Ravi Agarwal

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.

Sand Hill Angels is a group of Silicon Valley angel investors passionate about helping entrepreneurs get to the next level. What makes the group unique is the collective experience of its members building and scaling deep technology companies. The group has been around for close to two decades. Sand Hill Angels works openly and collaboratively with venture capital funds, other angel organizations, and the Bay Area ecosystem that fosters the growth of technology startups.

engageSPARK enables anyone, anywhere to build and launch SMS and Voice Call messaging, surveying, and decision tree programs to 200+ countries – within minutes. NGOs and Governments use engageSPARK to dramatically extend the reach and impact of their social change programs to all poor people in the world who have mobile phones. Similarly, using engageSPARK, businesses expand their customer base and conduct targeted consumer research. It is a self-service website where any non-technical person can easily, quickly, and cheaply create messaging campaigns, curriculums, surveys, reminders, alerts, decision tree programs, etc. to send key information and collect important data from their participants. Sample programs: • On Demand Information: Client uses SMS or calls hotline to navigate a decision tree and retrieve information. • Medication Adherence Reminders: Daily/weekly messages for TB, Malaria, HIV, etc. • Consumer Research: Ask potential customers about their interests to market products more effectively based on each individual’s preferences. • Emergency Alerts: Send an SMS and we automatically re-transmit the message to a subscriber list. • Automatic Updates: Anytime the weather forecast is for rain, farmers automatically receive a message. As a social business, all profits will be used to subsidize rates to NGOs and governments, to further improve engageSPARK, and to build other tools that will improve the lives of the poor.

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.

engageSPARK enables anyone, anywhere to build and launch SMS and Voice Call messaging, surveying, and decision tree programs to 200+ countries – within minutes. NGOs and Governments use engageSPARK to dramatically extend the reach and impact of their social change programs to all poor people in the world who have mobile phones. Similarly, using engageSPARK, businesses expand their customer base and conduct targeted consumer research. It is a self-service website where any non-technical person can easily, quickly, and cheaply create messaging campaigns, curriculums, surveys, reminders, alerts, decision tree programs, etc. to send key information and collect important data from their participants. Sample programs: • On Demand Information: Client uses SMS or calls hotline to navigate a decision tree and retrieve information. • Medication Adherence Reminders: Daily/weekly messages for TB, Malaria, HIV, etc. • Consumer Research: Ask potential customers about their interests to market products more effectively based on each individual’s preferences. • Emergency Alerts: Send an SMS and we automatically re-transmit the message to a subscriber list. • Automatic Updates: Anytime the weather forecast is for rain, farmers automatically receive a message. As a social business, all profits will be used to subsidize rates to NGOs and governments, to further improve engageSPARK, and to build other tools that will improve the lives of the poor.

Sand Hill Angels is a group of Silicon Valley angel investors passionate about helping entrepreneurs get to the next level. What makes the group unique is the collective experience of its members building and scaling deep technology companies. The group has been around for close to two decades. Sand Hill Angels works openly and collaboratively with venture capital funds, other angel organizations, and the Bay Area ecosystem that fosters the growth of technology startups.