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500 Global
Global VC and accelerator with five MENA funds
The fund is not registered on Ventra. Our team will reach out to the fund and present your project.
- Cheque
- On request
- Rounds
- Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, US
- Portfolio
- 300+ companies in MENA alone
- Geography
- Global, with dedicated MENA funds
About
500 Global has invested in MENA since 2012: five regional funds, 25+ founder cohorts in four countries and 300+ regional portfolio companies. In 2025 it launched 500 MENA for companies with proven product-market fit, and it runs the Sanabil 500 MENA accelerator in Riyadh.
Focus
Sectors
- Sector-agnostic
Rounds
- Pre-seed
- Seed
- Series A
- Growth
Region
- Global
- Gulf (GCC)
- MENA
- Central Asia
Notable portfolio
- Foodics
Public data as of September 2026: fund websites, press releases and industry databases. Terms change, so we confirm them before an introduction.
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