500 Ecosystems | Corporates

As one of the most active VCs in world, we leverage our global network and expertise to help you get the results you need.

What our partners are saying

Tony Fernandes
CEO, Air Asia Group

"AirAsia and RedBeat Capital are on the lookout for the world’s best and brightest to help us develop a travel technology ecosystem. What better place to start than right here in San Francisco. We intend to operationalize this year, working with Christine and her team to identify and invest in startups that are willing to grow and expand, particularly into Southeast Asia where we have the network, data and regional expertise to help accelerate their business."

Tsunehiko Yanagihara
Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Corporation

“By working together M-Lab and 500 Startups were able to detect innovation trends and better prepare for future disruption."

Ruben Salazar
SVP of Products and Innovation LAC, Visa

"A critical aspect of our innovation efforts is to collaborate with the larger payment ecosystem with emerging and established players that are shaping the future of commerce. Getting closer to the startup and fintech community is essential to Visa’s focus on building better than cash solutions, and our work with 500 Startups has helped us accomplish this."

The problem with corporate innovation

81% of corporates say less than 1/4 of their startup engagements resulted in a commercial deal.

And 20% of companies take more than 6 months to do a deal, which is decades in the startup world.

Why?

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The Solution: A Global Innovation Platform

Our experience vetting 10,000 startups and 3,000 founders means we’re uniquely positioned to solve this problem for our corporate partners.

Be Selective.

Build Your Pipeline.

Learn From Others.

Expand Your Network.

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Insight Series

A series of knowledge briefings on the latest insights from the industry, customized just for you and your needs. Sessions are hosted with the help of experts and startups in the space that help contextualize and serve as leading examples.

2

Startup Sourcing and POC Management

Customized research, analysis, and curation to pinpoint startups in the 500 network that are the best match for the partner and the business challenge at hand, and support POC development.

3

CVC Services

We help corporates define a strategy and mandate for a corporate venture capital function, recruit the team to run it, and establish basic operations.

CVC Resources

Check out our latest webinars, whitepapers, and reports on CVC best practices.

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Report

2019 CVC Report

500 Startups recently announced the results of the largest corporate venture capital survey of its kind.

Webinar

How to Innovate Like a VC

We're covering trends in corporate innovation, how to partner with startups, and why CEO involvement is so key.

Report

Key Findings of our 2019 CVC Report

Get an inside look at our 2019 CVC Report, based on insights from more than 100 unique CVC units worldwide.

Webinar

Results-Driven Innovation for Corporates

500's Vijay Rajendran covers the best practices around corporate innovation.

What does success look like for you?

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