Aaron Chuang

Sustainable Impact Capital (SIC) is an investment network formed by entrepreneurs from various fields. We focus on the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and search for potential startups that can solve these problems. We invest in and assist them in growing, playing diverse roles such as social innovation lab, incubator, and community center. SIC’s angel members also regularly exchange various startup knowledge, networking resources, business opportunities, and unique ecosystems to expand social impact. We believe that entrepreneurs, business leaders, NPO organizations, and everyone can drive creation and change and generate impact around the world.

Sustainable Impact Capital (SIC) is an investment network formed by entrepreneurs from various fields. We focus on the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and search for potential startups that can solve these problems. We invest in and assist them in growing, playing diverse roles such as social innovation lab, incubator, and community center. SIC’s angel members also regularly exchange various startup knowledge, networking resources, business opportunities, and unique ecosystems to expand social impact. We believe that entrepreneurs, business leaders, NPO organizations, and everyone can drive creation and change and generate impact around the world.

500 Global is a venture capital firm with over $2.7B in Assets Under Management that invests early 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 2,600 companies operating in 80 countries. Our portfolio includes 51 companies valued at over $1 billion and 140 companies valued at over $100 million. Our 140+ plus team members are located in more than 15 countries and bring experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators from some of the world’s leading technology companies.

2025: Exited portfolio from Outliers Fund III with 2x–20x returns for LPs, built research teams focused on space and quantum computing, and began making early-stage investments in these fields. 2024: Fully deployed Outliers Fund III. Managing and exiting portfolios. Raising Outliers Scientific Fund and Computing Fund. 2023: Continue deploying Outliers Fund III and managing 22 portfolios. Ran Outliers Hacker Houses in 50+ cities worldwide. 2022: Deployed Fund III on Ethereum; Launched Outliers VC DAO & recruiting 99 founding members. 2021: Exited Fund II at $23M+ (11.2x); Raised $20M for Fund III; Structured $20M ecosystem funds. 2020: 1 startup acquired, 2 startups filing IPO; Asia offices set up in Shanghai/Singapore. 2019: Brought Lab #1 startups to 12 cities for roadshows (Asia, UAE, US) with $100M+ raised collectively. 2018: Exited Fund I at $32M+ (16.2x), launched Lab #1 with 9 startups and invested in 6 with Fund II. 2017: Collectively read 880+ papers, tokenomics, smart contracts and invested in 32 deals with Fund I. 2016: Syndicated $2M as Fund I from 20 student LPs at MIT as a student-run research community. Fund III: Mass (lead), Quantum Temple (lead), TradePort (lead), Syndicate, XYO, Quantstamp, Hyperweb, River, Bitlight Labs. Fund II: Harmony, Quantstamp, Kambria, XYO Network, Ultra, Ampleforth. Fund I: Binance, Cardano, Zilliqa, Qtum, Tezos, Dragonchain.