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  • 500 Global promotes Mei Chel Tan to global managing partner
    News & AnalysisDavid Bogoslaw- 16 January 2026

    The appointment reflects expanding demand for entrepreneurial ecosystem development and AI readiness across emerging markets.

  • Getting personal with George Kellerman
    FeaturedRyan Hibbison- 8 January 2026

    The managing partner of Woven Capital, on how he went from serving as a combat medic to doing business development at Dell to co-founding VC programs for Yamaha and Toyota.

  • Fintech firm CrediLinq grabs $8.5m Series A
    Iris Dorbian- 16 May 2025

    OM/VC and MS&AD Ventures led the round.

  • Side Letter: Q1 fundraising slump
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 8 April 2025

    Side Letter gets a sneak peek at PEI's Q1 fundraising stats just as President Trump appears to dash hopes of a broader revival. Plus: a west coast firm is attempting to teach other firms how to generate liquidity in a tough exit market. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Industry wants to facilitate liquidity amid exit drought
    DealsRyan Hibbison- 7 April 2025

    The multi-strategy investor and secondaries specialist built the program to teach GPs and LPs how to find alternate routes to liquidity outside of IPOs and M&A.

  • 500 Global launches new MENA tech-focused fund
    ManagersLawrence Aragon, Iris Dorbian- 23 January 2025

    The fund is backed by 'prominent Saudi institutional investors,' public investment fund Jada Fund of Funds, Saudi Venture Capital and Sanabil Investments.

  • 500 Global promotes Dieng to partner
    Iris Dorbian- 28 October 2024

    Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Dieng is focused on the venture firm's Africa regional strategy.

  • Getting personal with Christine Tsai
    FeaturedRyan Hibbison- 4 January 2024

    The CEO of 500 Global tells us about what's unusual in her home, her childhood dream of becoming a principal ballet dancer and the importance of doing 'the scary thing.'

  • Unicorns and IPOs: $5trn waiting to be unlocked
    Deals & ExitsLawrence Aragon, David Bogoslaw, Ryan Hibbison- 22 September 2023

    The recent IPOs for Arm, Instacart, Klaviyo and Neumora Therapeutics have investors eager to see more unicorns follow suit and end the distribution dry spell.

  • 500 Global wraps up third Southeast Asian fund at $143m
    News BriefsIris Dorbian- 6 September 2023

    The original target was $75 million.