# 500 Falcons

> 500 Falcons is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Financial Services, SaaS and Mobile. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/500startupsmena
- Website: http://500falcons.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/500falcons/

500 Falcons is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Financial Services and SaaS. 500 Falcons is the MENA-focused fund that is a part of the global 500 Startups network. 500 Startups is the most active global early-stage VC fund and startup accelerator focusing on discovering and backing the most talented founders worldwide.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $425k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |
| Content | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 43% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 29% |
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| Jordan | 1 | 14% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 14% |
| Thailand | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Belbio | Belbio is an online platform that helps content creators increase their income. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Tamawal | Tamawal® is an innovative fintech platform that works as an aggregator for the financial sector to link finance requesters with banks and financial institutions as a Digital Financing Broker (DFB). | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 07, 2022 |  |
| Rabbit Mobility | Rabbit Mobility is a schedule-based platform that allows users schedule bus rides and package delivery pick-up at their own convenience. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| AltoTech Global | AltoTech offers intelligent, data-driven solutions to manage air-side and water-side systems, reducing energy consumption, enhancing operational efficiency, and driving sustainability across diverse industries. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| AlgoPay | AlgoPay is the payment bridge between companies and their consumers in cash economies. | $425K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2019 |  |
| FineDine | Finedine, a growing tech company, empowers restaurants with an AI-powered SaaS growth platform. FineDine helps restaurants grow at every stage, from attracting new customers through automated digital marketing to streamlining reservations, orders, payments, loyalty programs, and retargeting campaigns. Finedine creates a seamless omnichannelexperience for both restaurants and their guests. By analyzing customer behavior, FineDine provides actionable insights that help restaurateurs optimize their operations and make data-driven decisions. The platform simplifies restaurant management by offering an all-in-one solution, eliminating the need for multiple software programs. | $225K | Seed | Jan 24, 2018 |  |
| Syarah | Syarah is an online cars marketplaces. |  | Seed | Oct 19, 2016 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Emerging Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-emerging-europe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BECO Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beco-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MRK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mrk-a907) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Raed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raed-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rough Draft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rough-draft-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does 500 Falcons invest in?

500 Falcons invests primarily in Financial Services, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Saudi Arabia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 500 Falcons's check size?

500 Falcons typically joins rounds of $425k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 500 Falcons participates in.

### When did 500 Falcons last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for 500 Falcons closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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