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500 Global's portfolio includes 40 unicorn companies from around the world. The list is led by Australian design platform Canva, which has a valuation of $42B.

Other notable companies include enterprise contact center Talkdesk, valued at $10B, and gaming company Animoca Brands at $6B.

Below is the full list of 40 unicorn startups at this time backed by 500 Startups.

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Canva created an online design platform that makes it easy for anyone to produce professional-quality visual communications. They are best known for a simple drag-and-drop interface and a vast library of templates that empower non-designers to create everything from logos to videos.

Valuation$42B (Joined January 2018)
HeadquartersSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Year Founded2013
FoundersCameron Adams, Cliff Obrecht, Melanie Perkins
Funding Amount$2.5B
Company SizeEnterprise Organization (5,001+)
Last Funding StatusPrivate Equity
Top InvestorsGeneral Catalyst, 500 Global, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bond, Franklin Templeton

Talkdesk builds an AI-powered contact center platform that helps enterprise companies transform their customer experience. Their cloud-based tools are designed to improve customer service interactions and create a competitive advantage.

Valuation$10B (Joined October 2018)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2011
FoundersCristina Fonseca, Tiago Paiva
Funding Amount$497.5M
Company SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsTop Tier Capital Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Amity Ventures, Franklin Templeton, 500 Global

Animoca Brands develops and publishes blockchain games and metaverse experiences that contribute to the open metaverse. They are known for advancing digital property rights for gamers, using NFTs to give players true ownership of their assets.

Valuation$6B
HeadquartersCyberport, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Year Founded2014
FoundersYat Siu
Funding Amount$863.2M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusCorporate Round
Top InvestorsCoinbase Ventures, Accel, 500 Global, Temasek Holdings, HSG

Mercury builds a banking platform tailored for the needs of startups and tech companies. They provide a full financial stack, including FDIC-insured bank accounts, corporate cards, and venture debt, to help founders scale their businesses.

Valuation$4B (Joined July 2021)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2017
FoundersImmad Akhund, Jason Zhang, Max Tagher
Funding Amount$452.2M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsSequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Sapphire Ventures, 500 Global

AngelList runs a platform dedicated to helping startups with fundraising and equity management. They provide the infrastructure for founders to raise capital and for investors to back new ventures through syndicates and funds.

Valuation$4B
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2010
FoundersBabak Nivi, Naval Ravikant
Funding Amount$170.2M
Company SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top Investors500 Global, Slow Ventures, Lakestar, Inovia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz

Innovaccer offers an AI health cloud that unifies patient data for healthcare organizations. Their platform creates a single, comprehensive patient record from disparate sources to power analytics and improve care delivery.

Valuation$3.45B (Joined February 2021)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2014
FoundersAbhinav Shashank, Kanav Hasija, Sandeep K Gupta
Funding Amount$654.1M
Company SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries F
Top InvestorsB Capital, 500 Global, Tiger Global Management, Peak XV Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners

CARS24 runs a global e-commerce platform for buying and selling pre-owned cars. Their technology-driven marketplace is designed to handle the entire process, from vehicle inspection and financing to final purchase.

Valuation$3.3B (Joined November 2020)
HeadquartersGurgaon, Haryana, India
Year Founded2015
FoundersGajendra Jangid, Mehul Agrawal, Ruchit Agarwal, Vikram Chopra
Funding Amount$1.3B
Company SizeEnterprise Organization (5,001+)
Last Funding StatusCorporate Round
Top InvestorsAlpha Wave Global, Peak XV Partners, 500 Global, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Alibaba Group

ApplyBoard created an online platform to streamline the application process for students wanting to study abroad. The platform serves as a central hub for students, recruitment partners, and academic institutions to manage applications and admissions.

Valuation$3.2B (Joined May 2020)
HeadquartersWaterloo, Ontario, Canada
Year Founded2015
FoundersMartin Basiri, Massi Basiri, Meti Basiri
Funding Amount$554M
Company SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsBusiness Development Bank of Canada, Index Ventures, Plug and Play, 500 Global, Fidelity

LaunchDarkly builds a feature management platform that lets software teams control their entire release cycle. Their tools enable developers to ship code more safely by testing features in production and rolling them out to specific users.

Valuation$3B (Joined August 2021)
HeadquartersOakland, California, United States
Year Founded2014
FoundersEdith Harbaugh, John Kodumal
Funding Amount$330.3M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsVertex Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, 500 Global, Cervin Ventures, Insight Partners

Sky Mavis created Axie Infinity, one of the most popular blockchain games to date. The technology-focused game studio also developed the Ronin Network, an Ethereum sidechain built to support player-owned digital economies.

Valuation$3.B (Joined October 2021)
HeadquartersSingapore, Central Region, Singapore
Year Founded2019
FoundersAleksander Leonard Larsen, Jeffrey Zirlin
Funding Amount$311M
Company SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsParadigm, 500 Global, Accel, Samsung NEXT, Andreessen Horowitz

The Remaining 30 Unicorns Backed by 500 Startups

The 10 most valuable unicorns represent just a small piece of the global startup story. Many of the other fast-growing companies are in AI and fintech, having raised over $10 billion between them.

Some are just getting started, while others are already scaling quickly. Here’s a look at the rest of the unicorns in 500 Startups portfolio.

Unicorn StartupMain IndustryYear FoundedAmount RaisedValuation
Carbon Health logo Carbon HealthHealthcare2015$622.5M$3B
Lucid Software logo Lucid SoftwareAI2010$670.4M$3B
Algolia logo AlgoliaCloud2012$334.2M$2.25B
Turing logo TuringAI2018$270.2M$2.2B
Kin Insurance logo Kin InsuranceFintech2016$753.2M$2B
Mural logo MuralEnterprise2011$193.6M$2B
Sakana AI logo Sakana AIAI2023$100M$2B
VTS logo VTSFintech2012$453.7M$2B
Iterable logo IterableAI2013$342.2M$2B
HomeLight logo HomeLightReal Estate2012$762.5M$2B
Chipper Cash logo Chipper CashFintech2018$337.2M$2.B
Kredivo Group logo Kredivo GroupFintech2015$750M$2B
Olist logo OlistRetail2015$322.5M$2B
Insider logo InsiderAI2012$772.1M$2B
CircleCI logo CircleCILogistics2011$315M$2B
Clip logo ClipRetail2012$553.7M$2B
Carsome logo CarsomeMobility2015$643.7M$2B
eFishery logo eFisheryAgTech2013$372.9M$1.3B
Intercom logo IntercomSaaS2011$240.8M$1.28B
Shiprocket logo ShiprocketAI2017$424.6M$1.21B
Carousell logo CarousellMarketplace2012$375.4M$1.1B
zerohash logo zerohashCrypto2017$282.1M$1B
BillionToOne logo BillionToOneBiotech2016$425.9M$1B
Clearcover logo ClearcoverInsurTech2016$457.2M$1B
Shippo logo ShippoEnterprise2013$154.3M$1B
FabFitFun logo FabFitFunRetail2010$262.1M$1B
Opn logo OpnCrypto2013$260.4M$1B
Zebec logo ZebecFintech2021$42.5M$1B
Aircall logo AircallAnalytics2014$225.6M$1B
Revolution Precrafted logo Revolution PrecraftedDesign2015$15.4M$1B

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