500 Global

Rolling applications

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2,800+ portfolio companies across 80+ countries. Strong focus on growth metrics, customer acquisition, and scaling. Best for international founders who want US exposure.

Tier

Tier B

Application questions 56

01

What's your company's legal name?
02

Does your company go by any other names?

Yes/No.
03 · 3 sentences

Describe what your company does in no more than 3 sentences. Give us your best elevator pitch:
04

Please share your company's website:
05

Has your product or service launched?

Select from dropdown.
06

Which industry/sector classification applies best to your company?

Long dropdown list (e.g. Analytics, Fintech, SaaS, etc).
07 · 150 words

Describe your business model. How does (or will) your company make money, even if it is not making any today?
08

Which business model category best matches your company?

Options: SaaS; On-demand; Mobile App; Marketplace; Content; eCommerce; Other; Cloud (Usage-based).
09

Type of Sales

Options: B2B; B2C; B2G; C2C; B2B2C; Other / Not Sure.
10

How much revenue did your company make six months ago?

Part of a monthly revenue breakdown (6 months back to last month), in US dollars. Include actual observed revenue only, not GMV or projections.
11

How much revenue did your company make five months ago?

Part of the monthly revenue breakdown.
12

How much revenue did your company make four months ago?

Part of the monthly revenue breakdown.
13

How much revenue did your company make three months ago?

Part of the monthly revenue breakdown.
14

How much revenue did your company make two months ago?

Part of the monthly revenue breakdown.
15

How much revenue did your company make last month?

Part of the monthly revenue breakdown.
16 · 100 words

If there are any trends you'd like to explain in the revenue numbers (seasonality, new customers/products, etc.), please explain below.

Optional.
17

How many total customers or users did your company have six months ago?

Part of a monthly customer-count breakdown (6 months back to last month). Actual observed numbers only, not projections.
18

How many total customers or users did your company have five months ago?

Part of the monthly customer-count breakdown.
19

How many total customers or users did your company have four months ago?

Part of the monthly customer-count breakdown.
20

How many total customers or users did your company have three months ago?

Part of the monthly customer-count breakdown.
21

How many total customers or users did your company have two months ago?

Part of the monthly customer-count breakdown.
22

How many total customers or users did your company have last month?

Part of the monthly customer-count breakdown.
23 · 100 words

If any customers, users, or partners are particularly notable, please share the context.

Optional.
24 · 3 selections

Where are your target customers based?

Select no more than three. Options: Africa (excluding North Africa); Australia and New Zealand (Oceania); East Asia; Europe; Latin America; North America; Middle East & North Africa; South Asia; Southeast Asia.
25 · 100 words

What are your go-to-market channels right now? Tell us how they have been fueling your customer or revenue growth.
26 · 100 words

What problem or use case does your company address, and how do your potential target customers get by today in the absence of your product/service?
27 · 100 words

Who are your competitors or substitutes for your product or service?
28 · 100 words

What makes your company stand out amongst that competition?
29

What is your current monthly burn rate
30

What is your current cash balance
31

Where is your company physically headquartered?

Country dropdown, e.g. United States.
32

State (US)

Conditional: shown when headquarters country is United States.
33

Where is your company incorporated?

Dropdown.
34

Have you already raised any outside funding?

Yes/No.
35 · 150 words

Tell us why you think 500 Global would be a good fit for your company and what you hope to gain from the accelerator program.
36

Please select the specific functions that you're hoping to receive the most assistance with during the accelerator program.

Multi-select. Options: Marketing; Sales; Fundraising; International Expansion; Industry Expertise; Corporate Partnerships; Product Development; PR; VC Network; Founder Network; HR/recruitment support; Community Events; Board Participation; Office Space; Other.
37

Have you applied to 500 previously?

Yes/No.
38 · 100 words

Tell us a bit about how the founding team knows each other (eg. through school, previous work experience, personal networks, etc).
39 · 100 words

Why did you decide to start this company?
40

Where is the founding team based? (City and country)
41

Are all the founders full-time on this project?

Yes/No.
42

How many full time employees do you have (counting founders)?
43

How many part time employees do you have (counting founders)?
44

Who writes the code or does the technical work for the company?
45

Have you or any of your co-founders started a company before?

Yes/No.
46

Please list all co-founders along with links to LinkedIn profiles for each, including yourself.

Please use ";" to separate founders.
47

First name:

Primary contact, in "The Basics" section.
48

... and last name:

Primary contact, in "The Basics" section.
49

Primary contact's email address:
50

Primary contact's phone number:
51

Please provide a link to your pitch deck here:

Please check the sharing settings. If your deck is accessible in incognito, you are good to go.
52

Please upload your latest capitalization table here:

File upload, documents up to 20MB.
53

Product demonstration video

Optional. This section is only for a product demo, not a pitch; include only if it would help understand how the product works.
54

Anything else you want to tell us?

Optional.
55

How did you hear about us?

Select from dropdown.
56

Verticals

Multi-select tags. Options: B2B; B2C; P2P; Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; Augmented Reality; Automotive; Beauty; Big Data; CRM; Crypto; Cybersecurity; E-commerce; Education; Entertainment; Fashion; FinTech; Government; Hardware; Health Tech; InsureTech; IoT; Last Mile; Machine Learning; Marketplace; Media; Real Estate; Retail; Robotics; SaaS; Sensors; Sharing Economy; Social Impact; Synthetic Bio; Virtual Reality.

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