500 Investor Education

#500Strong

VC Unlocked

  • Home
  • Details
  • Brochure
  • Women Invest
  • Apply
  • Contact Us
Bedy Yang
Bedy Yang
Twitter of Bedy Yang LinkedIn of Bedy Yang AngelList of Bedy Yang

Bedy Yang

Managing Partner
500 Startups

Bedy Yang is Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, 500 Startups is a global, early stage tech VC fund that manages +$350M AuM in +1,800 investments around the world. In addition to being the most active global seed investor, 500 Startups runs a series of ecosystem-development programs to help the portfolio companies thrive. These include investor education, accelerator programs, corporate startup innovation, mentor sessions, and community-building events; all of which are under Bedy’s leadership.

Bedy joined 500 Startups in the early days in order to pilot international investments and 6 years later, the fund has done investments in over 60 countries. Today, Bedy focus her investments in Latin America and Southern Europe and spend a lot of her time on investor education programs in partnership with Stanford, INSEAD and Berkeley and is passionate about unlocking Silicon Valley and developing ecosystems around the world.

Founder of +INNOVATORS, Bedy created an organization that has become the epicenter and resource for Brazilian tech founders with a network of over 10,000 people. Prior to starting her career in tech, she worked with income generation for women in tribes in Brazil and South-West China and consulted for global companies on go-to-market strategies to Brazil.

Bedy obtained her BA at Fundação Getúlio Vargas and she holds an MLA from the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a member of Class 17 of the Kauffman Fellowship Program where she was recognized with a leadership award. Bedy is fluent in 4 languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.

  • Team
  • Our Startups
  • Accelerator
  • Events
  • Partners
  • Invest in 500
  • Blog
  • Contact Us

San Francisco
814 Mission Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA, 94103

Silicon Valley
444 Castro St Suite 1200
Mountain View, CA 94041

Mexico City
Insurgentes Sur 105, Piso 11
Ciudad de Mexico, 06600

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Jobs | Press | Legal | Privacy Policy

© 2010-2018 500 Startups

Copyright © 2018 · All Rights Reserved