500 Global

Multi-stage venture capital firm
Last updated:
January 5, 2026
Company details
HQ
San Francisco, CA
HEADCOUNT
100-499
ORG TYPE
Corporate
SECTOR
Finance
About the company
500 Global is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies across multiple regions, with a focus on early-stage founders. 500 Global also runs ecosystem and founder-support programs in partnership with governments and corporations in different markets. The company reports investing globally across thousands of founders and companies, and publishes regional strategy pages alongside its core investing work. 500 Global is headquartered in Palo Alto and operates as a distributed global organisation.
Locations and presence
500 Global publishes internal workforce figures describing 160+ employees across 20 countries, with teams spread across multiple regions. 500 Global hiring pages describe a fully remote global team in some contexts, while specific roles can be on-site or in-office in hubs such as Palo Alto and Kuala Lumpur.
Palpable Score
61.2
/ 100
500 Global is a plausible early-career entry point mainly through internships and a small set of “junior” roles, rather than large graduate intakes. Hiring transparency is decent in a few places, but the company does not give candidates a consistent, global “how the process works” guide, which makes experiences more variable. The score is capped by limited public early-career outcomes data, especially conversion and promotion rates.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

14.0
/ 20
  • The company runs a Southeast Asia internship route (for example, an “Intern Malaysia” role) aimed at penultimate-year undergraduates and MBA students for 2–3 months.
  • 500 Global also hires into junior-tagged roles such as an in-office Analyst position in Palo Alto, giving early-career candidates a first step beyond internships.
  • The company’s early-career access is not broad-based across functions, with many roles positioned at experienced levels or requiring multiple years of prior work.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

11.3
/ 20
  • The company publishes a concrete timeline for at least one region, stating that once shortlisted, interview and decision-making can take around two weeks end-to-end.
  • 500 Global has publicly visible candidate interview reports that commonly include phone screens and one-on-one interviews, with occasional skills or personality tests depending on role.
  • The company does not provide a single, consistent candidate guide covering stages, assessment types, and feedback expectations across teams and geographies.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

12.3
/ 20
  • The company’s Southeast Asia internship role is framed around learning venture capital through real research and market-insights work rather than pure admin support.
  • 500 Global includes “Training & Development” in the benefits list for at least one junior operations role, which is a concrete support signal beyond informal learning.
  • The company’s culture pages talk about feedback loops and actively seeking feedback, but the company does not publish a clear onboarding or mentorship standard for new grads and interns.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

12.3
/ 20
  • The company has advertised a salary range for at least one junior investment role (the Palo Alto Analyst listing includes an annual range).
  • 500 Global lists a meaningful benefits package on some roles, including healthcare coverage, family leave, unlimited PTO, and work-from-home support where applicable.
  • The company rarely publishes pay ranges across the broader set of roles, which limits pay transparency and makes early-career negotiation harder.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.3
/ 20
  • The company publishes an internal average employee tenure figure (4 years), which is a positive retention signal at the company-wide level, even though this is not early-career specific.
  • 500 Global has mixed employee sentiment available publicly, with recurring positives about learning and networks alongside complaints about organisation and growth clarity.
  • The company does not publish early-career outcome metrics such as intern-to-offer rate, time-to-promotion, or retention for junior cohorts, so progression predictability is hard to validate.

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