Saemin Ahn

Partner
2023
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm with $2.7B in assets under management that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies. We focus on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can unlock long-term value and drive economic growth. 500 Global has backed over 5,000 founders representing more than 2,800 companies operating in 80+ countries. We have invested in 50 companies valued at over $1 billion and 150+ companies valued at over $100 million (including private, public, and exited companies). Our 190+ team members are located in 28 countries and bring experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators from some of the world’s leading technology companies. 500 Global’s Southeast Asia funds have backed over 270 companies across multiple sectors from consumer to deep technology. 500 Global is the leading early unicorn investor in Southeast Asia having backed billion-dollar companies Grab, Bukalapak, Carousell, Carsome, and FinAccel. Our 20+ team members are located across Southeast Asia and bring experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators. We are actively growing to serve more founders, as well as connect companies with capital, expertise, and global networks to help them succeed.

2021 - 2023

Investor
2021 - 2023
Honest is on a purpose-driven mission to help everyone in Southeast Asia have access to fair banking

2018 - 2023

Investor & Board Observer
2018 - 2023
Chinese membership based e-commerce platform founded in 2017 by Chinese online travel agency Tuniu’s senior management team including its co-founder Yan Haifeng and former CFO Yang Jiahong. With an annual membership fee members can enjoy discounts to shop at Black Fish’s partner stores and make bookings at its partner online travel agencies. Black Fish also provides financing services, including consumer financing, installment loans and investment products

2016 - 2023

Investor & Advisor(IPO IDX: GOTO)
2016 - 2023
Founded in 2010, GO-JEK is a mobile technology company with a social mission: to unleash social impact through technology. Since the App Launch in January 2015, GO-JEK has been a one stop application for daily needs in Indonesia, revolutionizing solutions from transport, logistics and lifestyle services. With values of SPEED, INNOVATION and SOCIAL IMPACT, GO-JEK strives to always push the boundaries of innovation to bring a win-win solution to both its customers and providers. The services include GO-RIDE, GO-SEND, GO-FOOD, GO-MART, GO-BOX, GO-GLAM, GO-CLEAN, GO-MASSAGE, GO-BUSWAY, GO-TIX with many more to come. As a true local startup, GO-JEK’s mobile application is now the number one online service booking app in Indonesia, with 13 million downloads as of March 2016, 10 line of services spread out in 10 cities in Indonesia. Proud to be Karya Anak Bangsa, we continue to strive to be a bar raising company. This is the place where we get to collaborate with A+ talent. This is where we experience tremendous growth and learning opportunity. This is where we nurture our fast-paced, dynamic and fun-filled culture.

2015 - 2023

Investor & Advisor
2015 - 2023
OneSignal is a cross-platform push notification service for iOS, Android, Amazon, Unity 3D, Phonegap, Marmalade, and more.

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2014 - 2023

Investor & Advisor & Board Member
2014 - 2023
ViSenze is a spin-off company from NExT, a world-leading research centre jointly established between National University of Singapore (NUS) and Tsinghua University of China. Our mission is to unlock the intelligence captured in any rich visual content using sophisticated visual recognition technology and visual driven analytics. Through continuous large-scale rapid machine learning and practical Research & Development based on real-world problems, ViSenze helps today’s digital businesses address inherent challenges of fast-growing visual content across web, mobile and social media platforms.

2013 - 2023

Investor & Advisor & Board Member
2013 - 2023
Snap, List, Sell. Create free listings to sell items you once loved in 30 seconds. Finally, a simple way to sell the unused and under-used clutter in your life! Like you, we prefer more cash, and less clutter. Besides, you get to shop thousands of new and pre-loved items displayed in an endless stream of beautiful photos. Even sort them by 'nearest' to save time and money when you meetup with people near your home, school or workplace.

2013 - 2023

Founding Managing Partner, Rakuten Ventures
2013 - 2023
-Lead and evaluate investment (team, product, IP, market, channels) + conduct due diligence -Analyze deal structure -Participate in mentoring programs

2014 - 2021

Investor & Advisor & Board Member
2014 - 2021
Send Anywhere is a mobile application that lets you send any files instantly from one device to another, over 3G/4G or WiFi connections. Our web service https://send-anywhere.com also works with mobile applications, which allows to send any files across mobile-to-PC or vice versa.

2016 - 2021

Investor & Advisor & Board Member
2016 - 2021
Bots should be fast, meaningful, well-defined & actually useful. We think it’s high time we fit user’s experiences, not teach them new ones. Dexter powers purposeful, powerful integrations with data, and gives you and your users the ability to interact with it in the places we already live our digital lives.

Growth Equity @ 500 Global