate from 40+ different countries across a multitude of continents. We have invested in companies with operations in 15+ countries including Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Turkey, and the US. Outside the US, we look for businesses with the potential to be global winners like Shopify and Adyen.

AgFunder is a global venture capital firm backing deeptech platforms across AI, biotech, robotics, manufacturing, climate, and materials.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on enterprise and consumer technology investments. Lightspeed invests in the USA and abroad, with offices in Silicon Valley, Israel, India and China, and a preference for investments in these countries. Since its founding in October 2000, Lightspeed has invested in more than 300 companies, along with numerous exits. Lightspeed prefers to take a board seat in portfolio companies and is usually the first institutional investor.

Bessemer Venture Partners is the oldest venture capital firm in the United States, and invests in enterprise, consumer and healthcare technology startups around the world. Bessemer invests from seed stage to growth, and across the technology and services stack. With a history that includes early investments in Yelp, LinkedIn and Skype, Bessemer has earned a reputation for spotting fledgling stars in the notably hard to predict world of consumer tech.

Square Peg is a venture capital firm that invests in emerging technology companies across the internet economy in Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and Israel.

83North (formerly Greylock Israel Partners) is an Israeli-headquartered venture capital firm that invests at all stages of a startup fundraising cycle, from seed through to Series C onwards. 83North looks for exceptional entrepreneurs based in Israel and Europe who are building global category leading companies.

Jerusalem Venture Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Israel that invests in companies based in Israel, Asia, Europe and North America. Jerusalem Venture Partners is one of the most experienced venture funds in Israel, and has built a strong reputation across more than two decades of active investing from the seed to growth stages in some of Israel's most successful companies. We are theme driven, hands-on investors. Jerusalem VP offer our early stage portfolio companies a suite of customized services, including office space, hands-on management support, strategic guidance as well as access to our expert mentors and our vast network of global strategic partners.

We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies.