500 Global related stories
All articles and analysis
Foundation Ventures debuts with a focus on early stage in EgyptThe Cairo-based firm looks to use its strategic LP base to bring additional value to seed and Series A companies.
How a decade of ESG in venture is ahead of usResearcher and author Johannes Lenhard writes that for LPs, the evidence is not necessarily enough yet to really put pressure on GPs to enact ESG principles, but they are starting to feel the heat.
Fintech-focused Better Tomorrow Ventures raises $75m for inaugural fundEmerging manager Better Tomorrow Ventures, founded by Sheel Mohnot and Jacob Gibson, has raised $75m to invest in fintech, beating its target.
Medical device company Siren gathers $9mSiren, a medical device company, has raised $9 million in funding.
VC-backed FreshBooks buys e-invoicing company FacturamaToronto-based accounting software company FreshBooks has acquired Mexico's Facturama, a provider of electronic invoice management solutions.
Sheel Mohnot: fintech investor, traveler and Zoom bachelorThe entrepreneur-turned-investor has launched a new fintech fund with NerdWallet co-founder Jacob Gibson called Better Tomorrow Ventures, which aims to be mission-driven.
Coronavirus isn’t stopping LatAm’s charging VC marketAfter a record year in 2019, investors remain bullish on the region and say the momentum will continue far past 2020's uncertainties.
- Lifestyle cooking platform DayDayCook inks $20m
China and Hong Kong-based DayDayCook, a lifestyle cooking platform, has secured $20 million in funding.
- Telstra Ventures leads funding of online learning platform Springboard
The San Francisco company raises $31m in a Series B round led by new investor Telstra Ventures and including Vulcan Capital and SJF Ventures, among others.
SEC charges VC-backed start-up YouPlus with defrauding investorsThe machine-learning company reportedly secured millions from investors in recent years despite allegedly making false claims about its revenue and creating a made-up list of customers to include Fortune 500 companies.