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The internet is a wild place. Over the last decade, 2.5B people came online. What happens when the next billion internet users come online? We believe that a lot of value may be created. But how? And more importantly, how can you be a part of it? The answers may surprise you. Explore the #RiseReport now. #500strong https://500.co/risereport

📢 We’re thrilled to announce our featured mentor Tyson Batino, Co-Founder of SmartStart Japan and 500 Global Resident Mentor Japan, as a Founder Institute Mentor in the Spring 2025 Joint Global Program! 🚀 ℹ️ Tyson Batino is a highly accomplished entrepreneur in Japan, having founded three successful businesses. His flagship venture, One Coin English, serves over 8,000 students with a team of 200 employees. His expertise spans digital marketing, recruitment systems, talent training, and business scaling, helping companies grow from six to eight figures in the Japanese market. Additionally, his blogs on business, jobs, and life in Japan attract more than 60,000 unique visitors monthly, solidifying his influence in the entrepreneurial space. 🚀 SmartStart Japan is a premier consultancy dedicated to helping small businesses, startups, and foreign companies establish and expand their operations in Japan. By streamlining business setup and growth, SmartStart Japan makes entering the Japanese market accessible, efficient, and cost-effective through expert guidance and tailored solutions. 👏 A special thanks to Tyson Batino for his invaluable guidance and contributions to our startup. His support has certainly helped the next generation of entrepreneurs build great businesses in Japan, Korea, and beyond. 🚀 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for the Founder Institute Global 2025 Cohort! This is your chance to learn from top mentors and take your startup to the next level. Check the application link in the comments! #FounderInstitute #Entrepreneurship #Startups #BusinessGrowth #Leadership #Mentorship #JapanStartups #VentureCapital  #SmartStartJapan #LaunchLab

Leg 3/10 in my journey at Niu Ventures to understand and connect tech ecosystems with Brazil/LATAM: Singapore. Although I've been in Singapore many times, this is the first time I came with a specific focus. In the last decade, Singapore has taken the mantle from Hong Kong as the most stable and safest country to incorporate and run your startup or multinational tackling the Asian market. The English and Chinese speaking city-state is one of the most developed nations in the world, friendly with all countries, with sophisticated investors such as the sovereign fund Temasek, VCs ranging from pre-seed to Series such as 500 Global headed by Vishal Harnal, Golden Gate Ventures from our own Paul Bragiel, Vinnie Lauria and Jeffrey Chua, Monk's Hill Ventures founded and run by Peng T. Ong and sophisticated family offices. Singapore is one of the four jurisdictions that Ycombinator invests through their own SAFEs. My advice for founders from LATAM is to come to Singapore at a later stage to explore markets such as India, Southeast Asia or even Taiwan, Japan or Korea, if you're doing hardcore research and deeptech stuff such as Patrick Teyssonneyre, or kicking off your high growth startup as done by Zenos Schmickrath. Also checkout SEA Founders to connect with Series A or B founders in the region. The only missing ingredient in Singapore in my view is serendipity and unstructured human to human encounters as they occur in Silicon Valley.

A first hand experience, 500 Global Scale Up Program is a fantastic opportunity for growth-stage startups to gain invaluable mentorship, network with industry leaders, and refine their strategies for accelerated expansion. If you're looking to take your business to the next level, apply now. 500 MENA 500 Global Information Technology Industry Development Agency, ITIDA link for application: https://lnkd.in/d2smcyPY

Singapore’s healthspan of around 73 years is among the longest in the world! 👴🏼👵🏽💪 Healthy Longevity goes beyond the Health sector. Globally, we see growing demand for new products and services including personalised nutrition, digital technologies and molecular diagnostics. 🧬 #Singapore is a great place to develop solutions that boost longevity and improve the quality of life for consumers. Companies like Abbott, Google, ConnectedLife Health and Fullerton Health are developing health tech here, while AMILI , Danone, L'Oréal and dsm-firmenich are partnering researchers to advance proactive health management. Big thanks to our friends at NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity, Founders Forum Group and Longevity.Technology for organising the Founders Longevity Forum to discuss precision geroscience and longevity investment. Together with our industry partners, we look forward to enabling longer, better and healthier lives! #HealthyAging #Longevity #HealthTech #Innovation Andrea B. Maier | J.J. (Hans) Meij | Louis Island | Yap-Seng CHONG | Phil Newman | Sean Lau | Vishal Harnal | Jeremy Lim | Louise Ho Xin Qian 何欣倩 | Darryl T. | Kenny Ng

A little over a week ago, we hosted an incredible fireside chat with Notion and Sasha Orloff at 500 Global 👏 We discussed how and when to fundraise, a burning topic for early-stage founders. Great news! Puzzle 🧩🚀 has a bunch of powerful Notion templates to help grow your startup and fundraise more effectively. It was truly inspiring to speak in front of such amazing founders during Finalist Week. Wishing you all the best on your startup journey—we're always here to support! A huge thank you to Anastasia Crew for making this event happen, and to Clayton Bryan and Leonard Lee for bringing together such an incredible group of people! https://lnkd.in/gHArrX2w

A landmark moment at the DCO’s 4th General Assembly as the Sultanate of Oman and 500 Global signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the growth of startups and enable advancement in the region. Signed by H.E. Dr. Ali Alshidhani, Undersecretary for Communications and Information Technology at Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications, and IT, and Ms. Courtney Powell, COO & Managing Partner at 500 Global, this partnership will enhance startup ecosystems, facilitate investment opportunities, and accelerate digital entrepreneurship. With this collaboration, Oman and 500 Global are laying the foundation for a thriving, innovation-driven future, and shaping the future together. #DCO_GA_Jordan #DCO_4th_General_Assembly #DCOGeneralAssembly Ali Al Shidhani, PhD 500 Global

Really enjoyed meeting the group from 500 Global at our offices yesterday. Big thanks to Kristen Cooper and Paulina Szyrmer for organizing!

Are you heading to HumanX? We're excited for Christine Tsai to join this all-star line up to talk about how we approach investing in AI. Let us know if you're heading to Vegas in the comments 👇 If you haven't registered yet - we'd love to help make sure our community can join. 📩 #humanx #AIinvesting

#USA + #Japan + #MENA 🚀 Building bridges across VC ecosystems through learning and sharing experiences drives exponential growth for all involved. I had the pleasure of teaching the Harvard Business School Tabby case study (with the added treat of having the great Hosam Arab live with us) to a fantastic cohort of 17 VCs from Japan for the VCU Unlocked: Silicon Valley Intensive program. JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization 500 Global #VCUnlocked #VentureCapital #VentureEducation